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The Tarvo has that straight line from rear wheel to head tube that just makes a bike look so simple yet perfect.

Finally someone who is forward thinking and isn’t afraid to verbalize the ugly truth! Acoustic Bikes, or as I prefer to call them, Amish Bikes are a safety hazard on modern IMBA gold class trails. Not only are they slow and present a collision hazard but they also create weird bumps and ruts because they’re so light that when users apply their brakes it’s now creating uneven wear patterns like braking bumps and erosion on features where they have to actually use their muscles to pedal. I know they would throw their arms up in protest if we imposed an all out ban on their kids toys but perhaps an “Acoustic Session Cover Fee” would be more fair - $5 at the trail head from them so that we can maintain our e-bike trails from their wear and tear. Short of that, maybe they’ll just go back to building their own cave man / donkey trails without modern petroleum burning hydraulic mini dozers and excavators, using only janky natural terrain and fall lines with natural features to make big sketchy jumps.

This was my first thought - seems you’ll be stuck with a single speed that has high parasitic drag. Cool system but what a honker to strap to the bottom of your “bicycle”. I’d rather just poach an MTB trail on a stark varg at that point.

Snowmobile has entered the chat.

Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

He’s definitely an innovator and not afraid to test stuff and kick your ass on something anyone else would consider underbiked.

Oh they did. But that was captured in the sister movie Crusty Demons of Dirt 7: The 7th Mission.

I too am genuinely curious - I’ve seen the joke outside the bike world too. Is smoking cool again? (Discretely slides closet door open to make sure Joe Camel nascar jacket is still there)

Jokes on pinkbike. I bought the Pinkleball.com domain while it was still available for less than $100,000. Deals like these don't come every day!

@fabwizard: I predict 2026 will be the first year we see a widespread stuxnet like attack on eBikes and other e components. The eeb’s will end up bricked and inoperable while the Amish bikes will remain fully functional.