[Closed] More total e-bike bell-endery

Someone on here will know who that is. I do hope they name and shame.

Or do Strava fly by of the road that day?

Ooh this could be a classic if it's some one on here!!

Wasn't me btw, I was near Burton this weekend and can prove it.

Myself I was fairly ambiguous

I think you mean ambidextrous.

angry man in downhill gear.

it could be any one of the frothing defenders on any of the E bike threads campaigning for unrestricted speed access.

The atmosphere was electric

*chuckles*

frothing defenders

They're mostly on the "My Land Rover's fuel tank was filled with washing up liquid" threads.

What an absolute tool!

Someone must know who he is.. loads of Valley riders on here.

I remember something a bit similar back in 1996. They ran an eliminator race from Rivi Pike down the Ice Cream Run. really well attended by Steve Peat, Will Longden etc. Some utter entitled tool walking his dog insisted upon his right to walk right up the centre of the course, despite the appropriate closures being in place. He was heckled all the way, but belligerently carried on with riders hurtling down towards him.

Some people....

Good photo.  Doubt many of the people realised it was an emtb, just a mountain bikes.  Not really sure why it being an ebike has any relevance here?  Seems just as likely that he could have riding a (non ebike) Canyon (for example), and he would be a 'typical canyon rider' to someone on here, but would still but be a mountain biker to the spectators.  But yeah, total nob end.

Anyone got a better picture we can share?

Not really sure why it being an ebike has any relevance here

non e-bikers in a full face helmets always walk up hill 🙂

Hmm, I was the Rake on Sunday and saw the eTool. I was also at the Rivi downhill in ‘96. Also at Brownbacks race at Lee Quarry when a group of horse-ists insisted on riding across the course mid race. It’s all my fault, isn’t it?

Not trying to be contrary, but genuinely interested why you think this could become more common.
Sounds like an isolated incident.

And they’re just classed as ‘mountain bikers’ getting us all a great name> Depressing

Owning an e bike is very unlikely to have made him a dick.

He is very likely to have been a dick for a long time.

He's fairly likely to have been a mtber for more time than an e (mtb) biker.

There are people like this in every walk of life, this one is clearly a mtber as well as a weapons grade knob.

So really, unless your suggesting the paper should report "dick is a dick at event for unspecified people engaging in generic hobby" I don't think it's much to get surprised or upset about.

It's not relevant, angeldust - he was a mountain biker - exactly like you 😉

I think.. e-bikers obviously aren't all knobs, but he type of person who is likely to be a knob is more likely to be riding one. Bit like the knob who rode straight at my son at an enduro event recently. I mean, it could've been any rider at that event, but it wasn't, it was a knob on an e-bike.

Can we social profile him?

I bet he spends a lot of time naked talking to strangers in changing rooms.

I think you mean ambidextrous.

Don't be stoopid hols. He means omnivalent.

HTH

Not all E-bikers are knobs, my mate rides an ebike and.... Oh actually he's a knob!

Its just an observation, but having seen more of them about recently, that in the needlessly aggressive cockwomble stakes they seem to have more in common with the MXers you see howling round the moors, rather than the mountain bikers

Don’t be stoopid hols. He means omnivalent.

As it Binners we're talking about, I think you mean omnivorous

I think you mean ambidextrous

Ambiguous/ambidextrous/androgenous/antidiluvian etc..

Who cares?

Most people are ambivalent, TBH...

I imagine we’re going to be seeing quite a bit more of this sort of thing

I think you mean Omnipotent

EDIT: **doesn't really work**

I think you mean Impotent

Thats why he wears a suit

I remember something a bit similar back in 1996. They ran an eliminator race from Rivi Pike down the Ice Cream Run. really well attended by Steve Peat, Will Longden etc. Some utter entitled tool walking his dog insisted upon his right to walk right up the centre of the course, despite the appropriate closures being in place. He was heckled all the way, but belligerently carried on with riders hurtling down towards him.

CX races (often run in local parks etc) often suffer with this as the local park is exactly where all the dog walkers go. Many of them are also thoroughly entitled selfish pricks who insist that they always walk on THIS path and they will do so again, even though there are marshals telling them not to, riders yelling at them...

And I bet he had the bloody cheek to ask for a cup of water at the top 🙄

Looks like an mtb to me

I ride an ebike (but only on the road)

I am also a bit of a knob.

