Article Best of 2020 eBikes

[Rob Rides EMTB]

With the brands now releasing all their ebikes for 2020, here’s my top selection going into 2020. These are the bikes I will be recommending to friends and family to look into having tested them all… Let me know your thoughts, and what ebikes you’d like to see on my channel in 2020.



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[YrianX]

Interesting Vid and good list

 

[steve_sordy]

Great review Rob!

 

[highpeakrider]

Good list, be nice to see how the Whyte adds up.

 

[The Flying Dutchman]

@Rob Hancill Great video!

I'd love to see another video of equal calibre with the Giant Reign, Commencal Meta Power SX and other longer travel bikes

 

[Stray cat]

I 'd like you demo Norco Sight VLT. Interested on your thoughts

 

[GrahamPaul]

Great to see the Focus Jam² made it onto your list... but you never did manage to rate it onto your eebometer. Any reason? (Says he, still impatiently tapping his foot awaiting the arrival of his Jam² from Focus )

 

[Eddy Current]

@Rob Hancill whats wrong with Norco?

 

[Rob Rides EMTB]

@Rob Hancill whats wrong with Norco?

Nothing, but I’ve been trying to get one for a year and nothing from Norco. Didn’t want to add a bike I’ve never ridden ?

 

[Eddy Current]

Nothing, but I’ve been trying to get one for a year and nothing from Norco.

Thats what I mean Rob ... what wrong with Norco, why they don’t let you test his bike?

 

[Zimmerframe]

Thats what I mean Rob ... what wrong with Norco, why they don’t let you test his bike?

Keep in mind that it was just 8 top bikes .. not "ALL the top bikes" .. as attractive as Rob is, I think after an 8 hour you tube marathon Rob session I'd be getting a bit bored

Also in the UK, where Rob's based out of, Norco don't have a huge e-bike range..

For instance .. this is the UK range :

And these are the US/Canadian and a lot of other places range ..

After Brexit, when electricity is banned, he might be forced to re-locate to the European mainland where there will be a larger range of Norco bikes to ride. If he settles in France, he can keep the name "Robert", if he goes to Italy, Spain or Portugal, he can become the much more flamboyant "Roberto"

His options are pretty endless though ... "Robert" must have more global variations than any other name :

Bert, Bertie, Berto, Bertus (also short for Albert or Herbert)
Beto, Betinho (Portuguese)
Bo, Bob, Bobbie, Bobby
Chrodobert, Chrodobrecht (Frankish)
Dobbie, Dobby
Boris (Bulgarian) (possibly not etymologically connected, but linked together through nickname "Bob")
Hob, Hopkin (Medieval English)
Hopcyn (Welsh)
Hrodberaht, Hrodebert, Hrodpreht (Old High German)
Rab, Rabbie (Scots)
Raibeart (Scottish Gaelic)
Rhobert (Welsh)
Roibeárd, Riobárd (Irish)
Rob, Robb, Robbie, Robby (also short for Robin)
Robbe (Dutch, Frisian and Low German short form)
Robban (Swedish)
Robbert (Dutch)
Robbi, Hrobbi, Hrobjartur, Bjartur, Art (Icelandic)
Robercik or Robuś (Polish, "Little Robert")
Robere (Old French)
Ροβῆρος, Rovēros (Greek)
Róbert (Hungarian, Icelandic, Slovak)
Robertas (Lithuanian)
Roberto (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish)
Robertino (Italian, "Little Robert")
Robertinho (Portuguese, "Little Robert")
Роберт (Robert), Роман (Roman) (Russian)
Ροβέρτος, Rovértos (Greek)
Raivo (Estonian)
Roberts (Latvian)
Raivis (Latvian form of the Estonian variant)
Robertus (Latin)
Robi (Croatian, Hungarian, Romanian, Serbian)
Romulus (Latin)
Röbi (Swiss German)
Robin (Medieval diminutive in English, Dutch, Swedish)
Robrecht (Old Dutch)
Rodbert, Rodebert, Rotbert, Roteberht, Rotebert (Germanic)
Rodbertus, Rodepertus (Latin)
Rodebrecht (Old German)
Röpke (Low German diminutive form)
Rotbryht (Old English)
Roopertti, Pertti, Roope (Finnish)
Robertukka, Roopertukka, Tuukka (Finnish nicknames)
Ropars, Ropartz, Roparzh (Breton)
Ruben, Rupen, Roupen (Armenian)
Reuben (Hebrew)
Rutbert, Rubert, Ruby (Old Dutch)
Rudebet, Rudbert, Rudbert, Rudpert, Rudbrecht, Rudprecht
Rupert (Dutch, English, German, Polish)
Ruperto (Spanish)
Rupertus, Rvpertvs (Latin)
Rutpert, Ruppert, Rupprecht, Ruprecht (Upper German)
Trebor (reversal)

The last one does it for me ... Trebor .. His next video shall be called "Trebor Rides Norco"

 

[Stray cat]

Thats what I mean Rob ... what wrong with Norco, why they don’t let you test his bike?

