Maxcycles

That pedal out of the corner at 1:06 was absolutely mint, love watching Craig ride!

I’m a mountain biker and an electric mountain biker. Been riding MTB for 20 years, so I couldn’t give less of a sh!t about needing to justify riding an ebike when I want to. I can enjoy the burn in the legs you get on a mountain bike, but more than anything what I appreciate about MTB’s is the simplicity. However, when I ride them it’s really all about the downs, climbing is just a means to an end and a work out whether you care to have it or not. Ride duration is sometimes less, sometimes the same but always less mileage or fewer runs. Emtb - I enjoy the whole damn ride, climbing steep/tech or just climbing in general is enjoyable. It’s not just a means to an end. I get more of a work out on the way down or throwing the bike around on jumps, than I generally do going up unless I’m doing super silly tech climbing. Duration can generally be longer but most of the time it’s limited by whatever timeframe I’ve got to ride period. My biggest complaint is either types of riders being d!cks toward each other based on whatever bike they’re riding or using poor trail etiquette.

In my experience Crankbrothers shoes fit great, seem decent quality but have like 40-50% the grip of five ten, like it’s pretty bad unless you love moving around on the pedals. If they could sort that out, they’d be great. Their clipless shoes are great though!

@GTscoob: LOL this is so true. They’ll inhale isopropyl all day from bathing bikes in it but won’t touch DOT fluid or brake clean, etc. Some bicycle mechanics are hilarious.

@MidwestMountains: You should go on a ride with a couple capable riders who happen to be on e-bikes. It isn’t just old, fat or lazy people riding these things. It’s a different discipline of mountain biking that opens up some crazy possibilities that hardly anyone would care to do in a regular bike. Yes you can ride further or do more laps or just plain work less - that’s all obvious. You can also ride stuff that I’d confidently say is borderline impossible on a normal bicycle. So yes, the motor can not only make something fun, but also possible on a pedal driven bike.

Honest answer - if you ride a lot of XC and want the bike to feel more agile (more similar to a regular bike). The full fat e-bikes are easy to pedal but they weigh 55-60 pounds if equipped properly and in techy/undulating terrain they are a lot to move around. Sometimes you don’t want massive power in those scenarios let alone all the suspension travel (just like on a regular bike). Full power/long travel is desirable for most everything else - like adventuring, self shuttling/bike park riding, etc. According to my opinion. I wouldn’t want to ride a lot of the natural terrain that I prefer to mess about on with my eeb, without a more capable bike.

Unpopular opinion but I’m personally a fan of E-Enduro. It’s exciting to have the power stages thrown in as it’s a whole new ball game and introduces an aspect of hard enduro style riding to mountain bikes, that wouldn’t really exist without the motor’s assistance. Riding a heavy e-bike down gnarly stuff isn’t a walk in the park either. Persists reserve the right to be pissed but I ain’t.

So, so good. These guys are major inspiration. Would be awesome to see a full track list

Love to see someone of this caliber running cable GX and not the latest and greatest wireless stuff - a man of the people

This is what it’s about - awesome job, really cool vibes