Just say no to ... Top 3

Just say no to...

  • Lycra. No one wants to see your bulge

    Votes: 63 63.6%
  • Tyres 2.8 wide or wider

    Votes: 22 22.2%
  • External batteries of any type

    Votes: 12 12.1%
  • Internal batteries of any type

    Votes: 5 5.1%
  • EMtb’s weighing more than 23kg

    Votes: 15 15.2%
  • EMtb’s weighing more than 20kg

    Votes: 3 3.0%
  • Milk that taste like real milk

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Foam grips

    Votes: 16 16.2%
  • Boring flat black bikes with no colour

    Votes: 13 13.1%
  • EMtb’s without a dropper post

    Votes: 47 47.5%
  • Tubeless

    Votes: 3 3.0%
  • Tubes

    Votes: 24 24.2%
  • Inserts

    Votes: 4 4.0%
  • One last ride

    Votes: 5 5.1%
  • Clip pedals

    Votes: 25 25.3%
  • Flat pedals

    Votes: 2 2.0%
  • Oval chainrings

    Votes: 21 21.2%

  • Total voters
    99

outerlimits

E*POWAH BOSS
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Feb 3, 2018
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After the “Just Say NO to intergrated batteries” thread. I was thinking it was time for another poll on what we really should be saying no to.
Also if you have any worthy addition you would like added then I’ll see if I can add them.
Multiple choice but a maximum of 3.
Give us your top 3 so we can see what we really should say no to.

let it rip ?
 
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outerlimits

E*POWAH BOSS
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Feb 3, 2018
1,241
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Australia
I own tons of lycra... plenty folk enjoy seeing my bulge.. what ya so scared of @outerlimits ?

the laydee doth protest too much me thinks ;)
I’m not allowed to wear Lycra, says my wife, except for the bedroom, but that’s another story.
Now for every person that enjoys seeing your bulge @Gary, there would be 100 that would be scared for life. So it’s a Firm No for Lycra for me.
 

Gary

Old Tartan Bollocks
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Mar 29, 2018
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loving the fact you need to proclaim you have a wife.

This guy had one too

liberace-in-the-1950s.jpg
 

Rusty

E*POWAH BOSS
Jul 17, 2019
1,513
1,673
New Zealand
WTF .... I love my foam grips.

Oh, and I don't give a shit who my bulges upset - I wear lycra when I want to.
 

GrandPaBrogan

⚡ eGeezer ⚡
Oct 5, 2019
1,329
2,068
New Zealand
I’ll probably get a lot of flack for this but I’d actually say no to presta valves.
Oh yeah, somebody explain to me what just happened??!

I slept under a rock for 10 years and when I started MTBiking again everything tyre related has Presta valves? Where did all the Shrader valves go? Did someone from the future send a Terminator to the past to kill the Shrader valve inventor, and I missed the memo?
 

Zimmerframe

MUPPET
Subscriber
Jun 12, 2019
14,028
20,817
Brittany, France
I’m not allowed to wear Lycra, says my wife, except for the bedroom, but that’s another story.
Now for every person that enjoys seeing your bulge @Gary, there would be 100 that would be scared for life. So it’s a Firm No for Lycra for me.

With his custom lycra, he looks like this when he's "happy" .. it doesn't leave much to the imagination

outerlimits.jpg
 

outerlimits

E*POWAH BOSS
Founding Member
Feb 3, 2018
1,241
1,575
Australia
So the vast majority want to ride a eMtb that has a solid pair of grips and flat pedals spinning a round chain ring, driving reasonable size tyres, filled with sealant and inserts for protection. All whilst perched on a dropper post wearing anything but Lycra while drinking a cool glass of milk that taste like real milk. And we want our bikes to look sexy god dam it! No boring flat black or unnecessary battery bulges detracting from the look. And we don’t care too much about the weight, as long as it looks good and performes well.
 

Beekeeper

🍯Honey Monster🍯
Aug 6, 2019
1,751
2,197
Surrey hills
No to ebike motor parts being unavailable to ordinary mortals.
There is on average just 10 bearings inside a motor and a few circular clips. Not exactly rocket science.

I realise that a bench press is probably needed to remove most of them and one of those devices is quite expensive (£250) but I’m sure a cheaper bike- specific one could be developed for removing stubborn rusted bearings.
And a nice Haynes manual on motor strip down and rebuild specific to your motor.
 

StuE

E*POWAH Master
Patreon
Jun 4, 2018
282
298
Leeds
Why would anyone put an oval chainring on an ebike, surely the chainring has to be in a specific place in relation to the cranks to work
 

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