Article Bike Park Wales on an eBike
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Epic day out Jon!
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Awesome mate. Can't wait to go back now buddy 
Mattwilko92
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It looked mint. Hope the bike wasnt hurt Jonny! Oh and you also 
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Nothing a bit of cosmetic surgery won’t fix
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Steve Curran
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Great read Jonny. Fell out of love with my mtb mainly cuz climbs killed me at aged 59.But thanks to Rob's Cube Stereo video(bought one) I'm back and loving it again.
EMikeTB
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Great ride
Couchy
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Done it twice on my ebike with non ebike mates, used the uplift too !. I was surprised there was no negatives with the weight and was the quickest of our group even with riders much more experienced than me. A quick strava showed times amongst the quickest there for the day proving the extra weight was irrelevant. Plan to go again soon as it’s a brilliant day out
As we dropped into the second half of Rim Dinger on Sunday we chatted about not going down hard like Robs mate!!
Hope you have healed up ok.
Hope you have healed up ok.
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I've done a video review as well for your persual! If I was off tomorrow I would come down with you..You'll have an amazing day
Appreciate your feedback on this vid ?
Appreciate your feedback on this vid ?
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Loved the video. Almost as much as I loved the park!
It was seriously the most fun I've had on two wheels since I last took my Triumph on a trackday. Oddly, it had a trackday feel to it, but without the smell of petrol or the bother of warning up tyres.
A very kind gent named Stewart took me under his wing - I ended up parking next to him purely by accident, and we got chatting about focus bikes (he has a Sam2).
We climbed 'manually' for the first 2 runs, before switching to uplift, which gave a welcome opportunity to chill for 10 minutes.
I remember terry's belly, sixtapod, melted welly, blue belle - I think we did terry's belly twice. And popty ping, which was comedic for me, as I've had very little airtime before today, and almost had some enormous crashes due to inexperience - but I was still laughing like an idiot.
What blew me away was how well the trails flowed. You could get into a rythmn and it felt like I was getting quicker and quicker, turn by turn.
I can't wait to go back. It's addictive stuff. I can't believe it's 20 minutes up the road from me.
It was seriously the most fun I've had on two wheels since I last took my Triumph on a trackday. Oddly, it had a trackday feel to it, but without the smell of petrol or the bother of warning up tyres.
A very kind gent named Stewart took me under his wing - I ended up parking next to him purely by accident, and we got chatting about focus bikes (he has a Sam2).
We climbed 'manually' for the first 2 runs, before switching to uplift, which gave a welcome opportunity to chill for 10 minutes.
I remember terry's belly, sixtapod, melted welly, blue belle - I think we did terry's belly twice. And popty ping, which was comedic for me, as I've had very little airtime before today, and almost had some enormous crashes due to inexperience - but I was still laughing like an idiot.
What blew me away was how well the trails flowed. You could get into a rythmn and it felt like I was getting quicker and quicker, turn by turn.
I can't wait to go back. It's addictive stuff. I can't believe it's 20 minutes up the road from me.
Dukeinlondon
Member
Really good article, nice read. My recollection from going there on a rainy day with colleagues a few years ago as a complete MTB newbie was how incredibly tiring the descent were, how impossible it seemed to ride a full suspension bike all the way up that hill (we used the uplift) and how that planted the seed in my mind that an emtb was the way to go if I was going to do this closer to home in the Surrey Hills.
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francisco
Guest
I critisize once Jonny for him to talk about an ebike and just talk not ride it and he answer in a very positive and constructiv way .Something strange in these days.
Now its my time to reply in a positive way.
This and other articles from Jonny are interesting to someone who have or are looking for a ebike.
Ebikes should be tested and take to their limits to us to know witch they are and what we can count from an ebike.
Ride them on all types of courses ,parks ,etc The most important is RIDE and next tell us how did it go .
Cheers
Now its my time to reply in a positive way.
This and other articles from Jonny are interesting to someone who have or are looking for a ebike.
Ebikes should be tested and take to their limits to us to know witch they are and what we can count from an ebike.
Ride them on all types of courses ,parks ,etc The most important is RIDE and next tell us how did it go .
Cheers
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Do you mean in the video or in general?
Glad to redeem myself buddy
Glad to redeem myself buddy
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Michelle Robertson
Guest
When you say it took 15mins to go up, was that the quickest route (C5)?
Beast of burden, 15 minutes easily. It's a good warm up / grip check too!
I'm afraid I'm a BPW addict now ?
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Michelle Robertson
Guest
me too, however will be first time on an ebike in sept. I have been about 7 times on my norm DH. Cant wait.
Im guessing then C5 short cut will be quicker than via Beast of Burden?
Im guessing then C5 short cut will be quicker than via Beast of Burden?
C5 is quicker and it is also a more challenging climb as there are a few random off camber roots on some of the uphill switchbacks.
It’s a tough climb on Eco and will definitely get the blood circulating quickly and test your lung capacity out. Turbo is fun on this climb as there are a number of techie bits which will catch you out and force a possible foot dab it you don’t time your pedal strokes carefully especially if it is wet.
Be careful when you are doing the climb as you have to cross one of the trails about 200 metres into the climb (can’t remember which trail it is sorry) it is sign posted just before you cross it but just keep a cautious eye to your left as they come down there fairly fast and it would not be good getting T boned while you were concentrating on the climb
I find I use the same amount of battery doing either C5 and Beast of Burden as C5 is a lot steeper and I always use Turbo going up It because for me, it is a fun climb at speed that tests my riding skills and fitness in the dry and even more so when it is wet
It’s a tough climb on Eco and will definitely get the blood circulating quickly and test your lung capacity out. Turbo is fun on this climb as there are a number of techie bits which will catch you out and force a possible foot dab it you don’t time your pedal strokes carefully especially if it is wet.
Be careful when you are doing the climb as you have to cross one of the trails about 200 metres into the climb (can’t remember which trail it is sorry) it is sign posted just before you cross it but just keep a cautious eye to your left as they come down there fairly fast and it would not be good getting T boned while you were concentrating on the climb
I find I use the same amount of battery doing either C5 and Beast of Burden as C5 is a lot steeper and I always use Turbo going up It because for me, it is a fun climb at speed that tests my riding skills and fitness in the dry and even more so when it is wet
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