Welcome back to another weekly EMBN Show! On this week’s show, Chris Smith is joined by Neil Donoghue from @Global Mountain Bike Network to talk about the benefits of long travel eMTbs and we take a look at some of the bikes that Chris spotted at the Roc d’Azur Festival recently.
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What do you think of long travel E-MTBs? Do you think more travel is better? 🤔
Great information but WHY don’t you give the price on the bikes you are showing?
EMBN, that Haibaike Nduro8 you mentioned have an option for the range extender, but it doesn't, Haibike only make extenders for the Bosch motors series All-mountain.
Good reporting, for an ear of corn.
they are truly really nice bikes but stupid prices
we dont need bar ends anymore just those who ride them😆
This is getting ridiculous, 15k for a bike?
dam that haibike is sexy❤
In process of upgrading my Specialized Turbo Levo S-Works with the Cascade Components TURBO LEVO LONG SHOCK KIT that will increase the rear travel to 165mm with a 230×65 shock. Also put a 180mm air spring in the Fox 38 fork. Would love to know if anyone else has done this.
Awesome bikes! But those prices are already extremely high.
Would be good to see more content on hardtail bikes that people can actually afford. £5k+ is way more than most people want to spend. I'm sure I saw somewhere that one of the best selling EMTB's is the Cube Reaction Hybrid Pro which is still a lot of money, but is a quality bike at a slightly more accessible price. If like most people, you're just doing a bit of weekend trail riding up local green lanes and footpaths, you don't even need a full suspension bike. Like Top Gear, you can't just be driving Lambos, Porches, and Ferraris all the time, sometimes you have to review a Ford Mondeo, or a Vauxhall Astra 🙂
Where is NICOLAI Eboxx with 180/180mm travel, love this bike in XXL 🙈🤘
I bought a Fantic EMTB last year and big mistake. In the US, Fantic offers zero support and won't even reply to my emails. None of the dealers have any parts and no one will fix anything. Every broken part I have to order from Europe from some 3rd party site and takes weeks to get here. Fantic won't even tell me where to get spare parts. Stay away from Fantic!
Low bottom bracket for an ebike is bad. Just means you will hit every rock when pedaling. Needs to be at least 350mm. Preferably more.
Just bit the bullet for my first emtb: Fantic XF1 Integra 180. It’s a 2019, and a former demo bike from the Fantic brand rep with only 500+ miles. The goal is to adapt my riding style to big travel ebikes, eventually buying a Pole Voima.
Go big AND go home…faster! 🎃
Long travel Mtb are awesome ! I have a Norco Range VLT 180mm front 170mm rear coil Shox.
With 900 wh batterie and a very Good shimano EP8 i can ride every where and every thing without bad Hope !
The bike is huge but i m 1.90m and 100 kg rider its perfect for me !
What I would like to see in future, considering future development in battery technic:
A long travel downhill oriented tour bike with huge battery capacity (for cross Alps) and weight under 20kg.
And I don’t like these mullet bikes as I am 195cm – I want a full 29er.
But up to now I appreciate every news regarding long travel bikes.
Thanks for using my climb of the week 🙂 Next summer I will take you for a tour, its pretty much ski season now!
You mention the tires being 'super sticky', which ones are they please? Will they work well in muddy conditions or only sticky in dry, rocky places. I've got aTrek Rail 29" & ride in Lakes District a lot or Yorkshire Dales, but need something that works on mud or wet grass was well as the usual terrain. TiA
We're in nature and i guess it's prone to these diseases and other stuff. Look at the large salmon rivers in norway and lice spreading that's led to closing the rivers for years and having to kill off many generations of Salmon. Really sad reagrdless of what you do, and not easy to deal with it either.
Thanks for the super nice on my Nukeproof Megawatt 👍. Love the show and content keep it up!
I don't know if it's just me but I definitely feel more confident on a longer travel bike on the steep ups and downs. But I suppose a lot of that travel isn't necessary in certain situations, but to me an E-MTB is for exploring off the beaten track.
Next, I would like to see the TQ motor on the Trek Rail. Not the TQ 50 but the TQ 120.
Yeah, great, but I haven't got £15k
Cannondale still running a spoke magnet on a 2023 model?! 🤯👀