I never said i was being picked on and believe me, i'm no snowflake either
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No its not a fair judgement.....who are you, I or anybody else, to stand in judgement of anyone elses bike, car, house or holiday purchase........to me, you are no one and have zeros rights to judge me or anyone else
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Pick my posts.......not picking on me, theres a difference. Now go away snowflake
Back to the OP
I think there is room for all wheel sizes, but will the manufactures see it this way.
I had a couple of decent 26 bikes so I resisted the 29 for a long time, after an accident, I could see it would be a while before I would be back off road so I sold both MTBs, when I felt confident enough to get back off road 27.5 seemed to be the way to go but after a bit of research it seems XC riders prefer 29 as most of my riding is XC I went with 29.
The 29 is not as good for technical bits as the 26 wheel bikes were, but I am riding over things without a second thought, that I would have considered as obstacles before, it doesn't accelerate like the 26 but once up to speed its a flyer.
If I had been smaller I would have have considered 27.5 or 26, purely because I don't like the look of small frames and big wheels, but the performance may outweigh the aesthetics so who knows.
I think there is room for all wheel sizes, but will the manufactures see it this way.
I had a couple of decent 26 bikes so I resisted the 29 for a long time, after an accident, I could see it would be a while before I would be back off road so I sold both MTBs, when I felt confident enough to get back off road 27.5 seemed to be the way to go but after a bit of research it seems XC riders prefer 29 as most of my riding is XC I went with 29.
The 29 is not as good for technical bits as the 26 wheel bikes were, but I am riding over things without a second thought, that I would have considered as obstacles before, it doesn't accelerate like the 26 but once up to speed its a flyer.
If I had been smaller I would have have considered 27.5 or 26, purely because I don't like the look of small frames and big wheels, but the performance may outweigh the aesthetics so who knows.
Define the difference between a judgement and an opinion.
When a post asks is this a fair judgement?? Especially when the post contains ref: people who are too lazy to pedal.........thats a judgement and not an opinion in my book
Kajjal
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Crankarm
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Fait comment though. For the large number of e-bikes I see, even those Specialised S-works ones and top MTBs these people can't all have medical conditions, disabilities etc so they are just plain lazy or want to pull one over on AMOE cyclists. (All My Own Effort). If people think they can get away with something giving them an unfair advantage they will, in every walk of life this happens. Cycling is no different. Cheats imho.
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Interesting points you make crankarm and I agree with much of it - may be better to start a new thread though.
Again...cheating at what???
Not everyone is interested in racing and life itself isnt always a race.
Are the guys using light carbon frames and gears cheating, cause they are not equal to guys riding fixed single speed.....or does everyone have to fit into your narrow pigeon hole and conform to your idiolistic views.
Ebikes are now a part of cycling, they still need to be pedalled, just like any other bike. They just have assistance when required and its pretty easy to go over the 15mph limit on the flats and descents......so again, who are these people cheating?? And cheating at what??
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Who said anything about racing? I guess you are an e-bike owner and user. Ebikes are for the slothful for the lazy or if used in racing against other non motorised bikes is cheating. But even then it is still cheating whether racing or not. At least I know my pedalling is All My Own Effort. If I want to ride a bike with a motor I ride my motorbike. The fact that Ebike owners and users consider themselves cyclists is laughable. They are in denial if they think they are. The fact that they have now infiltrated forums such as this and pass themselves off as cyclists in the true sense is their deception. I mean how come they are banging their drum trying to justify their sloth on a thread about the size of MTB wheels? Any opportunity. They must all feel guilty.
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BSOh
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If I had the cash I'd buy one tomorrow. I don't want to get one up on anyone else. I don't give a fark what other cyclists do. Cycling for me is about the pleasure of being outdoors, nothing more. Would be nice to have a little help to go that bit further. Am I lazy? I work full time and go to the gym 5 days a week, so I don't think I am. An ebike for me would just be about the fun of it.
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Well I call this cheating by your own admission you need a "little help". Don't try to justify you riding an Ebike by saying how fit you think you are going to the gym 5 days a week. You are clearly not that fit, nor have self discipline nor motivation to improve your cycling fitness, instead you say you would prefer to give in to temptation and ride an Ebike instead presumably as you find the prospect of not having to expend so much effort or energy very attractive. But you are not a cyclist in the traditional purist sense but quite literally a motor cyclist.
