Didn't find Robin hood in there still hiding out from the robbing capitalists and royal parasites lol....? Amazing tree....nice bike too- got a soft spot for blues and black....and orange and black....and blue and yellow lol!!!
eMTB owners photo and ride thread.
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So....with the weather about to implode here in Scotland in the Highlands I opted to do Sgor Gaoith, a superb "Munro" literally starting 7 miles from home.... last chance for a while I headed towards the "Glen Feshie" (Ruigh-Aiteachain) bothy and turned left at Carnachuin before it.... jeez... never would have done this on a "real bike"- a mix of Sport/Tour and low gears saw me hit the SW edge of Coire Garbhlach then a plateau meander to the summit of Carn Ban Mor and then a final push through the boulder fields to the summit of Sgor Gaoith at 1118m. It was 28km and 1091m of ascent (I live at 255m ASL) 2 streams to cross and lost the track on the descent but done in 2hrs and 23m not that I was watching...dragged the bike through heather , sphagnum moss and over a few streams(that's why I emtb in hill walking boots...!!) before picking up the track again which was superb to the Allt Ruadh car park whereby I used the remaining battery to bike hands off fo the 2 miles back to the car park at Achlean.... what a superb afternoon, perfect..... Met a solo walking lass up there so perfect opportunity to capture the moment "non selfie"....she got a good one of me hope I did justice to her shots!! 
This EMTB thing is just awesome.....Living in the Scottish Highlands there's so much now open especially with 2 x 500wh batteries....Respecting the bike and the (EX1 mega expensive!!) drivetrain... Bike is thoroughly cleaned after use, chain wiped and lubed and 300km degreased, degreaser washed out and lubed and when the chain checker says 0.5% stretch it's gonna get binned...600km and the chain looks mint... Oh- This is my pup(yeah, she's nearly 9 but she'll always be my baby) called Cally.... next time up I go with her....she loves the mountains!!
Ha Ha SW....top comment- my OH and her brother once lied?enticed? conned? his eldest daughter up to the top of Ben Rinnes near Aberlour with the promise there was a burger van at the top....ouch!!! She was a wee chubster then and never forgave them!!fook that i cant even see a kebab van must be a fkn mission to find McDonalds lol
Same place BTW..... still a good bit off the summits of Braeriach and Ben Macdui.....nice up there though- the going is easier not too bad, higher you go is better on the bike.... but what a place to sit down and ponder....
My current chain is on 600 miles and is now at 0.5% stretch. Not sure what others are getting out of their chains.
What drive train are you using? I'm EX1 but have been told it's essentially 10 speed chain but 8 gears to minimise cross chain wear. £308 a cassette or £17 a chain I'll put as many chains through this as I can. Ex1 chains might be stronger than standard 10 speed ? The powerlock is the black sram 10 speed so it must share the same width etc
Drive train wear on a crank drive used off road is one of those regular ongoing costs.
I use mine to commute to work off road and then back on the road using a 9 speed Haibike Yamaha.
I have gone the other way using cheap shimano rear cassettes, 12 to 36 teeth (Now 12.95 delivered from Amazon) paired with a KMC chain (bought the last two chains in a sale for £18 delivered) and a quality 42 tooth narrow wide front chain ring.
It is always my top gear 12 tooth cog that wears out first from the road ride home and this can happen from as little as 504 miles (The cassette before the one I am using now), previous to that it was 1462 miles and my record breaking cassette lasted 2200 miles and the one I am using now is up to 662 miles.
My quality 42 tooth narrow wide chain ring has managed 2668 miles.
So as a regular high mileage commuter my approach is to use a quality front chain ring with a KMC 9 speed chain and a cheap Shimano 12/36 tooth rear cassette.
I use mine to commute to work off road and then back on the road using a 9 speed Haibike Yamaha.
I have gone the other way using cheap shimano rear cassettes, 12 to 36 teeth (Now 12.95 delivered from Amazon) paired with a KMC chain (bought the last two chains in a sale for £18 delivered) and a quality 42 tooth narrow wide front chain ring.
It is always my top gear 12 tooth cog that wears out first from the road ride home and this can happen from as little as 504 miles (The cassette before the one I am using now), previous to that it was 1462 miles and my record breaking cassette lasted 2200 miles and the one I am using now is up to 662 miles.
My quality 42 tooth narrow wide chain ring has managed 2668 miles.
So as a regular high mileage commuter my approach is to use a quality front chain ring with a KMC 9 speed chain and a cheap Shimano 12/36 tooth rear cassette.
I'll need to monitor the sram x sync front one too as it's only 16T ( x 2.5 = 40t) and doing a lot of work. I've bought all the bits -chains, sprockets, bosh o rings so no excuses not to change things at first sign of significant wear. I accept this as part of owning an emtb this is gonna get a hard life compared to road use.
id dump the ex1 as it is way to expensive you can get a hole group set cheaper than just the cassette.
SRAM NX Eagle Upgrade Kit Groupset
The Sram NX Eagle Upgrade Kit is a drivetrain to convert your mountain bike to 12 speed. This results in a higher gear range and enables you to ride with a single ch
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Once it's worn through it'll be replaced probably with the NX12 Eagle and they do a single shift shifter for emtb... or I'll drop to a 14t front and run a cheaper 11-42t setup to maintain the same low gear. But think this EX1 should last well reckon the lowest 5 gears machined out of a solid block are harder than the chains??id dump the ex1 as it is way to expensive you can get a hole group set cheaper than just the cassette.
SRAM NX Eagle Upgrade Kit Groupset
The Sram NX Eagle Upgrade Kit is a drivetrain to convert your mountain bike to 12 speed. This results in a higher gear range and enables you to ride with a single ch
Superb photos! I've walked up there (long time ago) but I doubt if I could get up there on my R&M Supercharger.
Jim
BB fine riding, lovely views, we will be back at some point to do exactly the same rides.
Loch Einich does have a river crossing that's a wee bit sketchy.
Loch Einich does have a river crossing that's a wee bit sketchy.
Think this may be the other side of that River BB, but it's his bike not mine 
I have used Shimano 7S, 10S, 11S. Sram 3x10. Sram EX1. But the one I liked most was Shimano 10S.
Sram EX1 was good for eMTB when it worked I thought. But man, what a crappy derailleur. So I changed that one to Shimano derailleur with Sram grip shift. That combination served me well for long time but shifting was not always perfect.
Now I have just changed to Shimano 10S, Saint derailleur with Zee shifter. Have Garbaruk cage on it so I can use wide range cassette.
Also, 11-speed chain just to have same on all bikes.
Because, Shimano has wide range 10S cassette and derailleur aside from SRam that has not! (fook!).
My new 10S Downhill-speced components works like a charm though! Best shifting performance I've tried. Just has to get used to trigger shifters again
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...speaking of gears and wide range, and price. Have you seen the Microshift Advent range? Looks great with up to 42T on 8/9 speed.
www.microshift.com
ADVENT Group | Mountain Bike Components | microSHIFT
ADVENT is a wide range, 1x9 speed mountain bike drivetrain (shifter, derailleurs, cassette) that punches well above its weight.
www.microshift.com
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