Video: Josh Bryceland Goes Enduro eMTB Racing at Ard Rock by Cannondale

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danstonQ (Aug 3, 2023 at 10:30)

I understood almost everything he said, so the question is: am I getting better in english or is Ratboy getting better in pronunciation?

Staktup FL (Aug 3, 2023 at 11:28)

Translation: back wheel, back wheel, back wheel

inverjoe (Aug 3, 2023 at 14:00)

Seen him ride over the steps on a 4ft wooden stile at the top of one of the stages. Different League of bike control to us meer mortals.

fuzzhead45 (Aug 3, 2023 at 10:32)

Why do ebike videos never show the person pedaling the bike? This is 99% him riding a bike downhill with the motor not doing anything

mariomtblt (Aug 3, 2023 at 12:27)

cuz it sucks to watch that?

PHX77 (Aug 3, 2023 at 14:24)

They do show them peddling. Maybe not this video, but it happens quite a bit.

fuzzhead45 (Aug 3, 2023 at 15:01)

@mariomtblt: you’d think they would try to make climbing more exciting to watch if you are on a bike with a motor though. Why not put super steep slabs or gnarly rock gardens on the uphill that couldn’t be done without the motor. One of the selling points of e-bikes is they make climbing more fun, why not showcase that in a race? If it’s a normal climb and you are just testing which rider can put more power down and pedal to the top the fastest, get rid of the motor so it’s just athlete vs athlete

Twenty6ers4life FL (Aug 3, 2023 at 16:26)

@fuzzhead45: They already do this in the e-ews series. It’s called the power stage and it’s a steep technical climb stage that is timed.

watchtower (Aug 3, 2023 at 19:55)

He was pedalling, go back and have another look.

watchtower (Aug 4, 2023 at 15:49)

It is , mostly by young people that copy other young people, it's up there with "whatevs" "boi" and "yeeeeewww" to name a few.

gtill9000 (Aug 3, 2023 at 11:33)

I'd still like an explanation on how exactly an e-bike race works.

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suspended-flesh FL (Aug 3, 2023 at 12:18)

The fastest e-bike rider usually wins - much like bicycles.

PHX77 (Aug 3, 2023 at 14:27)

The person who rides to the top of the mountain on the power stage in the least amount of time wins that stage. On the downhill stages, the person who gets from the top to the bottom, in the least amount of time wins. In all of the stages, regardless of uphill or downhill, the person that completes start to finish in the least amount of time wins first place. The person that finishes from start to finish in the second least amount of time get second place. The person who finishes with the third fastest time from start to finish gets third place. This pattern continues.

watchtower (Aug 3, 2023 at 19:56)

I'd imagine the same as any other bike race.

gtill9000 (Aug 4, 2023 at 6:23)

@PHX77: OK so it's basically the same as a one day XC stage race? Or maybe like an enduro race with timed uphill stages. Thanks for the explanation!

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