Duhh!!!??????

[Neeko DeVinchi]

If an ebike falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

 

[Tonybro]

If an ebike falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

Depends on the motor! ?

You could probably hear my E8000 on the moon... ?

 

[lightning]

You wouldn't hear it on the moon, as
there's no atmosphere

 

[Zimmerframe]

You wouldn't hear it on the moon, as
there's no atmosphere

Would make for a good red bull rampage though - 2km canyon jump !

 

[Tonybro]

You wouldn't hear it on the moon, as
there's no atmosphere

Correct, just making a point!

If we're getting pedantic - how the f**k did the bike get there then?

 

[lightning]

Yes imagine the tricks you could pull there! Not sure what tyre pressures you would run though.
Doing some quick maths l think you'd need to be about 15psi less than on Earth.

One day someone will probably try it. We had a shot of golf there back in the 1970's when one of the astronauts took a ball and made up a golf club

 

[Tubby G]

Correct, just making a point!

If we're getting pedantic - how the f**k did the bike get there then?

Turbo mode, an 8ft quarter pipe and a long decent run in! As Sam P would say, ‘To the moon .....’

 

[Zimmerframe]

If we're getting pedantic - how the f**k did the bike get there then?

Well, you're not going to take a petrol one are you - there's no atmosphere like he said !

 

[lightning]

I have to say Mars looks more appealing for MTB rides.

 

[paul-g]

If an ebike falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

how did it get to the forrest????????

 

[Neeko DeVinchi]

how did it get to the forrest????????

Lol, does it matter? ?

 

[paul-g]

Lol, does it matter? ?

expected some sort of complicated theoretical explanation

 

[Neeko DeVinchi]

expected some sort of complicated theoretical explanation

Nah!!! The title of the thread should really give it away.

I'll probably post more 'duhh' messages ?

 

[Tubby G]

I have to say Mars looks more appealing for MTB rides.

You’d have to take a few spare batteries though as there’d be nowhere to plug them in to charge, and it’s a bloody long way to spacewalk home!

 

[Zimmerframe]

spacewalk home!

Does the Space Walk Button not work ?

 

[Tubby G]

Does the Space Walk Button not work ?

Good point, I’ll give it a go on my next interstellar ride and find out!

 

[lightning]

Be best to forget the battery and pop on a radioisotope thermoelectric generator.

 

[Zimmerframe]

Good point, I’ll give it a go on my next interstellar ride and find out!

Just a tip - TAKE SNACKS !!!! ..

Mars is 280,000,000 km's away (Current Distance - only 54.6 million if you time your departure correctly) ... walk mode is sometimes capped at 5km/h, so whilst there's no air resistance, once you're free of most gravitational forces, you shouldn't have any battery problems (other than the incredible cold) ..

However, you're looking at a rough strava ride of 56,000,000 hours (Saddle Choice and a long lasting deodorant are VITAL here).

That's 2,333,333 days .. and about 8 hours (don't want anyone worried if you're late).

Whilst some of you big ride people might not think that sounds like much, it still rounds upto 6,400 years.

On a round trip (There and Back, probably being Earth's first ever interstellar cyclist to take a pee stop on Mars) , that's almost 13,000 years.

I don't know about anyone else, but I don't want to be there for the after ride Pic of the Day upload if @The Hodge decides to make the trip.

Based on previous uploads, that would be approximately 474,500,000 photo's. Delivered in his new "sandwich" format of alternating landscape and portrait images.

 

[Zimmerframe]

Be best to forget the battery and pop on a radioisotope thermoelectric generator.

I've been pushing for EMTB's to have RTG's for years now ... no one listens !

 

[Zimmerframe]

God help anyone planning a multi day trip to Saturn .. at 1,500,000,000 km's away. That's a 70,000 year round trip in walk mode - I just really think that Hodge's pictures would break me for that one.

 

[Tubby G]

Just a tip - TAKE SNACKS !!!! ..

Mars is 280,000,000 km's away (Current Distance - only 54.6 million if you time your departure correctly) ... walk mode is sometimes capped at 5km/h, so whilst there's no air resistance, once you're free of most gravitational forces, you shouldn't have any battery problems (other than the incredible cold) ..

However, you're looking at a rough strava ride of 56,000,000 hours (Saddle Choice and a long lasting deodorant are VITAL here).

That's 2,333,333 days .. and about 8 hours (don't want anyone worried if you're late).

Whilst some of you big ride people might not think that sounds like much, it still rounds upto 6,400 years.

On a round trip (There and Back, probably being Earth's first ever interstellar cyclist to take a pee stop on Mars) , that's almost 13,000 years.

I don't know about anyone else, but I don't want to be there for the after ride Pic of the Day upload if @The Hodge decides to make the trip.

Based on previous uploads, that would be approximately 474,500,000 photo's. Delivered in his new "sandwich" format of alternating landscape and portrait images.

But with the new Bosch Gen 5 nuclear powered radioisotope thermoelectric generator I predict the journey will only take me a couple of hours in NMTB mode and I’ll easily make it home in time to open the popcorn ready for the latest episode of ‘The Hodge’

 

[Zimmerframe]

A group ride would probably be needed to Neptune to share snack carrying ..

4,600,000,000 km's .. (at their closest - timing is crucial for this one )

So a rather tiring 200,000 year round trip. I can't help but think some people would end up de-restricting for that one.

 

[steve_sordy]

It makes the same sound as that of one hand clapping.
Or maybe "Jazz hands".

So definitely it makes a noise. But what if there was a person to see it fall, but they were profoundly deaf?

Or maybe you leave a tape recorder nearby and play it back later?

 

[Gyre]

You wouldn't hear it on the moon, as
there's no atmosphere

Long ago I used to participate in explorer scout competitions at JPL to propose different kinds of space settlements. I remember one year, one of the hosts showed us a wild study about mountain biking on the moon. The upshot was that between the low gravity and lack of atmospheric drag, the hypothetical top speeds you could get to were completely insane* ... to the extent that if you could do it without killing yourself, as a matter of pure speed you didn't really need any other kind of surface transportation. I think it was reasonably applicable to Mars as well since the atmosphere is so thin.

In hindsight they must have imagined that the moondust was at least compacted like a fire road or fused into some kind of quasi-asphalt, but regardless, the conclusions were pretty amazing.

* if memory serves, 100+ mph!

 

[ULEWZ]

If somebody makes a post, and nobody reads it, did it really happen?

 

[paul-g]

did i really read this crap

 

[Zimmerframe]

@GrandPaBrogan has done some more Mars Group ride research for us in another thread :

SpaceX

Pad cleared ..... Minimum of 60 minutes to 90 minutes until launch ...... if it goes .....

www.emtbforums.com

 

[GrandPaBrogan]

If an ebike falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

If a CHEATER smokes a forest trail, but no one is around... is he/she still a cheater?

 

[Neeko DeVinchi]

If a CHEATER smokes a forest trail, but no one is around... is he/she still a cheater?

As long as Strava's not getting involved GrandPaBroga, I'm willing to count that as 'duhh! ????' ?

 

[Neeko DeVinchi]

Are orange coloured bikes faster than everything else?