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bobjumpd caldwellvisuals's article
Aug 4, 2024 at 22:43
2 days
Video: Daryl Brown Send Summer eMTB Laps at Revolution Bike Park
I shouldn’t waste energy…..but….lets put this common (on PB comments) crap to bed for once and all. Raced and rode moto for 25 years, raced and ridden mtb for 35 years, ridden emtb for the last 5 years (these overlap…I’m not that old!). On a scale of one to a hundred between moto (1) and mtb (100) I’d put emtb at about 95 to 98. “It’s a motorbike”…you’re a boring ideological drone and/or haven’t ever ridden more than one of the three seriously, or you're taking the piss.
bobjumpd mikekazimer's article
May 14, 2024 at 14:22
May 14, 2024
Review: Commencal's Meta Power SX Signature Packs a Punch for the Price
@stravaismyracecourse: Nah - my light glows full red and the motor cuts out. It gets me up to speed easily at the top of jump lines before it dies, then backsides and gravity do enough to keep most of that speed unless I make a bad jump or turn….then the ebike is def slower to pedal up to speed again and feels more cumbersome!
bobjumpd mikekazimer's article
May 13, 2024 at 20:48
May 13, 2024
Review: Commencal's Meta Power SX Signature Packs a Punch for the Price
@mikekazimer: Totally agree about the laps. Where there isn’t any uplift my full power long travel ebike might get me 20 laps down a jump or tech line while my enduro bike maybe 5 at most. For me the stability of the ebike also means I’m jumping at least as well as on the mountain bike - not so many whips but reliable and stable so happy on bigger features and easier to pedal up to speed again after any small mistakes.
bobjumpd mikekazimer's article
May 13, 2024 at 20:35
May 13, 2024
Review: Commencal's Meta Power SX Signature Packs a Punch for the Price
@stravaismyracecourse: I agree that a reset is easy enough at the bottom - and gravity generally takes care of speed on an ebike going downhill. But……did I say this happens on jump lines with seconds or less between landing one jump and the next lip or berm. These are FLOW trails and stopping every 30 seconds to push buttons won’t work. OK I could use my button free Park bike but they make and sell ($$$) these types of ebikes to smash downhills - and it doesn’t happen with my Shimano ebike. There’s virtually nothing online about this error so big ups to Kazimer for putting it out there.
bobjumpd mikekazimer's article
May 13, 2024 at 14:22
May 13, 2024
Review: Commencal's Meta Power SX Signature Packs a Punch for the Price
Not enough online noise or urgency from Bosch on this. I’ve been chasing this promised update for many months through my LBS. Plenty of promises but no action. This is big for aggressive ebikes. Take my 24 Orbea Wild down my favourite flow jump trails (happens with close repeated jumps and ‘excessive’ airtime so the only upside is that its like a badge of honour!) and after a few jumps any pedalling for extra speed is meat powered. Some Pinkbike heroes may be able to tickle the reset button mid jump but I’d only make a spectacular Friday Fail. Bosch…..Deliver!
bobjumpd mikekazimer's article
Feb 21, 2024 at 2:32
Feb 21, 2024
First Ride: Cannondale Moterra SL eMTB - Full Power Without the Weight
@martinizer: As a Rise owner I’m always too busy when I’m going down to worry about a little extra noise beyond the wind, the tires, the rims and pedals hitting rocks and mates yelling garbage. I guess it’s a personal thing that upsets some journos (I think that Kaz might be one) and some riders, but riding downhill at speed I really don’t notice the rattle from either the Rise or the Wild (the Bosch motor rattles just the same as Shimano to my ears).
bobjumpd mikekazimer's article
Feb 21, 2024 at 2:19
Feb 21, 2024
First Ride: Cannondale Moterra SL eMTB - Full Power Without the Weight
@alexridesbikes-13: Yes, plus the Range Extender on the Rise so I die before the battery (then Rise from the dead to ride again)
bobjumpd mikekazimer's article
Feb 21, 2024 at 2:15
Feb 21, 2024
First Ride: Cannondale Moterra SL eMTB - Full Power Without the Weight
@inked-up-metalhead: Nah. Got Miranda 155’s on my Shimano 801 Rise. Purchased for cheap despite online hate. For a year no problems at all and feel no different to the $$$$ Hope 155’s on my Bosch Wild (it’s rock pinball on most of my local trails)
bobjumpd ralf-hauser's article
Oct 13, 2023 at 1:32
Oct 13, 2023
First Ride: Propain Ekano 2 CF
Looks like an RM 250
bobjumpd seb-stott's article
Sep 7, 2023 at 4:39
Sep 7, 2023
Tested: Do Short Cranks Work For Tall Riders?
Hopes cost a fortune. Which I grudgingly paid for 155 cranks on one bike, after 10 years on 165. Another bike was cracking rocks at 170, but this time found MIRANDA 155s. Very cheap but fitted fine, arrived fast from Portugal(?) looked ok, haven’t broken and for me no difference in flex or feel compared with the Hopes. They have a huge range of lengths and fitments online and the descriptions can be confusing at first so select with care, then celebrate sensible pricing.