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I'm interested to know how many of you ride them up the mountains as opposed to general hills/xc riding ?
What is it you actually want to know?
Not sure really, probably just trying to convince myself to cough up the 4 grand+ to buy one. However, to do so, to get the best out of one it needs to be thrown in a car and driven about an hour to ride "up the mountains" where I've gone before but just wouldn't entertain now.
I get why they are popular and interested to know how hard work they would be get up a mountain that may not be rideable, even on a lecky bike.
I'm interested to know how many of you ride them up the mountains as opposed to general hills/xc riding ?
You should try the Col de la Forclaz at the bottom of Lake Annecy!
I'm not old enough for an eMtb yet but have had a total change in thinking about them.
You should try the Col de la Forclaz at the bottom of Lake Annecy! 1150 metres of complete stupidity! The track is that narrow in places you can’t physically walk alongside your bike. The drop off to the left was ridiculously steep in parts that I was shitting myself. I didn’t even want to look down in some places.
Apart from that it was the hardest bike ride I’ve ever done in my life!
I completely refused to ride back down it because it was too dangerous.
It was too steep and slippery with loose rocks to ride some of it even in turbo mode.
The view from the cafe at the top though was totally stunning!
Are you not overthinking the 'Mountain' bit of it?
Just stop dicking about and buy the bloody thing. You’ll miss all the decent weather at this rate.
Cabby - Not many mountains near me but some very steep climbs that I’d avoid on an MTB or just plan a loop that went down them.
It’s amazing what they’ll go up. On one of my routes I cut through an area of woods where in the past clay for bricks has been taken and the locals have several routes and jumps all designed to take advantage of the hill - I ride through it the wrong way, low gear turbo, keep peddling and position to keep the front down.
What you’ll find is an EMTB has you picking routes you’d normally avoid or ride in a different direction - If found some great trails that are new to me because I now ride them in the opposite direction, if that makes sense.
I trail you might include riding in the downhill direction because it flows well that way on an mtb now with assistance also flows well uphill
I'm interested to know how many of you ride them up the mountains as opposed to general hills/xc riding ?
Did you have to lift/carry it at any time and if so how far and how difficult was it ?
Not really no, have you been up any of the Munros in Scotland ?
Went to another fairly local dealer yesterday as I couldn't get through on the phone, they were closed
There is yet another slightly farther away, already called them this morning but guess I'm too early and I've already been told there is no stock unless I buy online, I'm not prepared to do that given the PITA things will be if in the event of warranty issues.
Also, I'm not a soft southern shandy drinker, I don't need good weather to go out
As I've said, I'm more concerned about weight issues where terrain becomes unrideable, i.e. upwards of Scottish Munros where carrying would be required and at over twice the weight of my current steed that's quite an effort.
if you are taking an eMTB up in the mountains or over lengthy rides in the hills, just buy a spare battery and stick it in the rucksack. Spare battery aint cheap but are worth having.
No, not up that specific climb I didn’t have to carry it. I did, however, had to use the “walk” function a bit. It was just too steep and slippery to ride at times. That is a brilliant function.
There’s a 10 mile loop in the forest and surrounding tracks that I do on a regular basis around here that involves about 4/5 styles / kissing gates that you can’t get the bike through. I have to lift it up over my head to continue. Yes, it’s a fair bit heavier than a standard bike but once you have the knack of getting your hands in the right places it does get a lot easier.