Ruff Cycles Launches World's First e-Dirt Jump Bike
Ruff Cycles, a German brand best known for making electric bikes that look a bit like motorbikes for city riders, has today it has announced its move into making mountain bikes for the first time.
Rather than churn out a catalogue frame with a few cheap parts hanging off it as we've seen other brands try, Ruff Cycles is hoping to make a splash with a brand new category of bike - eDirt Jump bikes. Yes, the final frontier has been broken, the category of mountain bikes best known for their simplicity and nimbleness has now been welcomed in the electric revolution.
These bikes will be released under the Xpro label and Ruff Cycles have also signed FMB rider Lucas Huppert to help launch the brand. Huppert will have the choice of the Digga Pro as a regular slopestyle frame but alongside it is the the Digga Volt, which is the electrified version.
Ruff Cycles says it is hoping to "break new ground and turn the market upside down" with this frame. It said, "The world’s first eDirtbike Digga Volt will be released – of course equipped with a Bosch drive for maximum performance even in the dirt park. The Digga Volt underlines the ambitions of Ruff Cycles Xpro."
Adolf Silva has also been testing the bikes.
At the moment, the details are thin on the ground for this frame but we know it uses a Bosch motor and we imagine it uses a smaller battery than you might normally find on an eMTB to keep the weight down. The pictures we have show a spec including a Gates Carbon Belt Drive, Michelin tyres and an X Fusion fork but we're not sure these will carry over to the consumer version. The bikes are set to be released "over the next few months". We have reached out to Ruff Cycles for more information and will update you as we get it.
So, eTrials bike in 6 months time?
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If you don't have the skills to get the speed fir the jump, "should" you even be trying that jump...
The only small (unnecessary) application I can think of is: Assuming you live close-ish/far-ish to some DJ's, use the battery to get you and the bike there. Then remove the battery whilst hitting jamps! Save a car ride...?
In that instance, it would almost make more sense to have a backpack with a battery and some kind of mag-safe cord to connect to your bike.
That all said, just cuz you can, don't mean you should..
So funny
bleex.me.berkeley.edu/research/exoskeleton/elegs
*points at a Raleigh Activator 2"
Because I was not a commuter.
Then they came for the enduro riders, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not an enduro rider.
Then they came for the dirt jumpers, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a dirt jumper.
Then they came for me—and the rest of you had pedaled off into the distance...
guess you're 13?
Be proud of your dad lad!!
To go bankrupt as soon as possible, with a near total disregard for both style and substance.
Personally, I like the fact that normal mechanical bikes are simple, light, and will keep on going until your legs can't handle anymore.
joy of riding (putting it to use): 100
joy of pedaling: probably 0
joy of pedaling with a motor: 0*x = 0
seems like a legit business!
Next up: electric workshop bikelifts, electric sealant injectors and heated bike saddles and grips
(Beer & chicken wings while waiting)
I understand e-trail bikes, e-commuters or e-cruisers. I do not understand this.
www.imdb.com/video/vi3243032089?playlistId=tt0091499&ref_=tt_pr_ov_vi
f*cking joke
I live in a medium city and my job is 6km commute as the crow flies with some hills.
Whilst this bike is billed as a DJ bike it is also (mind blowingly) a fun street bike.
For a while I want a commuter bike rather than burning hydrocarbons in my backyard.
I don’t want a f*cking Specialized Cumo or Como or whatever. I don’t want an eMTB. This is the perfect bike for my commute. I can ride in on boring days and f*ck around when I want to.
Obviously it’s not for riding at the trails.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine (REM)...
"Easy E were ya ever caught slippin'?"
Hell no!!! (SUBLIME)
Many of you ask why we would do such thing?
Cause we are fanatics who like to experiment and push our experiences to the limit.
With the Digga Volt eBike, even the ride to the bike park is a ton of fun.
Helps you preserve your energy for more laps, more stunts, more action in the bike park.
But that does not mean that we will not also have the most bad-ass performance dirt but also slopestyle frame coming soon, just wait for the upcoming release of the „Digga Core“!
My second reaction after imagining what dirt jumps could look like and where they could be built if you didn't need gravity: "holy crap this could be huge!"
It doesn't stop no matter what ●
Whoever came up with this clearly isn't into dirt or street! ♂️
I do not like (or understand) this.
One to shit on and…
All you idiots saying "just because you can, doesn't mean you should" etc etc... That quote certainly applies to nuclear or biological weapons for example, but this is a f*cking bicycle, basically a toy..!
If you can, f*cking do it, if you don't want one, don't f*cking buy one.!
You really just make yourselves look monumentally thick by saying that shit...
Apart from the oddballs who like to spend most of their 'ride' time pushing a bike uphill.
People want them, people buy them, people ride them;
E-DJ allow you to hit the trick on the uphill or so section; it will introduce more creativity, more tricks and more fun
For lack of a better word, this idea of an E-DJ bike is really a joke.
I dont believe this falls under the same theme as 29" wheels on non cross country bikes.
There were and always have been real world performance benefits for 29" wheels.
A DJ bike is typically a single speed, and mostly because they don't really get pedaled a whole bunch. If your unable to put the power down for a feature your trying to hit to the point where you need electic assist, you probably aren't in any condition to hit that feature. Again, not oppose to anything here, and I am always happy to see innovation. Please dont confuse my inability to see an application for hate or any dislike. While my opinion may be personal, it is purely objective, and not fueled by what I personally would want or like. I really just don't see the market... In fact the market for a DJ bike is extremely limited, to the point where most bike shops (locally at least) may only sell one or two a season, and that's if they even decide to carry one at all.
I think we can all agree that ebikes are here to stay, and for good reason.
New standards are created to improve performance characteristics, and rightfully so.
I do agree way to many people get butthurt over something as simple as a new standard. Many of which are now the norm. One upcoming new standard which I think is brilliant is the UDH by sram. Not because it unifies the derailleur hanger, but because it's a gateway for an improved interface to mount derailleurs.
I am 100% pro innovation and improvement; but as I stated... this one doesn't really make any sense to me at all. It's kind of an ironic blunder to be completely honest.