Key points to maximising your E-bike Battery life cycle
When you plug your battery in before your next ride, you should avoid charging it to 100%. Lithium ion batteries degrade over time. The longer they stay charged to a higher voltage, degradation occurs. Also, avoid leaving your battery fully charged if you don’t plan on riding your e-bike for an extended period. Just as […]
Rocky Mountain introduce the Altitude Powerplay e-bike
Introducing a fully integrated, electric-assist mountain bike that takes our Altitude’s legendary handling and ride quality and adds a compact, powerful drive system. The new Powerplay drive system was designed in parallel with the frame, delivering ultra- short chainstays, optimised suspension kinematics, super-low centre of gravity, and class-leading torque. The result is an e-MTB that […]
Trek unveils Powerfly pedal-assist mountain bike
At Trek World, Trek’s annual retailer show in Madison, Wisconsin, the company unveiled Powerfly, a new line of full suspension and hardtail pedal-assist mountain bikes. Powerfly’s North American release builds on what has quickly become one of Trek’s most popular bike lines in Europe. Powerfly will allow everyone to experience more of what makes mountain […]
First Ride: Giant Full-E+ 1 and Dirt-E+ 1
Giant entered the mountain bike e-bike market with two distinct models. The Full-E a 130mm rear and 140mm front dual suspension bike and the Dirt-E hardtail. Giant Full-E+ 1 Angles on the bike closely match those of the Trance with the biggest difference being the chainstays growing from 440cm to 470cm and the heat tube […]
Review: Specialized S-Works Turbo Levo FSR 6Fattie
In 2015 Specialized announced the Turbo Levo, a range of electric pedal-assist trail bikes, and have since rolled out several variations. These include a women’s specific, a fat bike, a hardtail, a full suspension 29er, and a full-suspension 27.5-plus model which we spent last Friday afternoon riding at the spectacular Jonkershoek trails. UPDATE 18 September […]
SRAM introduce E-MTB specific drivetrain and brakeset
In the early days of mountain biking, riders were forced to settle for products that had been designed for use on road bikes. Modifications were made, but the roots of the design were not completely purpose built, not mountain biking specific. Suspension got better and frame design improved. We began to question the conventional wisdom—challenge […]
Review: Easy Motion Evo Jumper E-bike
After having had surgery in April this year and not having been able to train, the thought of 7 days of continuous mountain biking was quite daunting and to be honest I could not have completed the tour without the use of the BH E-bike. Before trusting the robustness and reliability of the E-bike, the […]