Re: Is this the future of UK trail biking?
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 9:13 am
I like getting out into the wilds and I don’t mind how I do it, pedal, paddle, on foot or on moto.
Plus there’s the ‘use it or lose’ element at my/our? age.
Now more than ever you need to look after your own health and fitness.
Not that much lifting on the GW but there sure are a lot of gates, as I remember well WR-ing out of Llani one time.
From Mach to Llanbrynmair not less than 70 gates in 15 miles along the GW!
Great day out in the hills but sure stops you running away with yourself.
Having transformed into an overnight eMTB evangelist, I did suggest to Nick that he start doing eMTB tours of his area, along with his regular moto ride outs, and as he is in with Yamaha. But I think he was on it already. Mid wales is deserted a lost paradise sat between over-run Snowdonia and the Brecons (or whatever we call it now).
I guess ‘hand throttle’ was the wrong expression. There is a hidden ‘hill-assist’ setting on the Marin which engages drive up to 5mph when you press something on the bars in a certain way. I nudged into it accidentally on the last day but was too knackered to work out what it was. I think a lot of eMTBs have it now.
If my current Merida was more of a tired old hack I might slap on a Bafang to rejuvenate it, but right now seems a shame to ruin it.
Best MTB I've ever had and the right size for once, not nearly the right size going cheap.
Talking of lovely France, I don’t know if anyone knows Chris Evans Sport Adventure who does trail rides in France.
Always looked a tad too hardcore for me and the bikes I ride, but this year I heard he’s offering a van supported e-MTB ride of the Grand Tour Massif Central
Fabulous area I know well from packrafting - big rivers and high limestone plateaux.
I got all excited and bought the GTMC guidebook; that’s the easy bit but there’s a free .gpx too.
Starting to think eMTB are a bit like packrafts – a whole new way of enjoying the outdoors, especially when you’re not 22 anymore.
Plus there’s the ‘use it or lose’ element at my/our? age.
Now more than ever you need to look after your own health and fitness.
Not that much lifting on the GW but there sure are a lot of gates, as I remember well WR-ing out of Llani one time.
From Mach to Llanbrynmair not less than 70 gates in 15 miles along the GW!
Great day out in the hills but sure stops you running away with yourself.
Having transformed into an overnight eMTB evangelist, I did suggest to Nick that he start doing eMTB tours of his area, along with his regular moto ride outs, and as he is in with Yamaha. But I think he was on it already. Mid wales is deserted a lost paradise sat between over-run Snowdonia and the Brecons (or whatever we call it now).
I guess ‘hand throttle’ was the wrong expression. There is a hidden ‘hill-assist’ setting on the Marin which engages drive up to 5mph when you press something on the bars in a certain way. I nudged into it accidentally on the last day but was too knackered to work out what it was. I think a lot of eMTBs have it now.
If my current Merida was more of a tired old hack I might slap on a Bafang to rejuvenate it, but right now seems a shame to ruin it.
Best MTB I've ever had and the right size for once, not nearly the right size going cheap.
Talking of lovely France, I don’t know if anyone knows Chris Evans Sport Adventure who does trail rides in France.
Always looked a tad too hardcore for me and the bikes I ride, but this year I heard he’s offering a van supported e-MTB ride of the Grand Tour Massif Central
Fabulous area I know well from packrafting - big rivers and high limestone plateaux.
I got all excited and bought the GTMC guidebook; that’s the easy bit but there’s a free .gpx too.
Starting to think eMTB are a bit like packrafts – a whole new way of enjoying the outdoors, especially when you’re not 22 anymore.