Show us pictures of where you ride your ebikes!

[Jeremy McCreary]

Someone recently commented that Northern California is green this time of year, and Southern California is brown. And while many parts of SoCal are indeed pretty brown — and not just in winter — that's a bit of an oversimplification.

In fact, the west slope of mountainous San Diego County is very green right now — especially after our recent Pacific storms.

Still hard to believe that this huge horse property on the Batiquitos Lagoon floodplain is only 2 mi from my very suburban neighborhood.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Some pics from a windy 54 mile ride today!

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This photo is epic!

 

[CanyonMan]

Burning Man

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[Jeremy McCreary]

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Welcome aboard! Must've been quite a scene. Probably too crowded for me, but I'm a sucker for colored lights in the dark — especially when they're moving.

 

[CanyonMan]

It's roughly 75,000 people on over 3500 acres. While the city itself is reasonably crowded the Playa is really very open.

 

[fooferdoggie]

Everyone wants a lawnchair as their next tattoo.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Back to gray skies and winter temperatures (around 60°F) now that our Santa Ana winds are gone and the marine layer's retaken the coast.

But still a great morning for the missus and I to ride up the coast to Carlsbad Village for brunch at a favorite breakfast spot.

Stopped on the way back to look for gray whales after yesterday's sighting off Oceanside. Not smart to park your favorite bike at the edge of a bluff that could slump at any moment without warning, but so hard to resist that vantage point!

K set a stiff pace on her 750W blue Velotric Breeze. I got in 2 good fitness runs trying to keep up in ECO on my 240W Vado SL 1. Still working out my zone boundaries, but probably mostly in Z3 and lower Z4.

Highly recommend getting your slower riding partner into an ebike much more powerful than your own.

 

[6zfshdb]

Everyone wants a lawnchair as their next tattoo.



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It's because they're so handy to have around. Add a few balloons and you can even use them for transportation after the e-bike craze goes bust. t

 

[RabH]

Back to gray skies and winter temperatures (around 60°F) now that our Santa Ana winds are gone and the marine layer's retaken the coast.

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But still a great morning for the missus and I to ride up the coast to Carlsbad Village for brunch at a favorite breakfast spot.

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Stopped on the way back to look for gray whales after yesterday's sighting off Oceanside. Not smart to park your favorite bike at the edge of a bluff that could slump at any moment without warning, but so hard to resist that vantage point!

K set a stiff pace on her 750W blue Velotric Breeze. I got in 2 good fitness runs trying to keep up in ECO on my 240W Vado SL 1. Still working out my zone boundaries, but probably mostly in Z3 and lower Z4.

Highly recommend getting your slower riding partner into an ebike much more powerful than your own.

60F in winter, we are lucky to get that in summer... What a beautiful place to ride your bike, even with grey skies!

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

From a 25 mi, 1,500 ft hill and coast fitness ride several days ago. Still working off the Holidays. As an enticement to climb, the route strung together several favorite local descents.

First stop, a favorite overlook at the top of the ride. Thanks to our ongoing Santa Ana winds, my clearest view ever of Calavera volcano and its many trails. Most are closed to all bikes, and I'd need an MTB for most of the rest.


To the SSE, the scrub-covered San Elijo Hills, the highest points within 20 mi of home. The highest-looking summit with the 2 lone trees is Double Peak (1,645 ft), popular for its spectacular 360° views of a big chunk of southern SoCal and adjoining Mexico.

Down at the volcano, put in several flattish miles on one of the few bike-legal trails there. The sandy texture, erosion style, and whitish color identify the underlying rock as the Santiago Formation — a crumbly, easily eroded Eocene marine sandstone some 45 million years old.

Santiago Formation trails are typically rutted, off-camber hardpack slick with a thin veneer of loose sand. The steepest are way too scary for me, but the SL and its 38 mm tubeless gravel tires did just fine here at ~40 psi.

The trail turnaround at Lake Boulevard.

