Show Us Your Mountain Bikes :)
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Couple of events coming up if you are in the south of UK
Gorrick Hot & Cool MTB Challenges
Downs Dash Mountain Bike - Saturday 6th October 2018
Gorrick Hot & Cool MTB Challenges
Downs Dash Mountain Bike - Saturday 6th October 2018
I must be the lazy git.... look at an ebike
It's not like they peddle themselves but for sure it makes ascending much easier depending on the amount of assistance you have and what mode your in. In general I find I tend to go further and longer when on the e-bike v's the manual and it is very capable on downhill as well. Do tend to attract a lot of negative comments from die hard MTB'rs but then again everyone derided full suspension when it came out. I guess people just don't like change.
I have a 2019 Levo Expert on order, the one in the picture is the Wife's which I get to use when she isn't using it. Rest of the time I get to chase her on my Focus, downhill is easy but uphill and she's gone 
Nice bike btw, do like the Kenevo but i'm a sucker for carbon fibre
Nice bike btw, do like the Kenevo but i'm a sucker for carbon fibre
What did you go for looking at a Trek P7 at the mo.
Update, I should have read above. Mine will be both for a commute and hill riding down south. So looking at a hardtail
I have ordered a 2019 Specialized Turbo Levo Expert. I did look at a number of others but I still think Spec have the best integration, smoothest and tuneable power delivery and customer support.
I like that they have developed their own motor in conjunction with Brose rather than just bolting in an off the shelf motor form Shimano or Bosche.
Plus, the 2018 we already have is pretty good so the 2019 should be a step further along.
Specialized do a hard tail Levo.
Men's Turbo Levo Hardtail 29 | Specialized.com
I like that they have developed their own motor in conjunction with Brose rather than just bolting in an off the shelf motor form Shimano or Bosche.
Plus, the 2018 we already have is pretty good so the 2019 should be a step further along.
Specialized do a hard tail Levo.
Men's Turbo Levo Hardtail 29 | Specialized.com
Got a link to the Trek, I could only see an Orange P7
Anyone who dismisses ebikes as somehow not mountain biking has their head up their backside. They are not for everybody but are a great innovation, will get more people into MTBing, and I will definitely be getting one in the next couple of years as my second bike. The people I know who have ridden them all make the point that you work just as hard, but you go twice as far in the same amount of time. The guy who runs the guiding company in the Alps I was with a couple of weeks ago now uses one for sussing out new trails.
One problem with them is that they are too heavy to hike a bike, and are a challenge to even get over a deer fence. The other problem I see is that in some areas there will be a lot more conflicts between walkers and less experienced riders on ebikes charging round dual use paths
Gratuitous picture of my bike in the Italian Alps a couple of weeks ago
One problem with them is that they are too heavy to hike a bike, and are a challenge to even get over a deer fence. The other problem I see is that in some areas there will be a lot more conflicts between walkers and less experienced riders on ebikes charging round dual use paths
Gratuitous picture of my bike in the Italian Alps a couple of weeks ago
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Stunning pic 
