good advice is golden when it comes to riding and enjoying your e-mountain bike but some
advice should definitely be ignored here's some of the worst advice we've ever heard
I don't know it's just flashing at me and beeping it's got a load of numbers it says something on
the screen flashing I got no power an error code just turn it off back on you'll be fine mine did
that before let's go some bad advice is to ignore a thought code that comes up on your
bike the fault code is recognized by the bike's computer that there is an error somewhere in the
system on your bike and it is your job to find out what that problem is either Google it or use your
owner's handbook to find out what that thought code means and get it rectified yep an on and off
might fix it temporarily but it will come back and bite you in your butt at the worst time possible
yeah it's a great route there are some pretty tricky climbs and I must have met on my mountain
bike I was pushing and definitely carrying out this really long section but with that e-bike
power well you're not going to struggle are you oh you think I'm gonna have an easy ride because I've
got an ini mountain bike well that's definitely some bad advice right there any ride that involves
carrying an e-mountain bike should definitely be approached with caution yep you definitely do
have the power to climb up and over some serious steep technical terrain but sometimes if there's
obstacles are spacing correctly or they're simply too large for you to ride or there's
no grip it can mean that you do have to carry your e-mountain bike and in fact on those rides push in
or carrying a mountain bike is way easier than pushing or carrying any mountain bike something
you definitely don't want to be doing is hike a bike so choose those right routes super wisely
oh that rock will be fine yeah just stick it on let's go come on no it won't be okay if you
stick any mountain bike on a rack that isn't designed for it you are definitely asking for
trouble with a rack like this it could bend it could fail and leave your pride and joy simply
bouncing down the road behind you damaging your car your bike and possibly someone
behind you in the car that's following you you definitely need to get yourself an e-mounted
bike certified rack yep they are expensive but way cheaper than a brand new bike replacing the
boot of your car and possibly paying out the insurance for the car that's following you
yeah you'll make that route easy I mean looking at this it's only 40.6 miles and I've done 45 on
the same size battery so you should be able to do this one easy that's definitely some
battered rice right there when it comes to battery range well this is going to
differ every time we ride even on that same ride that you do every single time you're
going to be using different amount of Watt hours simply because the amount of time you
spend in each power mode your tire pressure the ground conditions temperature and lots
of things can definitely affect range so if you can get X number of batteries from your
setup and using your Fitness it doesn't mean that someone else can replicate it
wow these Forks are so soft and slow oh my God how hard are your tires
wow such a crazy setup you should have it more like mine well I think he's Chan absolute rubbish
hair because we all like to ride in different places on our e-mounted bikes and say for instance
if you're at the bike park hitting some big jumps you're going to want your suspension set up pretty
stiff and a bit slower rebound than if you were out hitting a normal cross-country kind of trail
ride on your e-mounted bike both very different styles of riding and require two different styles
of setups and the same goes for tire pressure too if you're out at the bike park you're going to
want to attire that's very predictable and very fast rolling maybe at the sacrifice of a little
bit of grip whereas if you're out trail riding well you want as much grip as possible and you
want a very Supple tire that's going to absorb all that trail Buzz there is no right or wrong
when it comes to to suspension setup and tire pressure as long as you don't go to the extremes
oh that'd be fine we're only nipping in for two minutes
no never leave your e-bike unattended or unlocked for any period of time thieves are well aware of
an e-bikes Valley and will take it super quick even bikes are locked up for long periods of
time become an easy picking for thieves don't let your pride and joy get stolen from you
I don't know why you waste your money on that expensive chain loop all I use is
some old engine oil or even it's three in one does a great job of leaving my chain whatever
mate part of the process of riding an e-mounted bike is to keep your chain nice and clean and of
course lubed up now you need to use the right lube for the conditions that you're riding in
and there's plenty of e-mounting bike specific Lubes on the market so it's a really important
one this one say for instance a dry lube if you apply that to your chain in dry conditions well
that's just going to apply as a wet Lube but then evaporate and leave your chain nice and
dry but lubed up and in turn if you were to use something like old engine oil or three in one
oil well all that's going to do is attract all that dust from the trail to your chain and then
turn turning it into a horrible grinding pace which will accelerate that wear of all your
components like your chain you could set your derailleur and your chainring and take it out
super quick so just make sure you're using the rightly tube for the right conditions
why on Earth do you use that fancy pressure washer when all you got to do is stop off
at the local petrol station and use their jet wash now the reason that I use a proper
pressure washer on my e-bike is because that well I don't want water Ingress in
my bike and I don't want to contaminate things such as my brake rotors with wax
and shampoo too those commercial style jet washers well they're super powerful
if you're standing super close and they could even take your paint off if you're
really close to your bike stay away from them and get yourself a proper pressure washer
ah hold up these gears are jumping around all over the place
I told you last ride you need a new chain that's never gonna work now the chaining cassette on your
e-mountain bike is a high wear item and classic signs of it being worn out is jumping under load
particularly if you're going uphill and you're in these smaller cogs and you can hear jumping
around well that's a sign that your drivetrain is definitely trashed now you can't simply just fit a
new chain to an old worn out cassette because it will still jump around and vice versa you can't
fit a new cassette and fit that to an old chain because you're going to have exactly the same
symptoms now to get the most life out of both of these components they need to be replaced at the
same time so a new chain and a new cassette is definitely going to be your best option
here and once you've got that fitted you need to keep on top of things with a chain Checker
and check that chain stretch out because if you do that well you can replace the chain before
that cassette is toast and in turn buying new chains is way cheaper than buying a new cassette
so there we have it a bunch of the worst e-bike advice we have ever heard in our
lives get involved in the comments box down below if you've got any advice good or bad
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