From there, non-stop back down to the coast with several fun descents along the way. North Ponto Beach near low tide.

This old guy on a gravel bike reminded me of me — about my age, and the only rider on the sand. In a land of a zillion fat-tire ebikes, still don't understand why beach riders are so rare here.

Followed him up the beach, wishing I were down there next to the waves but not in the mood for the careful bike rinse that would have to follow as soon as I got home.

Instead, decided to kill the hour till dinner in my favorite chair at the South Carlsbad State Beach Camp Store.

Nice view down to the beach from there. Always interesting to watch the small dying waves interact in the shallows — often in very counter-intuitive ways.

As usual on nice afternoons, the place was parked up with ebikes, many set up for hauling surfboards or kids.

This one belonged to a 60-something banker-type I chatted with briefly. Odd name for an ebike.

 

[stompandgo]

GasGas is known for analog MTB's.

 

[mcdenny]

Yesterday, the missus and I did a 21 mi coast, lagoon, and hill ride with brunch and coffee stops as rewards. Negative caloric balance was NOT achieved, but we did climb 74 ft/mi in the process.

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The rolling coast ride came first, with a tasty brunch stop for machaco tacos on the sand at Moonlight Beach. The blue Velotric Breeze is hers.

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The low-traffic lagoon segment offers peaceful water overlooks with climbs that get your attention at both ends. Looks like low tide.

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The reward for climbing up to the coffee stop was a blueberry crumble and coffee on that comfy outdoor sofa. From there, it was back through the lagoon segment and home.

K thoroughly enjoyed herself – even on the hills. This would've been unthinkable with her first ebike — a 70 lb 500W torque-sensing hub-drive commuter. But now — with her 50 lb 750W hub-drive cruiser with both torque- and cadence-sensing assist modes — she's usually the one leaving me behind.

Trust me, this is politically preferable to the other way around. Also energetically preferable, cuz now I can get in some exercise on our rides together.

My kind of ride, stopping for photos and treats!

 

[Rás Cnoic]

GasGas is known for analog MTB's.

Spanish company originally in the 1980s making high end motorbike Trials bikes for competition (motorbike trials competitions, traditional & indoor, are big in Spain) then Enduro & Moto X etc. Then more recently taken over by KTM. I'd seen they'd made some pretty decent looking EMTBs but I thought they had stopped making bicycles during covid. Guess I was mistaken &I had no idea they made these type of street ebikes!

Here's a recent electric Trials bike prototype. Like everything, electric trials bikes are becoming very popular in the sport.

 

[stompandgo]

I believe that GasGas got out of ICE bikes a long time ago.

 

[Base]

Gasgas is owned by KTM Motorcycles, not the KTM bicycles company. Gasgas was their attempt to enter the E-bike world. The steep decline in slaes and massive investment of KTM almost brought KTM to a chapter 11 situation...

As far as I know, KTM closed the Gasgas plant in Spain and stopped the E-bike sales last year.

 

[Rás Cnoic]

Yeah that's right, just looked up what is happening these days; Gas Gas still exists, still produces motorbikes but the factory in Spain was shut down and manufacturing shipped back to the main KTM facility in Germany. So similar to Scottish MTB clothing brand Endura, shutting down in Scotland and being moved to Owner's HQ in London. Efficiency reasons in both cases. Not exactly efficient for the Spanish or Scottish workers laid off I guess. Anyway they are still making motorbikes but have withdrawn from competition bikes for Trials and no longer have a Spanish Trials team, focussing more on Enduro and motocross. More profitable than the somewhat niche Trials. Shame. Times are tough.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

GasGas Moto 1 is a joke. A 20" wheel, 500 W Bafang motor "e-bike" with pedals could easily be (and it certainly is) made in China.
I looked up GasGas website. The company primarily sells motorbikes, including electric ones, and these are motorcycles. The reason the Moto 1 can even be sold in Austria is it is the only EU country that allows e-bikes with the motor power up to 600 W. Still, it is rather a despicable product as for European standards.

