Illegal e-bikes reaching speeds of more than 100 kilometres per hour

[wodahs]

i hear lance armstrong is making a return to competitive cycling
recons he'll never need to fail swabbing again as hes found the perfect bike

[MITCHAY]

It's always fun until you stack it. It didn't tickle doing less than 1/3 of that speed. You're either brave or stupid for me

[prydey]

Originally Posted by wodahs

i hear lance armstrong is making a return to competitive cycling
recons he'll never need to fail swabbing again as hes found the perfect bike

Lance is a cheat and deserves everything he got, but he wasn't alone and is an exceptional talent on a bike. A lot of people think he was just an ordinary person and the epo made him in to some kind of super human but that's not how it works. There's still a lot to admire about his performances on a bike.

Sorry to go off on a tangent.

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by prydey

Lance is a cheat and deserves everything he got, but he wasn't alone and is an exceptional talent on a bike. A lot of people think he was just an ordinary person and the epo made him in to some kind of super human but that's not how it works. There's still a lot to admire about his performances on a bike.

Sorry to go off on a tangent.

I reckon with sports we need to have an 'open' league where there's no rules/guidelines - so you can have your roided up junkies, or loaded up on meth competing against each other and if the non junkies want to try their luck against the chemically enhanced super humans they can enter too.

Would make for entertaining viewing - imagine an entire league full of Lance Armstrongs on meth

[.:4:.]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

I reckon with sports we need to have an 'open' league where there's no rules/guidelines - so you can have your roided up junkies, or loaded up on meth competing against each other and if the non junkies want to try their luck against the chemically enhanced super humans they can enter too.

Would make for entertaining viewing - imagine an entire league full of Lance Armstrongs on meth

There is such a thing, its called amateur classes... I knew a bloke who was slaying the amateur triathlons coked up to the eyeballs. When he moved up a class where they drug tested, for some reason he was no longer competitive. Then again, whilst not common, but also not entirely uncommon, for the amateurs some seemingly fit but coked up competitors would have heart attacks after races due to their hearts working overtime due to substance abuse.
I still never understood the hype surrounding Michael phelps after he got caught out ripping cones. If anything, its more impressive that he could still win zhonked and probably with the munchies.

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by .:4:.

There is such a thing, its called amateur classes... I knew a bloke who was slaying the amateur triathlons coked up to the eyeballs. When he moved up a class where they drug tested, for some reason he was no longer competitive. Then again, whilst not common, but also not entirely uncommon, for the amateurs some seemingly fit but coked up competitors would have heart attacks after races due to their hearts working overtime due to substance abuse.
I still never understood the hype surrounding Michael phelps after he got caught out ripping cones. If anything, its more impressive that he could still win zhonked and probably with the munchies.

Some US athlete got banned from the Tokyo Olympics for failing a drug test due to testing positive for weed - its not 'performance enhancing' so really who cares, if anything puts you at a disadvantage

https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...e-experts-say/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58003743

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

Some US athlete got banned from the Tokyo Olympics for failing a drug test due to testing positive for weed - its not 'performance enhancing' so really who cares, if anything puts you at a disadvantage

https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...e-experts-say/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58003743

It can be performance enhancing in some sports where being calm and relaxed helps, like shooting.

Wouldn't be much help in speed and power events though.

[mick taylor]

Originally Posted by mac_man_luke

Iv got an e-mountain bike that is factory limited to 25kph (for assistance, can pedal faster but good luck) which i find crazy as you can easily ride faster than that on a normal bike
Iv changed mine over to the US firmware which is limited to 32kph and i find that pretty perfect - not smashing into the limiter regularly (which is like hitting a wall!) but not excessively fast that your a danger.

and its still hard work keeping it at any decent speeds, no free ride on a pedal assist bike.

Old mate up the road has a latest electric pushbike and got it enhanced for max power and blew it up, got warranty on it tho, by fooling them. now he just has a stock one. he wanted me to buy one and I said never, push bikes are way to dangerous.

I will stick to my Enduro bikes thanks and road bikes on the road. never would I ride a scooter as well they are death traps because such do not have the power of handling to avoid many situations. If one is a novice rider anything becomes dangerous and in their ignorance they buy rubbish like scooters.

When I here people make claims about speed and to much power the fact is they are a novice talking from the point of the average clown who knows no better.

[cairns27]

I bought a 2nd hand Fortis 20" for $350, new ones on Macleay Is for $750, fat tyres another $50. Brake pads only last about 100 k's. As long as it's pedal assist can be riden on the footpath. I've had it uptp 37kph downhill, and wouldn't want to go any fasteer. I'v ridden motorbikes all my life, these are scarier, the motor dosen't stop till a second after you stop pedaling.

bye

[Dr Terry]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

I reckon with sports we need to have an 'open' league where there's no rules/guidelines - so you can have your roided up junkies, or loaded up on meth competing against each other and if the non junkies want to try their luck against the chemically enhanced super humans they can enter too.

Would make for entertaining viewing - imagine an entire league full of Lance Armstrongs on meth

You've gotta give to Lance Armstrong, I knew guys who were on drugs who had trouble even finding their bikes.

Dr Terry