This forum needs to do a flip

biknut

biknut

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I always loved this forum because the members are all just like me. People that love building their own bikes. When I joined, I think back in 08, the traffic here was huge. It seems to be dwindled down to crickets now. I know what I'm about to say isn't going to be very popular, but someone needs to say it. The popularity of gas powered motor bicycles is going the way of the Dodo bird. As far as this forum is concerned that's a shame because there's nowhere else on the inter webs with as much collective knowledge about building truly custom bicycles. I don't think there's any secret why this has happened, it's the unstoppable popularity of electrics. Back in 08 I was one of their harshest critics, but I turned in 2013 and never looked back.

This is my suggestion to rejuvenate the forum. It's actually very simple. Stop segregating electric bikes from the gas bikes. Yeah I know there's lots of other forums dedicated to electric bikes, but none of them specialize in custom builds the way this forum does. There's lots of overlap between gas, and electric builds. There's no reason to put them in 2 separate boxes. Make Motorbicycling great again.
 
biknut said:
I always loved this forum because the members are all just like me. People that love building their own bikes. When I joined, I think back in 08, the traffic here was huge. It seems to be dwindled down to crickets now. I know what I'm about to say isn't going to be very popular, but someone needs to say it. The popularity of gas powered motor bicycles is going the way of the Dodo bird. As far as this forum is concerned that's a shame because there's nowhere else on the inter webs with as much collective knowledge about building truly custom bicycles. I don't think there's any secret why this has happened, it's the unstoppable popularity of electrics. Back in 08 I was one of their harshest critics, but I turned in 2013 and never looked back.

This is my suggestion to rejuvenate the forum. It's actually very simple. Stop segregating electric bikes from the gas bikes. Yeah I know there's lots of other forums dedicated to electric bikes, but none of them specialize in custom builds the way this forum does. There's lots of overlap between gas, and electric builds. There's no reason to put them in 2 separate boxes. Make Motorbicycling great again.
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At one time self-built ebikes were very popular. However, with the price of ebikes constantly dropping; the disposable mentality of the government/media programming is getting rid of many potential future builders.
 
I think its still pretty common for people to motorize with ebike kits, i think its the fact that with so much stuff on the internet today people dont either 1) have the imagination to do something custom or 2) need to come to a forum for help or advice or to look for other peers.
I've found that there's a lot of people on places like facebook nd discord, which seem to be the future version of forums, however its all youth there, i tried it nd its just a bunch of kids acting tough online nd people dont know **** imo.
 
SLM said:
I think its still pretty common for people to motorize with ebike kits, i think its the fact that with so much stuff on the internet today people dont either 1) have the imagination to do something custom or 2) need to come to a forum for help or advice or to look for other peers.
I've found that there's a lot of people on places like facebook nd discord, which seem to be the future version of forums, however its all youth there, i tried it nd its just a bunch of kids acting tough online nd people dont know **** imo.
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With the price of ebikes constantly dropping and the changing laws concerning them; ebike kits are becoming less common. It's getting to the point a major repair often will cost more than simply buying a new one. As for kits, why buy one when for around the same price you can simply buy an already assembled new ebike. This is our disposable society.

As a teenager I was always working on something to fix it or make it more efficient. My childhood entertainment was working with some kind of tool. About the only thing you'll see in today's kids hands is an electronic device.
 
i dont think they're that cheap yet, a cheap ebike is round 700 dollars, a cheap ebike kit is like 100 dollars
 
SLM said:
i dont think they're that cheap yet, a cheap ebike is round 700 dollars, a cheap ebike kit is like 100 dollars
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Those kits generally doesn't include a battery. There are pedal only bicycles sold in bicycle shops which cost far more than $700. Just like the price of a flat screen tv has drastically dropped so are ebike/escooter prices dropping.
 
even more reason to act fast, get those people in here before they disappear, besides people can still modify their ebikes if they want to
 
SLM said:
even more reason to act fast, get those people in here before they disappear, besides people can still modify their ebikes if they want to
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Ask just about anybody between 12~25 to bring you a ⁹/¹⁶ socket ⅜ drive and check out the confused look they give you. Yet ask how to get to the next level on a video game then check out the look of excitement on their faces. That's what you're dealing with. It's people your age who can bring the change. We're simply seen by many of them as being old geezers.
 
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not rlly, in my experience a lot of other ppl my age kw how to work on stuff, I think the general appeal of gas engines is dying, its happening in the car and bike community too, but i have a lot of friends that are not into cars or anythyng like that nd still know how to work on stuff.
 
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