Things We Wish We Knew Before We Started Riding E-Bikes

I am in my 70's. I was riding a Specialized Stump Jumper 29er. Was getting to a point where I could not ride it anymore. Just too difficult on the up hills and rocks. Then someone did me a favor and stole it. My insurance paid me replacement value. So I went out and bought a Motobecane 29er e bike. I love riding it. It has given me the confidence that I had been losing. Once again I can attack the rocks and grades with the extra power from the bike. I keep up with my sons. Riding is fun again.

I purchased the Latest.Bike for my friend for Father’s Day and he loves it! He put it together in no time and says it rides great.

Money can't buy you happiness; however, money can buy you an Ebike....... and I've never met someone riding one unhappy.

He nails it in the first 30 seconds of this video, "going uphill is now fun". I've been riding for well over 30 years and last weekend I had my first E-MTB ride. I was literally blown away and couldn't believe how much fun it was. I said to my wife that climbing was fun, and I was looking forward to the climbs on our ride. We have been riding together for 20 years and we both rode these bikes for double our normal miles and had twice as much fun. Now I'm just trying to figure out how I'm going to come up with the $20k I need for two Specialized Turbo Levo Expert E-MTBs

I got an e bike recently and is honestly the best thing I've bought. Getting out twice as much with twice the distance and twice the fun! Once you learn the bike and braking points it's bloody awesome!

i enormously appreciate the time and effort you put into this video! Have watched 50 hours of shoot outs, and somehow never caught the info I needed. Your video is perfect, told me everything I need to know. liked and subbed! Thank you for all your hard work. Sending peace and love from my corner of the universe

62 and loving my e-bike. Whole new world opens up with these bikes. Riding long ride and lots of elevation. Could have never done on conventional bike. Lastly they are just plain fun... period.

One of the best reviews of ebikes that I have seen on Youtube. This isn't my genre of bicycles, but I enjoyed it.

I love my emtb. I put some upgraded suspension on it this year and it just eats anything I can throw at it. Great for the nasty terrain without putting you in the red on the first hill like on a regular bike.

I bought an e bike after my knackered knees have eventually started to affect my riding sad to see my orange P7 go but the (e bike ) is keeping me mountain biking 🚵‍♀️ love it

I took to mountain biking in 1990 after a motorcycle accident left me with a permanent disability and lack of power in my legs, I could have bought a road bike, but the gearing was too high for me and I cannot get out of the saddle to pedal. Following a few more accidents and age catching up with me, I decided to try an e-MTB, it was a game changer. This was 3 years ago and I was just getting into my stride, when I had a nasty fall outside my home, so less than a month of owning my new bike, I was given another devastating medical diagnosis, that has kept me off the bike until recently. I couldn't bend my right leg, due to nerve damage and ligaments that weren't in the correct place and my doctors could/would not help. A few days ago and by some strange twist of fate, I turned over in bed and heard a "click", a split second later the pain that went through my leg was excrutiating to say the least, but it was very short lived and my leg felt odd and somehow "freer" than it had been for a long time. I got out of bed and got dressed, then walked through the house, noticing that my leg was now how it used to be and no longer "tight". After breakfast I got to wondering if I could try and pedal the e-bike, I nervously wheeled the bike to the front of the hour and did my first tentative pedal strokes in 3 years, I was stoked to find I had no issues, my leg wasn't tight and even without the "assist" on, I could pedal freely and without any pain or restriction. The euphoria and joy I felt was enough to put tears in my eyes. Today, I will be going out on my bike for my first proper ride in a very long time and although it won't be very long or technical ride, I'm going to enjoy every second and at the age of 62, I feel like a young kid again. If you rode a bike years ago and want to do so again, try and an e-bike, you won't regret it and it will give you a new lease of life.

I'm an 'oldie' and only just come across this vid. I've got to say the two of you have serious balls doing those trails at such speed. I tried doing mountain biking at Winlatter 15 years ago and it freaked the crap out of me....but then it was the hardest trail and I've no experience. Well done you two!

Really interesting to see the bikes on the trails for the first time and to hear your thoughts. I drive a very small EV and can relate to the sense of being 'stuck' to the road (which I really like). This is definitely my favourite MTB channel by far! Thanks!!

I have a 2020 Specialized Turbo Levo SL Comp Alloy and absolutely love it. It's amazing how light the bike compared for a full powered ebike and it feels similar to riding a stump jumper.

Great video I love the fact you now have ebikes you have some awesome trails would love to get up there. Keep up the good work and stay safe

Great to see you guys on your eebs, these ol legs are about ready for one. Keep up the great content

For me an e-bike takes the sting out of hills and makes climbing fun into the bargain. I still get a lot of exercise despite the myth that you don’t do any work. Being less tired on downhills my skill levels have improved although, as you say, the e-bike feels more planted. I did Bike Park Wales recently on my Capra which was a very big change but in a good way being more nimble than my Trek Rail 9. Horses for courses so not selling the “acoustic”. Another bonus is that my partner will come out or rides that would have beaten her. She laughed the first time she used “Turbo” on her Cube Stereo having initially felt she was betraying her Lapierre Zesty. No such qualms now.

Yea, brilliant invention the e, bike. Love mine so much on the trails guys, the speed ya climb is ridiculous. 😜👌Love my cube stereo 160 action team🤘💞😍😍

I love my e-bike, and have rediscovered mountain biking. I wish I had realized that excessive power & wattage are unnecessary all you need is a good quality 250-watt or so motor and your set!

Great video guys! Not long had my Norco Range VLT ebike and loving it. Haven’t been back on a mountain bike for some years and come from a Trek hard tail. but loving hitting the enduro trails with this. climbing fast to do dh and not feeling totally fatigued after it. Just subscribed 👌🏻🇦🇺