today I get to go on an e-bike ride with some legends Wade Simmons and Richie Schley
we also go Bryson and Bryson junior from DVO suspension
and this other guy sorry I forgot your name but we're all on e-bike's today I'm
borrowing an E-bike from Norco so we'll get to see how that feels all the guys
I'm riding with today really love their E-bikes obviously I can enjoy getting up
the mountain faster that's pretty sweet but am I really going to enjoy the
descent as much is it worth it to have an e bike to get up faster even though
your descent is going to be let's say a little bit hindered well I'm glad to get
the experience today and honestly I actually have a lot of thoughts about
this I'll be sharing throughout the video
today we're going up to dark
crystal on Blackcomb mountain now I did post a video from this trail a few weeks
ago but I mean come on I'm riding frickin e-bikes with the legends so I
think this should be pretty awesome and I hope you can forgive the familiar
trail content and the conditions are even better this time compared to last time I rode it
I'm a full-time youtuber now actually!
yeah it is a thing!
One interesting thing I found is that the Norco ebike I was on
it had a lower powered battery this one has about a 500 watt hour battery
whereas most other ebikes have something like a 700 watt hour battery just the
day before we filmed this ride I actually did another E bike ride with
Mo and Hannah Awesome and you can actually see a video on their channel featuring
me I'll link to that in the upper right here in the cards I was riding on a
specialized kenevo and yeah I could tell that one did have a bit more of a
powerful battery you can hear a bit more of my thoughts in their video as well
but I will be sharing all the same thoughts in this video as well
channel to Jordan ultra mega super uphill turbo boost master
I do kind of wonder what some of these riders were thinking when we passed them
all on e-bikes like what do you guys think when you guys are peddling up a
hill or hiking up or doing whatever and then you have a bikers zooming past you
what do you think do you think that they're cheating do you say something
like good on them I wish I had that too what is your guys as you towards them I
wonder I've got your shin pads on yeah because
your face is on the packaging they are actually our favorite dude so this is
the kazoo all right well it's time to hit up Dark Crystal in case you're
unfamiliar with this trail is a classic really popular really sought-after
enduro trail on a black film mountain you're about to see why this trail is so
good forgot that were in such heavier bikes
you don't stop the same just on Wednesday
it was wetter than this so this is like min for me yeah on so that Steve's up I
was realizing like man these brakes are not gonna be the same such heavy bikes
like that's sweet the party on the lakes trout come out here
I first saw I went into a tree I pinched these cables I think I might have I got
pinched this derailleur cable and then next time I just like went right off the
trail I'm not used to these heavy bikes
it's something take it you see this trail is just in perfect shape right now
it was wetter the last time I wrote it and now it just feels amazing
no matter what bike you're riding it's always a good time just to get out in
nature and ride some awesome trails like this
gnarlie all right
gnarlie nutty Oh
actually got a flat tire on the rear so that was pretty lame I think it was from
a rocky corner or a while back where you could actually hear my rim hit it but
yeah there was a slow leak so we just fixed it up no problem
have your bike here so one thing that many people in TX might do is keep the
pedal assist on in the lowest setting as you go down the trail which can be nice
for the flat and uphill portions actually especially considering that
your bike is pretty heavy anyway because if you have it off then you're just
lugging around really heavy bike so you're almost obligated to have a little
bit of pedal assist on at least on enduro and all-mountain type trails but
I can say though after trying the e bikes I just don't really care for them
on the descents obviously it's nice going uphill but is it really worth it
though and this is a good question that low awesome asked me on the knee bike
ride I did the previous day he asked me would I rather lug up my own regular
like enduro bike or downhill bike for a really fun descent or would I rather go
up a whole lot easier with an e bike and then descend with that and my answer is
that I would rather lug up my own pedal bike my own enduro bike or downhill bike
I'll hike up I'll pedal what I can I'll hike up whatever I have to and I'll
descend with that because it's a lot more fun because for me ultimately it's
just all about the descents it's not at all about the uphills and I'm ok with
suffering a bit more on the uphills to make sure that my down hills are that
much more fun so that's just me you know you guys can have a different opinion
that's perfectly fine let me know what you guys think in the comments I love to
hear them so that's what I'm gonna say for myself the bikes are just not really
for me but I'm really glad I could try them out and basically I don't have any
interest in getting an e bike in the future
trying to follow Wade here was a workout there isn't really any pedaling to do
here but with the heavy bikes it can really make you work for your speed and
I can actually be more tiring you in just to maneuver such a bike and
definitely harder on the brakes
send it
yeah crazy
so after riding Dark Crystal we pedaled up a little bit more again to go into
Rome in the loam it's a pretty good trail I rode this for the first time at
the EWS 100 race in Whistler a couple months ago
man it would have been nice to have an e-bike for this stage of the race why do
you do that now he's gonna dream the right
these guys all seem to really love their e-bikes and you know what I had fun on
this ride of course I did why not I mean we're riding off some trails
riding with some bros and yeah you know it's a good time at the end of the day
you really just kind of have to decide you know what's gonna be right for you
you know what do you really want what do you want out of mountain biking our
ebikes any good for you do you really benefit from them
I could certainly tell you it was nice having some pedal assist for some of
these flatter parts not that I needed or care that much but it was nice and
that's about it obviously e-bikes are gonna be no fun at
all for jump trails or free riding stuff like that of course because you're just
gonna start pedaling two paths and sort of we're shooting things and you're just
riding a really heavy bike and it's like okay well what is this for
they're very all mountain enduro we aren't they you know I guess there are
downhill bikes too aren't there but I'm pretty sure that's really just help you
get up though what I don't know I'd be kind of interesting going down I
actually think I might be more scared to ride an e downhill bike on like say yeah
a gnarly double black technical trail you know with the heavier weight with
the with the motor with the pedal assist I think it might make me screw up I
don't know Sam pilgrim seems to have a lot of fun his e bike so that's pretty
cool
yeah well I'm so glad I got to do that ride that was so cool getting to eat
waiting Richie and trying out ebikes a bit more and riding black home trails is
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