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Some great comments. I'm on my 2nd ebike. I sold my first (Scott eGenius) to my friend who left mtb a loooong time ago for moto. Long story short he sold his moto and loves the ebike, and now we are riding together quite often. Where we hadn't ridden together in like 10 years. I still have a regular mtb. Depends on the terrain, zone, legality, I ride both. I recently had a neck injury thing and couldn't do much, so I'm REALLY out of shape. The ebike makes me actually want to go out and ride. And to get...

I ride about 4 times a week, about half of them alone. So to maximise my downhill time the e-bike is a no brainer. much better to slam out a 800m/2000ft climb in 30mins than grind up a road with yourself for company. basically doubles my descending time for a given ride. These two rides are both just under two hours and have super steep rocky descents with wet roots. Ebike gobbles up the gnar and does't get knocked offline. Grip is unreal. used about 70% battery on both. I'm 85kg/187freedom units. Bike is Ransom E-ride, Bosch CX and 625Wh...

just rolled my eyes so hard they fell down my throat and into my tumtum dude. eMTBs are there. They're there on the ups and they're there on the downs. If your friend was in shape, he would've roasted you so hard he'd be challenging strangers on the internet. OP is right, it's actually really hard to tone down an eeb ride enough to ride with pure(ist) pedalers. Shimano's ECO mode will pedal away from everyone but 50bpm resting heartrate guys, tryhards on cross bikes, leaving intra-motor riders even more exhausted from the logistical related rate math problems of rendezvous...

Yeah man! I see more and more of them in the woods around here. I plan to get one when I'm old. Hope the price adjusts to a more comfortable level. I was recently on a bike trip out west (Breckenridge) and the black line bus driver to Peak 8 stopped midway up the hill to ask who had the e-bike? A woman raised her hand and the driver put her out on the street right there stating they are too heavy for the bike rack, although the driver had helped load it up! The weight thing is bullshit, she...

Weight of the rider makes a huge difference on climbing vertical one can get in on the eeb. I can get 4500' without fail on my 500wh battery E8000 Commencal. From talking to others of similar fitness and weight as I am I could get 7000' pretty easily on a 700wh Specialized and probably just a touch under on a 630wh Bosch. 625wh Shimano ep8 maybe 6k but Shimano does not have the same efficiency. Point is JVP if you are fit you can get lot's of climbing in. Also count me in the camp for having way more fun...