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sumdood
4/30/2018 8:29am
4/30/2018 8:29am
"If" there was an indoor track near your house or work that rented electric mx bikes to practice on during the week, some place where you could show up with your gear, hop on an electric bike and practice for an hour after work, or on a long lunch break or even before work, would you pay $50.00 to ride for an hour ? Just for the sake of argument lets assume it's not a long drive from your house or work, the bikes work good and the track is fun. You wouldn't have to load, fuel, or clean your bike, don't even need a truck. Just show up with your gear and get a fun workout in an hour. Would you pay $50.00 for an hour ?
Any outdoor lot with good lights and dust control will do fine. There won't be any noise complaints!
The Shop
This is a no-brainer. Make it Happen Captain !!
If it is, then I’m getting out of it... can you imagine going to SX to watch a race with all electric bikes ? Personally that sounds pretty lame, but I’m sure the tree huggers would love it !
BTW- This has already been done in Vegas. It was only open fur a short period of time and the bikes (ZERO) weren’t up to where they needed to be. The Alta is a whole different ballgame !
https://www.electricbike.com/lasvegas/
http://evworld.com/news.cfm?newsid=28098
https://www.riderplanet-usa.com/atv/trails/info/nevada_14606/ride_c4c7…
But I completely agree. If SX goes all electric, no thanks.
I’d love to see someone put it together, I’d be a customer. Especially if they ran AC on the summer. lol
Not like we get a lot of rain here in So Cal, but it would likely be crowded on rainy days. But I’d be riding in the hills the next day !
I'd like to see it done also. Be nice to just show up on lunch or when I have some free time and spin some laps then head out and not have to worry about washing the bike or maintenance haha.
Pit Row
The liability of people jumping would be kind of sketchy but only on a maintenance level, “the bars were loose and caused me to crash or tire went flat causing me to crash and get hurt, I’m suing”, but the mountain bike rental market has that handled. So where there is a will there is a way.
Maybe the track needs to be made out of the rubber that playgrounds are made out of now. Soft enough to fall on. Run a super moto style tire instead of knobbies and it should be good to go. No dust, less injuries, less track maintenance and the “wave of the future”.
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