eMTB owners photo and ride thread.

[JohnnyGM7LSI]

Pics from todays jaunt from Burnley, through Sabden and to Clitheroe.

Two from either side of the nick of Pendle and two from Gawthorpe Hall in Padiham on my way home.View attachment 17600 View attachment 17601 View attachment 17602 View attachment 17603

A bit risky leaving your bike outside of your front door like that, nice bike and photos.

 

[chris130256]

South Shropshire, Mortimers Forest. Cold at the top of the Vinnals with the ground covered in frost. Everywhere else a mudfest! 1st pic (a screen grab) shows the wife in the mud. 2nd pic, me at the top of the Vinnals. 3rd pic..wife on one of the fireroads enjoying the sun.

 

[Tugwell Gibson]

Adventure race towing. I read up on towing a bike and used the retractable dog lead method. Attached to a loop of bungee . My boy is 9.5 and quite slight. I felt bad that he's struggling off-road in wet grass and mud. To be fair in the 4 weeks I've been using this ebike in parks and woods ( not real mountain biking). I haven't seen anyone else. Maybe a couple of kids using a hard path to get from A to B.
So it worked great. We were out about 3hours and covered nearly 12 miles. All grass and mud. with a,few small inclines . On flat I dropped the PAS level a bit . On incline I shouted keep peddling. After a while he got a feeling for when I was peddling quicker and started to match me. And when the going was flat an firm and I used the throttle he was laughing and cheering. I think he really loved a help with getting going too.

 

[Trevormonty]

These photos are from Dunn Mountain ride, on out skirts of Nelson (NZ). The climb to summit is 14km up old railway line starting in Nelson suburb and ending at 900m in middle of mountains. The railway was built in 1890 to haul copper ore down from mountain top mine, horses towed wagons up and brave brakemen rode full wagons down.

The track goes over a pass and back down a MTB track to town water supply dam.
WARNING. Go well prepared this is a back country ride, not loop around local bike park even though it is on edge of town.

I did climb in eco and only use 30-40% of 500whr battery.

Pass

Summit

Track up, gets rougher than this later.

Nelson in background.

 

[Trevormonty]

Takaka hill.
When you get to top of Takaka hill (between Nelson and Takaka) there is gravel road turn off heading north. After 10kms gravel road ends in regional park from there it is onto MTB track that takes you to outskirts of Takaka. First half of ride has lots of tree roots and rocks, your shocks will get work out. Last 3rd is though smooth flowing track in pine trees.

Best way to do this ride is get dropped off at start of gravel road and meet your driver in Takaka. First few kms of road climbs followed by great downhill section. Allow 3 hours and go prepared, its long walk down mountain if your bike dies or in my case pump.

 

[Steve A]

My sister lived in Wellington for 5 years in the eighties. Wish i'd gone out then, never mind one day as looks beautiful.

 

[Tugwell Gibson]

My sister lived in Wellington for 5 years in the eighties. Wish i'd gone out then, never mind one day as looks beautiful.

It does look beautiful. In fact so many photos on this thread look beautiful. My camera phone efforts at local south London parks and woods are the exception. If it ever dries up a bit I may take the camera . Then you will be treated to a nice Bokeh of adidas stripes and Staffordshire bull terriers.

 

[Deere John]

Pics from todays jaunt from Burnley, through Sabden and to Clitheroe.

great photos. I see now u have a dropper post (or "lift pin" as we use to say), must be great. I feel like getting one also, did you consider internal routing?

 

[EddiePJ]

No photos, but that was one miserable rainy muddy ride for the group ride out tonight. Bad enough that only two of us turned up!

I was really off form on the downhill sections, making loads of mistakes and just not getting into it. Even on the tight level wooded technical sections, nothing seemed to work in my favour. Thankfully the tyres performed brilliantly through the very rooted sections, but I did loose the back end of the bike on an off camber muddy section. I stayed upright, but the bike didn't.
I also hate following anyone, preferring to lead the way, but tonight it wasn't to be. I'll strike tonight's ride off the one to remember list.

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[Trevormonty]

My sister lived in Wellington for 5 years in the eighties. Wish i'd gone out then, never mind one day as looks beautiful.

You can't beat Wellington on good day, unfortunately they are few and far apart especially this summer. Luckily MTBing is not that weather dependent.

NB photos above are from top south island, not Wellington. .

 

[Steve A]

Hi Trevor, Thanks, I realised that. In the late 80's had to ensure my fathers old video camera footage taken of the North and South island from Rotorua to Mossburn. He mounted the bloody thing on the dash of my sisters car when they spent a month out there. Felt like I'd been at the time, goldmines, roads under waterfalls and fjords!

 

[Lawsinho]

great photos. I see now u have a dropper post (or "lift pin" as we use to say), must be great. I feel like getting one also, did you consider internal routing?

Mine is a Rockshox reverb which is routed through the top frame only. (I'll attach pictures later). This was just down to cost, in all honesty, as it was much cheaper than the stealth.

 

[Tugwell Gibson]

Continuing my exploration off all the footpaths in the area. And trying to cross the borough Bexley off road as much as possible. I ended up having to carry the thing over a few styles again. Went under the A2 along the railway. Only to be stopped by another footpath closed sign stopping me entering Hall place along with the river shuttle. I had to come back up and cycle along the footpath by the A2. Hour and a half and 14 miles nearly all Parkland, woods and forgotten footpaths.

 

[Tugwell Gibson]

Continuing my exploration off all the footpaths in the area. And trying to cross the borough Bexley off road as much as possible. I ended up having to carry the thing over a few styles again. Went under the A2 along the railway. Only to be stopped by another footpath closed sign stopping me entering Hall place along with the river shuttle. I had to come back up and cycle along the footpath by the A2. Hour and a half and 14 miles nearly all Parkland, woods and forgotten footpaths.

 

[chris130256]

Another mudfest today at the Black Mountain Cycle Centre! It's a different matter having slippery mud on downhill tracks. The first run we were very cautious but by the end of the day both of us were getting used to sliding the front wheel in the corners. We had the place to ourselves, so enjoyed doing some uphill on the downhill sections. Couldn't do that at the weekends. A few pics of the wife and me today....

 

[EddiePJ]

Anyone would think that it was wet out there tonight! Pretty much the same conditions as two nights ago.

I feel a trip to the South Downs coming on at the weekend.

 

[Steve A]

That's why i did a 26 miler tonight on country lanes, as sick of washing bike

 

[EddiePJ]

I could never face using the off road tyres on the road, and tend to use the pedal mtb for any road work.

While things are this wet, I'll probably now just stay in the private woodland that I have rights over. With no one else having permitted use, things are pretty good in there.

 

[Tugwell Gibson]

Eddie. I'm a complete cycling novice. My tires look like yours and I do trail and road. It's not a safety issue is it on road? Just speed ?

 

[EddiePJ]

No safety issue so don't panic.

The compound that I use is pretty soft and the tread is quite aggressive, which means that the tyres would wear out no time at all if I were to do road work with them.