Can You Ride A Lot Farther On An E-Bike?

Being Disabled i love my Ebike, without it i couldn't get out, and didnt for over 10 years and got very depressed in that time, ive now the freedom to enjoy the outdoors, and my mood has lifted too, Ebikes are great for many reasons.

I've ridden more distance and height in the last four months on my ebike compared to the previous 12months on my analogue bike and I can keep up with my friends again. I'm having fun on a bike again instead of it being a painful chore , says it all really.

Let’s take a moment to appreciate how lucky anyone is to have more than one of these amazing machines and such a supernatural place to ride them

people who complain about ebike never tried one usually, they are just so fun. For me I just go faster for the same effort

E bikes are good for 3 reason 1) hills 2) longer distances 3) to soak up your money

Great vid as always Paul, for me the best thing about emts's is the ability to get more riding done in a shorter timeframe - for those of us who have to juggle life around the ability to get a real good ride in over a short time frame is a game changer. The otters great thing is that give you the ability, in my case to link together the few local trails we have into a great loop, something you would never bother doing on a normal MTB.

I bought a ebike to get back into bicycling again. Made it more enjoyable and get me back into shape. Now that I'm in shape I rather be on a normal bike. Full cabon fat bike. Love it.

Great video mate. I haven’t been into biking or exercise ever. Bought a emountain bike and have done well over 600 miles in 6 weeks. And getting much fitter. I would have definitely Not done this on an ordinary bike 👌

I rented an e-bike this weekend in Hood River, Oregon. I had never used one before. It was a blast. I had no problem ascending up mountains for unreasonable distances. I would've never even attempted such a distance without this e-bike. Love them.

Those trails are so gorgeous !

I bought a Cube reaction hybrid pro 500 2020 the other week and yes it's just a hardtail and I'm not doing anything to extreme but just the other day i did 25 miles, switching between off, eco, tour and emtb and i used 1 bar! Thats insane, these weren't exactly flat roads and trails they were a complete mixture, if you use them smartly the range you can cover is amazing, really looking forward to doing some long rides and exploring once this lock down is over

I love my Haibike Sduro Fullnine 6.0 and it does get me out more often. There is lots of climbing to get up to the trails where I live and I don't enjoy riding long rides far out so the battery always lasts. I enjoy the technical trails and not endless gravel roads. Ebike is the only thing that keeps me from living a completely sedentary lifestyle.

I ride a Scott e-bike, it’s great for long rides and also go grocery shopping using it, I also have a Fuji classic 10 speed which I just use for workouts and enjoy that also, I like both worlds!

Interesting comparison, and great video! I thought the terrain you used was what many people view as ideal for E Bikes, because you minimized the effort on the climbs, and got more DH runs in. HOWEVER, here locally in Arkansas, what most people are enjoying the E-Bikes for, is the longer trail rides that have a good mix of ups and downs as you cover mileage. I don't think one use is better than the other....just pointing out that there are other ways E-Bikes can add to the overall fun factor. You can ride that full 25 mile loop in 2 hours, instead of 3, and you aren't completely wiped out at the end, so you can still do other things. I also felt like you answered your own question at the end regarding when to ride your E bike. The day following your "Trail bike ride" where you felt like you over exerted a little, THAT IS THE DAY you could go for a casual "recovery ride" on the E Bike, and still get valuable saddle time in. So....there are multilple uses for E Bikes. I don't own one, but the times I've ridden them, I've thought they were a blast!

e bikes allow my best who has pretty bad asthma, to do the same trails and keep up with me in the process, the ones he uses have a 625wh battery and will do a decent ride of around 30 miles, which is alot on my local trails. I rented one myself out of curiosity and they're great, don't really notice the extra weight once you're really up to speed and like you pointed out can go a bit further too, good video Paul 😊🤙 keep safe

Very nice and informative video! I really like the approach taken and that you even compare effort levels and the after ride recovery.

I’d be curious to see how much longer you could have gone using eco mode?

Suuuper excited to get my ebike upgrade. When I was 21 I got excited and bought a top end downhill GT bike. I realized over time that it is a brutal bike for long distance rides based on the frame and everything, but it has absolutely 10 out of 10 handling on the trail and can easily take whatever I throw at it on a downhill. I want to purchase an ebike that is more comfortable for long distance rides maybe more enduro syle. That way I can ride more trails and even do adventures on my bike riding and fishing along the river and stuff

I'm a very experienced MTB'er having ridden for +20 years on all kinds of bikes and I just got my first eMTB. And while there are obvious downsides in terms of responsiveness and playfulness there are also big upsides if you like riding long distances and exploring. On a regular MTB during long distance riding you're often worried about "bonking", hitting the wall and running out of steam in the middle of nowhere. At the back of your mind you're always conserving energy and you may be hesitant to explore new paths if you don't know where they will take you. One big difference I found is that with a eMTB I feel like the bike's got my back if I was to fail, which actually is liberating. I don't have to worry so much about running out of steam, if I do I feel like the bike will have my back for the ride home. I can go down that steep trail just to see what's down there, I can climb that extra peak just to enjoy the view etc. My eMTB isn't going to replace my regular MTB, but I can sense it's going to be a wonderful tool for getting out and exploring more. And for the record I typically leave it in assistance level 2/4, I want it to feel like a regular MTB and I enjoy putting in my part of the effort. But now I can ride that bit further and not worry so much about running out of steam.

I mainly ride my Turbo Levo in Eco mode. I used mission control to up the eco mode just a tiny bit so its just enough to take the edge off but give me good exercise still and really save the battery. I rarely ever go into trail and never need to go into boost mode unless I want so show off or something lol. At the end of the day I've got a good workout riding almost double the miles I would have on my Stumpy I have and use about 13% battery every 10 miles of XC single track with what feels like more climbing then descending. We don't have a lot of elevation in my local area so the trails are very much up and down the whole trail instead of up then a lot of down. The ebike I use when I just don't have much time or want to go on a longer ride or with a big group. I use the regular bike for riding with a friend or two when I don't feel pressured like I have to rush. I really love my ebike now that I got one this year. I find that it's really helped with my technical riding as I'm getting more practise in since I'm riding more often and longer. It's also great to go explore on because on a regular bike you might pass up a new section of trail because you don't know how much effort you are getting yourself into but the ebike I find myself just exploring every little trail I see. I still Love my regular Stumpy Jumper and the ebike won't replace it but it sure is nice having both. I feel blessed to be able to have both and they really compliment each other nicely.