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SnakeCharmer
iMTB Hooligan
If I wore a set of motorized leg attachments that assisted my legs in turning the cranks on a non-motorized bike, would I be considered an e-biker?
sir crashalot
iMTB Rockstah
And the first words on the product page is “Let the heckling begin”
mike
iMTB Hooligan
About as much as when you threw your bike in the back of that guy's truck.
UPSed
iMTB Hooligan
And they're just as fun!
mike
iMTB Hooligan
Just as?
Maintaining yet another motor, one that supplants my exercise, sounds like a lose/lose. No one, not even @SnakeCharmer, will convince me that I will eventually change my mind. Bicycles don't have motors. The end.
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SnakeCharmer
iMTB Hooligan
I can live with that.About as much as when you threw your bike in the back of that guy's truck.
SnakeCharmer
iMTB Hooligan
I'm on your side. Undoubtedly. I just cheat the system every now and again. That's all.
Voodoo Tom
MTB Addict
The value of my Hightower just plummeted...
mike
iMTB Hooligan
Don't lose hope, Tom...pre-pbike Santa Cruz, it could be a thing. Like US-made Craftsman.The value of my Hightower just plummeted...
SnakeCharmer
iMTB Hooligan
With this outrageous travesty that SC has pulled on its faithful clients, if there are owners who wanna sell their SC bike frame, PM me. 
sir crashalot
iMTB Rockstah
As a previous owner of 2 hecklers, a bullit and a butcher, I am sad.
In the interview article on pb Roskopp said it’s been in development since 2017 . obviously Been very secretive, he knew it would piss off hardcore fans at the time.
Who’s next? I suspect this year Canfield, yeti, and ibis will drop their cyborgs. Will GG and Banshee be the last holdouts?
In the interview article on pb Roskopp said it’s been in development since 2017 . obviously Been very secretive, he knew it would piss off hardcore fans at the time.
Who’s next? I suspect this year Canfield, yeti, and ibis will drop their cyborgs. Will GG and Banshee be the last holdouts?
rossage
iMTB Hooligan
Nice to see all the Santa Cruz fanboys and girls getting a taste in the trenches of corporate warfare.
Oh! I am so shocked a multinational corporation would stoop so low as to jump into the only rapidly expanding market sector! They're just like Trek or...
... Specialized!
Oh! I am so shocked a multinational corporation would stoop so low as to jump into the only rapidly expanding market sector! They're just like Trek or...
... Specialized!
sir crashalot
iMTB Rockstah
I for one am not surprised! Of course I saw a proto in laguna a year agoNice to see all the Santa Cruz fanboys and girls getting a taste in the trenches of corporate warfare.
Oh! I am so shocked a multinational corporation would stoop so low as to jump into the only rapidly expanding market sector! They're just like Trek or...
(And not a current sc owner/fanboy)
Mikie
Admin/iMTB Hooligan
Bite me SpecialEd…Nice to see all the Santa Cruz fanboys and girls getting a taste in the trenches of corporate warfare.
Oh! I am so shocked a multinational corporation would stoop so low as to jump into the only rapidly expanding market sector! They're just like Trek or...
One can hang on to hope.
UPSed
iMTB Hooligan
What'd I do this time?
Cyclotourist
iMTB Hooligan
The value of my Hightower just plummeted...
Just be glad you didn't just buy a new Megatower!!!
Mikie
Admin/iMTB Hooligan
Your in the clear, it's that other pinhead...
Besides... you're a Niner now. Well, and a Gravel something-er-rather.
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Grassblade23
Member
Called this one a while ago. I've been looking forward to the hater tears for some time. They even made it in my least favorite color. I'm so happy.
Grassblade23
Member
Having demo'd a number of ebikes, I'd argue regular bikes are far more fun. While the moped/motorcycle comments are nonsensical, I'm still not a fan. I think they have legitimate uses, (especially for commuters,) but they aren't for me. The weight makes them understeer badly while descending, and god help you if you lose traction on a climb. The Shimano motor is so sensitive that it throws a code if you so much as breathe on the pedals when you turn it on. And then you have a dead bike. Most of them require a cadence higher than what I am comfortable with for the pedal assist to kick in. I've yet to have an eBike ride that didn't leave me more exhausted than if I had ridden a regular bike.
sir crashalot
iMTB Rockstah
Wrongson! That’s funny
buggravy
iMTB Addict
The post below came from the GG Facebook group this morning. @mike, I’m pretty sure it’s from the same guy that bought your Pedalhead.
Santa Cruz just launched their new eBike with a video about the Sierra Buttes highlighting one loop they call "an absolute nightmare on a regular bike." I rode it 3 times last year, it's one of my favorites.
guess I don't have a regular bike
Santa Cruz just launched their new eBike with a video about the Sierra Buttes highlighting one loop they call "an absolute nightmare on a regular bike." I rode it 3 times last year, it's one of my favorites.
guess I don't have a regular bike
Stkx66
iMTB Rockstah
That's a nice E-bike..
for someone else. Not this kid. I do not subscribe but no doubt that bike will be popular.
Mikie
Admin/iMTB Hooligan
Well actually the one they got works. I never liked it. Looks like a Maytag, and hey! Maytag's have motors!
rossage
iMTB Hooligan
Yet.
Derkderkall
iMTB Rockstah
As I said before....
When you buy a Santa Cruz, you're still sending money to PON holdings, owner of Focus bikes....
Who have been loud and proud front runners of the new technology......
When you buy a Santa Cruz, you're still sending money to PON holdings, owner of Focus bikes....
Who have been loud and proud front runners of the new technology......