Sign o’the Times?

[Fivetones]

More nonsense journalism from the daily rag that is The Times. Opinion from Singletrack:

Opinion: Insult and Battery - The Times Has A Pop At E-Bikes

 

[Kingfisher]

Best one I heard: "The batteries are a fire hazard and will cause numerous forest fires"

 

[Rob Rides EMTB]

More nonsense journalism from the daily rag that is The Times. Opinion from Singletrack:

Opinion: Insult and Battery - The Times Has A Pop At E-Bikes

What a load of bollox that article was.

Maybe I'll invite him to one of our group rides? Where he'll be able to witness first hand how ebikes are changing lives...

 

[Jamsxr]

What a load of rubbish. Being a fairly keen walker it’s my opinion that ramblers/walking cause just as much “damage” to the environment, then when you take into consideration the volume of footpaths etc, it’s even worse.

This makes my blood boil. I sold my motorbike to take up eBikes, I’m now cycling further and longer than ever before - I’m a young, fit and healthy person, but my eBike is improving my health/fitness even more.

I know, let’s ban eBikes, MTB’s, Horses, Walking and most outdoor activities. I’ll just stay indoors or go down the pub and overload on drink and drugs to keep myself entertained... ?

 

[Fivetones]

Best one I heard: "The batteries are a fire hazard and will cause numerous forest fires"

By that logic walkers shouldn’t carry a mobile phone.

 

[steve_sordy]

What a load of bollox that article was.

Maybe I'll invite him to one of our group rides? Where he'll be able to witness first hand how ebikes are changing lives...

@Rob Hancill That article deserves a riposte! As creator and editor of this Forum, you have the authority to speak for a large number of emtbrs. You have first person accounts of how an emtb has worked to change the lives of many for the better (there was a thread on this). You have the contacts and the resources to respond well, both verbally, physically and in writing. You could provide sufficient information, pictures, videos and no doubt other media too that would enable the offending author to write a completely different piece. Or to write one yourself if he is reluctant to be even-handed.

 

[dirt huffer]

What a load of bollox that article was.

Maybe I'll invite him to one of our group rides? Where he'll be able to witness first hand how ebikes are changing lives...

Yes, someone needs to lend these clueless people an ebike. So much misinformation

 

[Russell]

sold my motorbike to take up eBikes
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i bet motorcycle sales have taken a nose dive since ebikes came out. I've sold one and the other will be going soon because they don't get used anymore

 

[Sandy]

No one bats an eyelid at the old biddies screaming around shopping centres on their privately owned buggies (that are clearly de-restricted). All fun and games for them until one of them runs over a child and kills them. I heard a story about how some oldie lost control and ran over a guy and shattered his ankle, he was out of action for months, didn't even make it into the local rag.

 

[SquireRides]

I remember an old MBUK article about the Ramblers clarifying the reasons they are against mountain bikes. They object to:

1. Young people
2. Wearing bright colours
3. In the countryside

IMHO, over 20 years we're pretty much all friends now. Walkers, horse riders, cyclists, enjoying the outdoors together. Everyone gets the same 'one of us' nod as we pass each other.

Except those gravel riders who've just arrived on the scene. Hate them.

 

[Fivetones]

I wouldn’t be tempted to let hateful articles like this cast other countryside users as the problem. There’s room for us all if we are considerate.

The problem is junk newspapers like The Times et al.

 

[SquireRides]

I wouldn’t be tempted to let hateful articles like this cast other countryside users as the problem. There’s room for us all if we are considerate.

The problem is junk newspapers like The Times et al.

It's just click bait worthy of The Express

 

[HikerDave]

I remember an old MBUK article about the Ramblers clarifying the reasons they are against mountain bikes. They object to:

1. Young people
2. Wearing bright colours
3. In the countryside

IMHO, over 20 years we're pretty much all friends now. Walkers, horse riders, cyclists, enjoying the outdoors together. Everyone gets the same 'one of us' nod as we pass each other.

Except those gravel riders who've just arrived on the scene. Hate them.

Here in the US the unreasonable complaints are all about the impact to wildlife. I’ve had to stop on a dirt road whike riding a dirt bike to wait for an antelope that was dawdling and in the way; it took it’s sweet time getting out of the way. In one of the most remote parts of the US I walked past a deer nursing a fawn; they paid little attention to me and weren’t at all disturbed. A curious elk came up to me once when I was reading in a meadow. I’ve seen a Golden Eagle drive away a Red-Tailed hawk while I was hang-gliding with both of them. A Mexican Gray wolf stood quietly in a meadow when I passed by on my mountain bike. Javelinas in South Mountain park don’t run when passed by mountain bikes. A wildlife biologist I talked to who was studying the impacts of construction in the Birds of Prey area found that the nesting prairie falcons were undisturbed. I’ve passed by a black bear who glided out of sight; let’s play I don’t see you and you don’t see me. It’s about habitat and we humans have little impact as long as we visit and leave.

Then we have the absurdity of mountain bikers telling eBikers that the fragile and elusive hikers will complain about the eBikes like hikers are some kind of endangered species to be cherished and protected; I talked to a slow-walking eighty-something hiker who rode her own eBike around her neighborhood and liked mine.

 

[Gary]

High on crack and tootin' a machine gun...

 

[Gary]

Except it's singletrack so it's probably more like

Drank one ALDI craft beer typed a sternly worded email

 

[Paul Mac]

Here in the US the unreasonable complaints are all about the impact to wildlife. I’ve had to stop on a dirt road whike riding a dirt bike to wait for an antelope that was dawdling and in the way; it took it’s sweet time getting out of the way. In one of the most remote parts of the US I walked past a deer nursing a fawn; they paid little attention to me and weren’t at all disturbed. A curious elk came up to me once when I was reading in a meadow. I’ve seen a Golden Eagle drive away a Red-Tailed hawk while I was hang-gliding with both of them. A Mexican Gray wolf stood quietly in a meadow when I passed by on my mountain bike. Javelinas in South Mountain park don’t run when passed by mountain bikes. A wildlife biologist I talked to who was studying the impacts of construction in the Birds of Prey area found that the nesting prairie falcons were undisturbed. I’ve passed by a black bear who glided out of sight; let’s play I don’t see you and you don’t see me. It’s about habitat and we humans have little impact as long as we visit and leave.

Then we have the absurdity of mountain bikers telling eBikers that the fragile and elusive hikers will complain about the eBikes like hikers are some kind of endangered species to be cherished and protected; I talked to a slow-walking eighty-something hiker who rode her own eBike around her neighborhood and liked mine.

I had a squirrel run across my path the other day ?