I liked the answer on e-bikes 'cause I have one and I knew it wouldn't be a popular subject. Eben was supportive of pedal-assist on hilly commutes, which I agree is the strongest selling point: It gets people riding bikes on routes they would normally use a car for.
Then he launched into e-mountain biking, which was hilarious. (Paraphrased) "If you want to go mountain biking, go do it! It's recreation!" His point being that if you need a motor to go bomb some singletrack on the weekend, maybe you should find a hobby you can actually DO. Which I agreed with...until I bonked on the dirt ride. I was, like, "Dang, my eCLEM on low-assist for the steepest parts would be GREAT here." So yeah, I'll probably do it one of these days because there's plenty of room to move off-trail and away from other riders and hikers, but tight singletrack places like China Camp in Marin would be a no-no. And even if I do the open space trail, he's still right: Electric mountain biking is stupid! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
