Petegee56
New Member
Well here is a hughly subjective question for my first post.
I have tried out an ebike have ridden Bikes for a number of years.
my riding tends to be riding up Fireroad or bridleways to the top of a steep hill and then finding a steep natural run back down to the bottom and rinse and repeat
I loved the two ebikes I tried it allowed me to get twice the runs in I normally would
I tried a Santa Cruz heckler and a Merida E160. I will confess to being a Santa Cruz fanboy but I think I preferred the Merida which has rocked my world
my local bike shop is offering me a good price on a 2020 E-160 which has me very tempted. I liked the Shimano steps motor and I know it’s classed as under powered compared to the newer Bosch and browse and soon to be EP 8 but I found eco mode more than enough for me to get up the climbs
my point is I’m looking for a relatively light weight ebike for bombing down steep natural tracks I think the Merida hits those boxes
Is there any other bikes to look at, I will be lifting it over fences and gates and as you go up to the bigger and slacker bikes the weight really creeps up
thanks for reading.
Pete
I have tried out an ebike have ridden Bikes for a number of years.
my riding tends to be riding up Fireroad or bridleways to the top of a steep hill and then finding a steep natural run back down to the bottom and rinse and repeat
I loved the two ebikes I tried it allowed me to get twice the runs in I normally would
I tried a Santa Cruz heckler and a Merida E160. I will confess to being a Santa Cruz fanboy but I think I preferred the Merida which has rocked my world
my local bike shop is offering me a good price on a 2020 E-160 which has me very tempted. I liked the Shimano steps motor and I know it’s classed as under powered compared to the newer Bosch and browse and soon to be EP 8 but I found eco mode more than enough for me to get up the climbs
my point is I’m looking for a relatively light weight ebike for bombing down steep natural tracks I think the Merida hits those boxes
Is there any other bikes to look at, I will be lifting it over fences and gates and as you go up to the bigger and slacker bikes the weight really creeps up
thanks for reading.
Pete