E-mtb in it's natural hill climbing enviroment

[EddiePJ]

Just thought that I'd share this short clip from today's mtb event using the KTM Macina Lycan, which shows just how effortlessly a Bosch Performance Line powered e-mtb can climb using just the eco and tour settings.

This hill is steeper and wetter than it looks, but the climb was genuinely a very chilled and relaxed one.

 

[Nealh]

Very nice , but about 20 geezers really miffed at how easy you went by .

 

[EddiePJ]

Nah, the response was pretty comical.

There several WTF comments, and a couple just laughed, and shouted forward to their mates ahead. The little wiggle as I got past the last of the main bunch, was me replying to one lad.

There were actually some really favourable and polite comments as a whole today, which made a nice change.

 

[georgehenry]

Nice clip, nice countryside, and nothing like a bit of extra pedal power on a long slippery power sapping hill!

 

[RobF]

The riders who are pushing, backs bent, leaning forward, illustrate the difficulty of the climb.

A gradient and soft, cloying ground is a nasty combination.

Eddie whirred up it a treat.

As a Bosch owner, I know he will have been putting in steady effort.

He's also fairly fit - he must be because of the miles he does - and light, which is a big help on climbs.

 

[bmc]

Nice clip......loved the music.

 

[georgehenry]

I got my first ebike back in June 2011, an Oxygen emate city commuter bike, but used that on a mainly off road route to work for which it had not really been designed for but coped so much better than I expected and the ability of that bike to find traction and pull through slippery muddy conditions endeared it to me straight away. In March this year I bought a Haibike sDuro HardSeven SL 2015 Yamaha after comparing it with the bosch Haibikes and finding it very similar but obviously cheaper, skin flint that I am. I really liked the zero cadence pedal assistance and Yamaha motor that works brilliantly off road and means it responds immediately to your input on the pedals and the torque of the motor will pull you up and over anything you aim it at. Makes quite a difference travelling through lovely countryside and getting exercise on my way to work. Sets me up for the day ahead.

 

[EddiePJ]

You have raised an interesting point Rob. The climb was very greasy and slippery, and whilst I didn't want to pee anyone off by using higher power setting and more speed, I was also very conscious that if I had, then the risk of spinning and ruining the track would have probably been greater. Steady seemed like the best idea.

One of the biggest issues riding off road in wet slippery conditions, is how to pull away without spinning up and loosing traction. It would certainly be nice if the system had a kind of soft start mode.

 

[RobF]

You have raised an interesting point Rob. The climb was very greasy and slippery, and whilst I didn't want to pee anyone off by using higher power setting and more speed, I was also very conscious that if I had, then the risk of spinning and ruining the track would have probably been greater. Steady seemed like the best idea.

One of the biggest issues riding off road in wet slippery conditions, is how to pull away without spinning up and loosing traction. It would certainly be nice if the system had a kind of soft start mode.

I guessed - putting all other considerations aside - you could have rattled up there a bit quicker had you wanted to.

Trail wear is a thought, as is considering the feelings of the other riders.

I would have been thinking along the same lines.

But in any case, going at it hammer and tongs would have made for a 'scruffy' ascent, whereas yours was smooth as silk.

To me, a long, steady pull is just as enjoyable, if not more so, than going for outright speed.