 

[Rás Cnoic]

GasGas Moto 1 is a joke. A 20" wheel, 500 W Bafang motor "e-bike" with pedals could easily be (and it certainly is) made in China.
I looked up GasGas website. The company primarily sells motorbikes, including electric ones, and these are motorcycles. The reason the Moto 1 can even be sold in Austria is it is the only EU country that allows e-bikes with the motor power up to 600 W. Still, it is rather a despicable product as for European standards.

Possibly shows the desperation to survive of companies like Gas Gas that are clearly up against it probably with the original Trials obsessed owners long gone. There is no doubt those Super 73 mock motorbike ebikes are enormously popular. Bikes looking like motorbikes is an age old style/type of bike. I always hated the Raleigh choppers (tiny front wheel cheaply made thank god for BMX) but they were everywhere in late 70s/early 80s and even on telly today you'll have old bearded bikers in their leathers getting teary eyed remembering their chopper bike as a kid!

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Possibly shows the desperation to survive of companies like Gas Gas that are clearly up against it probably with the original Trials obsessed owners long gone. There is no doubt those Super 73 mock motorbike ebikes are enormously popular. Bikes looking like motorbikes is an age old style/type of bike. I always hated the Raleigh choppers (tiny front wheel cheaply made thank god for BMX) but they were everywhere in late 70s/early 80s and even on telly today you'll have old bearded bikers in their leathers getting teary eyed remembering their chopper bike as a kid!

All right, Ras, I've looked into GasGas more thoroughly.
They have good e-bikes such as ECC6, which is a Brose based Enduro e-MTB with more than decent specs. The Moto 1 is something weird as for them.

Canadian site (no idea why Google wanted me see the Canuck page):

GASGAS E-Bikes

Dialed for the thrill of speed and fun. Discover the GASGAS Enduro, All Mountain, Trail, Hardtail, Trekking and Urban Cruiser Bikes.

www.gasgas.com

The owner is in Austria, and it is not KTM anymore.

 

[Rás Cnoic]

All right, Ras, I've looked into GasGas more thoroughly.
They have good e-bikes such as ECC6, which is a Brose based Enduro e-MTB with more than decent specs. The Moto 1 is something weird as for them.

Canadian site (no idea why Google wanted me see the Canuck page):

GASGAS E-Bikes

Dialed for the thrill of speed and fun. Discover the GASGAS Enduro, All Mountain, Trail, Hardtail, Trekking and Urban Cruiser Bikes.

www.gasgas.com

The owner is in Austria, and it is not KTM anymore.

Well I looks like it's even more complicated then that! Looking up Wikipedia; yes Austrian not German, I thought KTM was German got that wrong; so Austrian Stefan Peirer took control of KTM in 92 and after Gas Gas got into difficulty in 2015, KTM bought a controlling stake but then:

In 2023 Pierer Mobility's financial situation became increasingly unsustainable and by 2024 they had a heavy debt to pay off.[34] In 2024 KTM went into self imposed administration.[35] Pierer Mobility was compelled to sell their stake in MV Agusta back to the previous owners the Sardarov family.[36]

In the early 2025 Stefan Pierer started exiting from executives roles in KTM and its affiliates, making way for new investors.[37]

Motorcycles: Bajaj Auto Era [2025 onwards]
In 2025, Bajaj Auto, who were until now holding 49% stake in Pierer Mobility had offerred to take full control of KTM and its sister concerns by an 800 million Euro debt package. The deal was concluded in November 2025. Pierer Mobility is due to be rennamed as Bajaj Mobility which will hold 74.94% shares in KTM; rest of which lies in public hands.

So both KTM and Gas Gas now owned by Bajaj Auto a huge Indian auto manufacturing company. Typical corporate 'take over on takeovers on takeovers' deal.

Hard to keep up! The inter web is such a time waster...