This is who E Bikes are for...
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Published 2018-11-26
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Strava for the 2nd ride: www.strava.com/activities/1972968029
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Script:
This is Brig.
Brig loves everything about mountain biking. He lives in world famous riding destination of Squamish, just to be closer to the trails. After only riding the whistler bike park for years, he realised that a bike that could pedal would mean more access to trails, and he likes nothing better than ripping down a nice flow trail.
But there’s one thing that Brig like, and he’s not the only one. In order to get to these amazing trails, you’ve got to earn your turns and well...Brig doesn’t like that bit. Now here’s the thing - Brig isn’t a lazy dude. He works long hours at the dock on tug boats and in his spare time he’s always hiking, in the Gym or just being in the outdoors. So by the time it’s time to ride, he’s already hurting.
Now this isn’t a video about how much better I am at pedalling uphill compared to my buddy, it’s a video about looking at ways that would make it more fun to ride together. Because really it’s Brig that gets annoyed at being left behind, not me.
After years of riding the park, this dude can go round a berm fast. Even on this lap he was dropping me pretty quick.
Luckily for us, Republic Bikes who are a supporter of my channel had an e-bike demo day. I know it’s a controversial subject, but I have absolutely no problem with e-bikes and I wanted to see what Brig thought about them.
Like any other shop demo, they swapped over Brig’s pedals while he watched on and got him set up on the bike. Making sure Brig knew what he was doing with the motor controls, we would head to a different area of Squamish and hit up something a bit more technical.
This climb is a little steep and he would normally walk up the whole thing. This made the whole ride take longer, but now I have a rider that I can chase and pushes me to go faster up the hill. But again, you knew this would happen, I knew this would happen. What I wanted to find out was how Brig felt about it.
There we go - we were having more fun. That’s all we wanted. But what about the downs? Will he be able to ride the same going down a trail? We dropped into the black rated trail Rupert to find out.
By this point he never wants to do Rollercoaster, which is awesome by the way, and there’s a lot of time waiting at the bottom for him to catch up - something that annoys Brig. But here we are, now having an absolute ball.
You don’t need to tell me that e-bikes are something that not everyone is a fan of, I am up to speed with the land access issues that are coming up in America and other mountain bike areas. But for me and Brig, this e-bike would mean we can ride together and both of us have the same amount of good times and probably go on more rides. But would he buy one? Maybe hit the subscribe
All Comments (21)
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Stoked to ride with my buddy more! Wonder if he’ll buy one though... 🧐
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"if your not racing, how is it cheating?" point is spot on. as they say in Morrowind "why walk when you can ride?"
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+1 for ebikes. I have a heart problem and they are the only reason I am able to get out and ride!
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Fun is what it's all about. I say this all the time. I'm 64, have had a tumor in my neck and cancer in my lower tongue. I was racing and riding mountain bikes up to age 57 when the cancers were discovered. Chemo and then radiation put me down for 3 years before I was able to start riding again with all my very fit and fast biking buddies. I was always the last to catch up as they politely and patiently waited. My breathing sounded like Darth Vader having a spaz attack. When Covid hit the scene, my bike shop owner best friend let me ride a demo Intense Tazer. My 2 or 3 day demo turned into a 4 month demo as the Intense rep stopped moving demo bikes while Covid was rampant. When I heard of the ORBEA RISE, I knew this was the bike for me. Now that I have it,,,,, I know this was the right decision. My shop owners son is now 21 and is a technical very fast rider, and now I can ride on his wheel, and stay amongst the group. Sometimes they will even use me as the rabbit to chase for a good fast pace. This video exemplifies the proof that ebikes have a fantastic place in the world. That place is in any riders garage, living room, or maybe even your bedroom,,, just waiting for the next session called,,,,, FUN!!!!!!!
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I'm personally not a fan of E-bikes for my riding, but i love that they exist cause that means that more people are getting out on the trails and more people can have fun the same way i'm having fun. and it is always fun to find likeminded people out on the trails. and i just love that.
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I stopped cycling for ten years because one of my knees just wouldn't allow climbs, got an e-bike, regained a hobby I thought I lost. If you can afford it, try one.
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Why feel bad if you're not racing? 10/10 would want to hear it again
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I don't find E-Bikes as a controversial subject, it's either you love them or you don't. I think E-bikes are going to be the new standard for cycling in a few years and I look forward to how much better they can get.
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I totally agree with this video. After being raised on Manual Bikes to the point that I am having a hard time even getting rid of my 20-30 year old bikes as there is still blood and my skin hanging off of them if you know what I mean. So I just recently bought my first eMTB. I love it. I rode it twenty miles the first ride through the desert around Quartzite AZ area and man I had fun. Oh and by the way I only rode on trails or roads when I absolutely had to. That is something I could never pull in a Manual bike. Even when I was 16. Now I can go almost anywhere. Even through deep sands. And because I only used the eBike motor when I needed to, I got through the whole twenty miles and was still full on my Battery when I returned to my starting point. While having incredible fun. Now all I have to do is make the bike “Mil spec” (Rick proof) and I’ll go wild. I’ll never go back because of the whiners who think there is no room for eBikes on trails etc. oh and I’m not a racer anymore because we’ll I’m 66.
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The whole time I thought : ”is he going to buy him an e bike?”
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In 10 years these things are gonna have a hundred mile range ,weigh as much as non assisted , and charge in 10 minutes , bring it on
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I loved cycling ... when I was young. Then, through various circumstances beyond my control, I got stuck without the means to buy a car or even get a license, living in a place with basically zero public transport, and was forced to use a bike as my only means of transport. Three decades later, I'm ready to retire my bike. I literally just can't do it any more. But I still can't afford the crippling costs of getting a car. I am who e-bikes were really made for.
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I’ve been riding mtbs since the mid 80’s, I’m 54 and own an emtb. It was a sunny day and didn’t want to go to the hills, so I went for a really long ride yesterday along a river path. 129km I clocked up in eco mode set on 10% assist. I couldn’t do that on a normal mtb, so I feel like I’ve rolled back time, priceless!
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I am crippled after a bad accident and several surgerys on my spine. I miss riding so much I cant even explain it with words. After seeing this I think I will save up for an emtb so I can ride again. Life is not life without riding. Thanks for the video!
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I have a friend with severe asthma who loves to bike. It takes her three times as long to get up as anyone else, but on an e-bike she can ascend with the rest of us without having an asthma attack. I am glad that e-bikes are becoming more accepted in the community. A lot of people who normally couldn't be active, now can be.
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That bridge with the "waves" in it was sick!!!!
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E-Bike, pretty much a powered trail bike with the weight of a downhill bike? Sounds good.
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theres only 3 rules to biking. 1:send it 2:send it 3:send it
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it's for me, the asthma guy.
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I rode an E bike for the first time recently. It's a good thing I can't afford one because it was pretty addicting. 😏