Hope it wasn’t me 😳

As it Binners we’re talking about, I think you mean omnivorous

It's nomnivorous, from the grego-roman root.

I think.. e-bikers obviously aren’t all knobs, but he type of person who is likely to be a knob is more likely to be riding one. Bit like the knob who rode straight at my son at an enduro event recently. I mean, it could’ve been any rider at that event, but it wasn’t, it was a knob on an e-bike.

Sounds like BS Dez.  So, are MXers more likely to be nobs too?  If the chap who rode at your son was on a non ebike Canyon, would you have formed similar negative connotations for those riders?  What about if the rider was a northener, or ****stani? Would that isolated incident mean you think they all behave the same?  Of course you wouldn't, but it's still stupidly small minded.😘

PS. I don't have an ebike.

PPS.  I know, I know, STW rules mean pick a side, and be a dick about it 😉

the local park is exactly where all the dog walkers go. Many of them are also thoroughly entitled selfish pricks

and we're expecting dog walkers to distinguish between an e-mtb and an mtb and believe that somehow that makes a difference to how a rider might behave?

Owning an e bike is very unlikely to have made him a dick.

True, but without the e-bike, he wouldn't be bringing his dickishness to the Rake hillclimb.

Will also mean he goes past quicker though, so less exposure to his dickishness.  Unless he stops.  Which he did in this case. 😗

Ah thought this was going to be about the £9K bike stole from Cesc Fabregas (footballerist).  9K worth of purest gop - who would want to be seen near this, let alone nick it?

The net is tightening

https://labs.strava.com/flyby/viewer/#1890135801?c=gcw35n1y&z=H&t=1RkW5i&a=-S6pcD1PqHA

If we knew what time they did the climb you can select all athletes and then just work out who was on the course then.

Bet Cesc was glad to see the back of that monstrosity

Dan Evans looked pretty angry while on his bike too.

disclaimer. I wasn't there (or was I?) so have no idea if anyone was upset by Dan's anger.

what bike was it binners?

Someone called Robert took a bit of an interesting route. Not suggesting it was him, obviously.

Sounds like BS Dez

Which bit? The knob riding at my son? Yeah I invented that just to agree with binners. </div>

Someone called Robert took a bit of an interesting route. Not suggesting it was him, obviously.

Though I'm totally outraged that someone can upload a lunchtime stroll and get four kudos for it!

I'm sure that our ebiking friend respects the integrity of the Stravaa too much to be uploading his ride. 🙂

Which bit? The knob riding at my son? Yeah I invented that just to agree with binners.

😁 No, the bit regarding the correlation between an isolated incident and a group of people all behaving the same way.

Well I think we can rule out Corrine, Marianne and Jessica. Although the E-knobber was wearing a full face... makes you think....

I don't know, Jessica always looks a bit butch with her full face on.

The net is tightening

Surely if they were on strava whatever they would err on the side of caution and make it private/delete it.

Someone called Robert

Given the time they were just spectating. Unless they walked for a while before going and getting the bike. Or rode it first and then binned the gear to come back and laugh at the complaints.

I would go with the not to blame though.

The worst thing here is the use of "kudos" as a countable noun.

Rider was a dick long before he got on an e-bike, then he became a dick on e-bike!

"I’m sure that our ebiking friend respects the integrity of the Stravaa too much to be uploading his ride. "

well one would hope he would at least have the common decency to select the Ebike ride option (and it is there )

Whilst obviously not every person who does a given activity will be knob, certain activities do seem to attract them. I give you Jetskiing.

Sounds like an issue with a certain type of cyclist who seems to think road closures don't count for them. The Emtb bit only becomes relevant because only a cyclist on one of them would consider riding up that hill voluntarily or be capable of speaking enough to be a knob if they did!

Nah....can’t be arsed............

The worst thing here is the use of “kudos” as a countable noun.

Have a like for that!

Surely if they were on strava whatever they would err on the side of caution and make it private/delete it.

Probably wasn't expecting to behave like a dick when he set the account up

Have a like for that!

You missed the obvious opportunity to offer me a kudo.

kudo

kudidn't?

Isn't it one of the Culture novels where Kudos is actually a currency?