Keep in mind that it was just 8 top bikes .. not "ALL the top bikes" .. as attractive as Rob is, I think after an 8 hour you tube marathon Rob session I'd be getting a bit bored

Also in the UK, where Rob's based out of, Norco don't have a huge e-bike range..

For instance .. this is the UK range :

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And these are the US/Canadian and a lot of other places range ..

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After Brexit, when electricity is banned, he might be forced to re-locate to the European mainland where there will be a larger range of Norco bikes to ride. If he settles in France, he can keep the name "Robert", if he goes to Italy, Spain or Portugal, he can become the much more flamboyant "Roberto"

His options are pretty endless though ... "Robert" must have more global variations than any other name :

Bert, Bertie, Berto, Bertus (also short for Albert or Herbert)
Beto, Betinho (Portuguese)
Bo, Bob, Bobbie, Bobby
Chrodobert, Chrodobrecht (Frankish)
Dobbie, Dobby
Boris (Bulgarian) (possibly not etymologically connected, but linked together through nickname "Bob")
Hob, Hopkin (Medieval English)
Hopcyn (Welsh)
Hrodberaht, Hrodebert, Hrodpreht (Old High German)
Rab, Rabbie (Scots)
Raibeart (Scottish Gaelic)
Rhobert (Welsh)
Roibeárd, Riobárd (Irish)
Rob, Robb, Robbie, Robby (also short for Robin)
Robbe (Dutch, Frisian and Low German short form)
Robban (Swedish)
Robbert (Dutch)
Robbi, Hrobbi, Hrobjartur, Bjartur, Art (Icelandic)
Robercik or Robuś (Polish, "Little Robert")
Robere (Old French)
Ροβῆρος, Rovēros (Greek)
Róbert (Hungarian, Icelandic, Slovak)
Robertas (Lithuanian)
Roberto (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish)
Robertino (Italian, "Little Robert")
Robertinho (Portuguese, "Little Robert")
Роберт (Robert), Роман (Roman) (Russian)
Ροβέρτος, Rovértos (Greek)
Raivo (Estonian)
Roberts (Latvian)
Raivis (Latvian form of the Estonian variant)
Robertus (Latin)
Robi (Croatian, Hungarian, Romanian, Serbian)
Romulus (Latin)
Röbi (Swiss German)
Robin (Medieval diminutive in English, Dutch, Swedish)
Robrecht (Old Dutch)
Rodbert, Rodebert, Rotbert, Roteberht, Rotebert (Germanic)
Rodbertus, Rodepertus (Latin)
Rodebrecht (Old German)
Röpke (Low German diminutive form)
Rotbryht (Old English)
Roopertti, Pertti, Roope (Finnish)
Robertukka, Roopertukka, Tuukka (Finnish nicknames)
Ropars, Ropartz, Roparzh (Breton)
Ruben, Rupen, Roupen (Armenian)
Reuben (Hebrew)
Rutbert, Rubert, Ruby (Old Dutch)
Rudebet, Rudbert, Rudbert, Rudpert, Rudbrecht, Rudprecht
Rupert (Dutch, English, German, Polish)
Ruperto (Spanish)
Rupertus, Rvpertvs (Latin)
Rutpert, Ruppert, Rupprecht, Ruprecht (Upper German)
Trebor (reversal)

The last one does it for me ... Trebor .. His next video shall be called "Trebor Rides Norco"

 

[steve_sordy]

I quite like the name Rupert. ?

 

[Eddy Current]

Dont call my name don’t call my name, Robertooooo

Dont try my ebike dont try my ebike ... Alejandrooooo

Ok just let’s wait and hope he can put his hands on a Norco someday, somehow (Fernandoooo)

 

[steve_sordy]

Dont call my name don’t call my name, Robertooooo

Dont try my ebike dont try my ebike ... Alejandrooooo

Ok just let’s wait and hope he can put his hands on a Norco someday, somehow (Fernandoooo)

Rupert doesn't quite rhyme does it?

 

[GrahamPaul]

if he goes to Italy, Spain or Portugal, he can become the much more flamboyant "Roberto"

Which, in Spain, has the diminutive "Rober". What could possibly go wrong?

Or, better still, Tito...

 

[Beezerk]

Whyte Whyte baby...Rob?