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  3. Anyone gone over to an e-MTB?

    in Summer Carving

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    12 hours ago, Lurch said:

     

    Sweet. Also love an honest opinion on how they pedal with flat battery (or zero assist). Thanks!

    Yes, I use no battery when pedaling downhill, should have mentioned that. Motor assist is limited to 20mph, can go faster on downhills with motor off. Been over 40+mph on downhill pavement so far. As far as zero assist on an uphill, way too heavy, doable for small pitch but no fun. Levo Comp Medium (aluminum) comes in ~49 pounds. Was considering Comp SL but saw a really good vid comparing Comp and Comp SL which basically said that weight didn't matter for Comp and SL you wanted to get as light as possible (lighter SL versions are stupid expensive.)

     

     

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  4. Anyone gone over to an e-MTB?

    in Summer Carving

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    13 minutes ago, Lurch said:

    I'm more of a flow trail tourer rather than a 'shuttle up for the DH' rider, so other than being able to ride further in an allotted time frame, I am really torn over these - does (almost) double the price & weight deliver double the fun?

    Really interested to hear you thoughts @JRAZZ & @212swat after few months use.

    Done 3 rides in past 24 hours. It's addictive.

    Had the same feelings for the past month. Gave up mountain biking about 10 years ago, too many injuries from single track riding. Decided in April as snow was melting and XC ski season was almost over (took up XC skiing when Mammoth closed on March 14th) that I needed to get back into MTBs. Was never gonna spend that kind of money. Get myself a nice hardtail for less than 3k. Did a bunch of research and kept coming across eMTB reviews. Talked to a few local guys and they were raving about eMTBs. Finally rented one (ended up going toward purchase) and I knew I was buying one within 10 minutes. Go places you could never get to with a regular mtb, go further, ride to trails instead of driving your car to trails.

    Still gonna mostly ride multi-track, maybe when I get some skills back I'll ride more technical stuff. Have hardly used Turbo mode, couple of times on 25 degree pitch, I call it Beast Mode. Otherwise, 85 percent of the time I'm in Eco mode, 14 percent in Trail mode, so I'm not using it as a shuttle for DHing.

    Twice the fun? Think so.

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  5. Anyone gone over to an e-MTB?

    in Summer Carving

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    17 hours ago, JRAZZ said:

    It's all your fault! You made me do it!! This thread! (and the crazy good deals Commencal has on used bikes)

    Trail report to follow but in the mean time... It's your fault!

     

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    Check out the deals here: https://www.commencalusa.com/PBSCCatalog.asp?ActionID=67174912&PBCATID=3785964

     

     

    And I did look at what Canondale, Giant, Scott, Devinci, Haibike, and Canyon have in terms of ebikes. I think for the price you can't beat Commencal but if you are willing to pay around $7k then the Specialized Levo and Santa Cruz Heckler seem to be the top offerings IMHO.

    Pulled the trigger yesterday on Turbo Levo Comp. Got the last M in California it seems, none available anywhere. Amazing game changer. Rode over 3 hours yesterday and can't wait to get back on it this morning. Probably start riding twice a day now.

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  6. Anyone gone over to an e-MTB?

    in Summer Carving

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    33 minutes ago, JRAZZ said:

    Extremely addictive! Climbs that usually take an hour now take 15 minutes and you're not as tired. It really opens up a lot of areas to explore. I think the most fun aspect of them is that they allow you to climb obstacles and not just descend them. You can session stuff going up as well as down.

    I absolutely love E-MTB but for me they have 2 significant drawbacks:

    1) They are REALLY expensive. (that Levo is twice the price of the Exceed!)

    2) In my neck of the woods almost all trails forbid them 😞

     

    If you can afford it and you have places to ride them I say go for it. It's a blast!

    At Mammoth so plenty of climbs, plenty of trails, not interested in bike parks so not aware of any bans on the 100s of miles of trails around here. Money-wise the Levo isn't much more than Exceed or Lux when you go for high-end versions with XX1 drive trains. Wondering if it makes you lazy and just more stuff to break (also does Levo become obsolete in a few years.)

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