If the assistance limit was just a bit higher he’d have been up the hill and out of everyone’s way much sooner.

25kph is crazy.

I was kind of tolerant of all the bell-endery being discussed on this thread until some bellend typed 'footballerist". Then I lost it completely.

If the assistance limit was just a bit higher he’d have been up the hill and out of everyone’s way much sooner.

25kph is crazy.

Generally I'd agree, but It's plenty fast enough to ride up The Rake.

Isn’t it one of the Culture novels where Kudos is actually a currency?

The Emtb bit only becomes relevant because only a cyclist on one of them would consider riding up that hill voluntarily or be capable of speaking enough to be a knob if they did!

My own experience of riding up that hill (and also pushing a single speed) tells me that any rider on a non e bike is liable to tell you to go fornicate if you said anything they might be expected to reply too. Actually I'm pretty sure I'd react like the person in question if somewhere near the top someone told me* the road was closed and i needed to find another route, i may even have come close to vomiting at them.

*this presumes i could hear anything other than my own blood hammering in my ears and head almost exploding.

If the assistance limit was just a bit higher he’d have been up the hill and out of everyone’s way much sooner.

25kph is crazy.

Remove the speed limit and you'll have them tearing down shared bike paths at 20mph+. Not a good idea IMO.

Well, I’m totally taking my Trek Powerfly next year, see if I can average 25kph up there.

I’ll ask Binners to capture the moment in some bespoke print work.

Found it. Now we know.

The Dwellers, an advanced and ancient civilisation of non-humanoids who inhabit gas giants, lead an almost anarchic existence based on kudos

I’ll ask Binners to capture the moment in some bespoke print work.

Don't. You only encourage the fool. 😉

Well, I’m totally taking my Trek Powerfly next year, see if I can average 25kph up there.

Never ridden an ebike myself, is it hard to hit 25kph on the hills?

The Rake is steep obvs, but traction's not an issue.

To the people getting offended at suggestions that people's interactions with ebike riders have left them thinking they're knobs, what's your view on bmw/audi drivers?

Never ridden an ebike myself, is it hard to hit 25kph on the hills?

The Rake is steep obvs, but traction’s not an issue.

If it’s steep then yeah, you have to put some proper effort in to keep the speed up.

Luckily us ebikers will have had a full English at the bottom and the extra weight of our massive guts helps with traction.

what’s your view on bmw/audi drivers?

*sigh*

I am a bmw driver. And so is my wife.

I tend to work on the basis that saying 'you lot' about any group (bar 'kippers and the EDL) tends to lead to assumptions about a group ethos that doesn't exist and isn't reflected int he attitudes or behaviours of all, or even a majority, of members of that group.

I will use sweeping generalisations as humour though (see above).

Never mind the angry ebike dude. I am more annoyed at the roadie (in the photo next to him) not wearing an helmet.

Luckily us ebikers will have had a full English at the bottom and the extra weight of our massive guts helps with traction.

Can't you just pop it in a water bottle to enjoy during the ride?

what’s your view on bmw/audi drivers?

Owning one has gained me acceptance at the Walking Bottom Carpark, Peaslake.

Should have done it naked for the titillating.

TWENTY ACTUAL MILES PER HOUR!!!???!!111

ON A $HARED PATH!!??!??!!11

not wearing an helmet.

Hill climbers tend not to, that I've seen? I would have thought they would be mandated in races and events, if only for insurance purposes?

WTF for? ^^

They're basically runners

None of them wear helmets.

Have you ridden up the Rake? You’re unlikely to get up enough speed to do yourself much damage. Walking is generally quicker.

Having said,  that you could bang your head when blacking out and keeling over at the top, or an over enthusiastic head movement while violently throwing up over the wall.

We need to give nuff respect to DazH of this parish, who not only did it on Sunday in a very impressive 3 mins 50, but also got me to get him a pint in for when he crossed the line

 insurance purposes

You do know it's not the insurers that always make up daft rules? Sometimes they and 'health and safety' get blamed for decisions individuals make, as a way of deflecting attention and criticism?

TWENTY ACTUAL MILES PER HOUR!!!???!!111

ON A $HARED PATH!!??!??!!11

I know! Where will this madness end?

ah, sorry, watched a BR vid of hill climbs, they looked to be going a fair lick, one guy was complaining of being held up by a bus...