r/eMountainBike

I’ve been doing all my research and was ready to pull the trigger on my first e-MTB when I realized I didn’t have a way to transport it to the areas I can ride. Living in South Florida we need to drive to the few good riding places and that’s a problem for me. I lease my car (Model 3) so putting a hitch on it may not be a good idea. Anyone have suggestions?

I suppose laying the rear seats flat, taking the battery out and front wheel off is an option for loading and unloading but not sure that’s a good option. I’m 60 and in decent shape but dead lifting 50lbs up and into the back of the car may not be fun for my back.

Living in a place where you need to drive to ride is a huge negative. When I want to ride my road bike I just get dressed and ride. I envy you folks who can ride to your local trials. Just pick the bike and go. Must be a wonderful way to live.

So, I’ve pre-ordered an Amflow PR carbon back in mid-April, however, the sketchy and mixed information coming out about distribution in the UK is starting to leave me feeling quite anxious about when I’ll actually get it (hearing as late as November this year).

The reason I ordered this bike was primarily due to the Avinox motor, however, it seems more and more other brands (Orbea, Canyon, Propain etc) are releasing bikes with this motor as well. So I guess my question is, should I remain patient with Amflow or should I potentially look at cancelling my order and explore other options?

I am trying to bulid a 72V 5000W 30 ah or 72V 3000W 30 ah e mtb but I have no idea what ddonor bike to choose I am 5,6” and every option I choose the triangle area where I put the battery is perfect or I am to short or the triangle part is to small and I am the perfect size. What donor bike do I get?

Does anyone know an address in Europe (ideally close to Belgium) that does these repairs?
In my riding group, there's also a guy whose gen4 motor died after riding through heavy rain, any clues if there's a fix? Both are 2y out of warranty

2025 Levo Expert $5000
2026 Levo Comp Alloy $6750

Both new with warranty from bike shop.

What would you pick? I am at 210lb so the Expert suspension is convincing. I am somewhat concerned about the motor failures in gen 3, but local bike shop is happy to repair and says turn around is quick. I am at best a blue trail rider, and will mostly be using it on longer trail climbs and fire roads around California. I do want reasonable suspension in the case my skills improve.

I've ridden Yetis for years, and I currently ride a lunch rided 115. Love it.

I'm moving to a new house where I'll have good paved trail access to all sorts of cool stuff, and I will also have the ability to go hit some good trails from those areas as well (this is northwest Arkansas). So I'm considering driving my car less and getting an ebike for transportation purposes. And if I'm doing that, why not get one that can also rip?

So, first off, can a big emtb serve that function well? I'm so used to thinking of big travel bikes as inefficient pedalers that it's sort of hard for me to get my brain around riding 10-12 miles roundtrip on a paved bike path regularly with one, but I see these people out on 4" fat bikes doing it all the time.

The added perk is that I can then pop over to some trail systems that are 5-7 miles from my house and normally would ride a little less often and get a few laps in just for the hell of it.

I'm a Yeti guy and probably always will be, and I've seen some decent used deals on the 160e. I realize it may not have the latest and greatest batteries and motor, but I'm not into the "more power is better" thing. I've never even owned an ebike, so the idea of adding 250-600w to the equation is just mind boggling. I can't imagine needing 1500.

But is the 160e a good option for this? Or should I consider the Specialized or Aventon? I personally love Yeti suspensions, and the bikes are so much fun to ride. But I am open to other options. I really care about handling characteristics, and my trail use would probably be a good bit of blacks at Coler or Slaughter Pen or even the Oz Bike Park. Since my regular ride is an XC/trail bike, I'd probably have fun hitting spicy stuff fast with this.

Thanks in advance.

I'm looking to buy my first eMTB but my local shops don't stock bikes in my size. I'm 6'5" and around 250lbs without gear. My budget is up to US$8500 (~$12,000CDN). I ride mostly technical climbs with very short downhill sections over rocks and roots with very little flow. I'm a novice rider in my 50s and I have to walk a lot of the climbs so I'm looking for a full power, full suspension eMTB.

Considering I am not able to test ride a bike before buying and I'd like to buy a bike in the next few weeks what bike would you suggest I order?

I'm not committed to a particular motor and I think any of the Avinox, Bosch and Brose motors will be fine for me.

More details:

My most challenging ride has been 42km with 600m of ascent and 800m of descent.

I'm currently riding a Trek Fuel EX Gen 6 in size XXL. The friend I ride with has a Gen 3 Turbo Levo but I think it's a size S2 so I can't try it out. He has to stop at the top of climbs to wait for me.

I live in Winnipeg, Canada and none of my local stores have had any full suspension emtbs in my size for the past year. If I want a bike I have to order it without riding it first and special order bikes can't be returned so I own it once I've ordered it. I had to special order my current bike.

Several of the brands I've been considering don't have a local dealer. These brands are carried at my local shops - Specialized, Trek, Giant, Norco, Cannondale, Santa Cruz and Orbea. There is no local support for brands like Forbidden, Transition, Yeti, Amflow and Ari.

Orbea Wild LT H-TEAM is the bike I like the most based on the specs but I don't think I need 170mm of travel.

I really like the value of the Propain Ekano 3 but the delivery date is late October. Same idea with the new Ari Wire Peak 3. The Transition Regulator CX XT looks good but I've never even seen a Transition bike irl.