Who needs e-mtb's when you've got chair lifts?

[johnc]

I do!
Don't believe anybody who says e-mtb's are a waist of time in Portes du Soleil. Yes if all you want to do is play in the parks, pointless.
But if you are prepared to get out and clime, there are some brilliant single tracks. This is my first year with my own e-bike out here. Still useing the lifts but just to get us to a starting point.
On this day we were out for 6.45 hours covered 72.49 km, acent 4199 metres, decent 4541 meters and still juice left in the battery. I'm lucky to have a friend living out here who knows the locals secret trails. I also went out using the Portes du Soleil app. It has many e-bike trails, once your under way you can adapt on route. Or get yourself a local e-bike guide Lloyd Grace is a good bet. He also runs a transfer service from Gerniver, win win.
Anyway it's rained solidly for the last two days so stuck in the chalet drinking beer,that why I'm sending this rather than being on them there hills.

Cheers John

 

[Pukmeister]

As a lifelong skier/boarder who has always dreamed of a summer in the Alps on a bike, I am green with envy. Les Arcs 1800 is my personal favourite every winter, I'm planning on getting a VW T5 Camper in a year or so and taking a drive down with bikes onboard one summer thereafter and finding a suitable campsite nearby (the whole Brexit fiasco should be resolved one way or another by then hopefully and we can all just get on with it).

 

[routrax]

As a lifelong skier/boarder who has always dreamed of a summer in the Alps on a bike, I am green with envy. Les Arcs 1800 is my personal favourite every winter, I'm planning on getting a VW T5 Camper in a year or so and taking a drive down with bikes onboard one summer thereafter and finding a suitable campsite nearby (the whole Brexit fiasco should be resolved one way or another by then hopefully and we can all just get on with it).

I've just done a trip through the Alps in my camper, it's an awesome way to travel with a bike.

 

[RoJo]

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I do!
Don't believe anybody who says e-mtb's are a waist of time in Portes du Soleil. Yes if all you want to do is play in the parks, pointless.
But if you are prepared to get out and clime, there are some brilliant single tracks. This is my first year with my own e-bike out here. Still useing the lifts but just to get us to a starting point.
On this day we were out for 6.45 hours covered 72.49 km, acent 4199 metres, decent 4541 meters and still juice left in the battery. I'm lucky to have a friend living out here who knows the locals secret trails. I also went out using the Portes du Soleil app. It has many e-bike trails, once your under way you can adapt on route. Or get yourself a local e-bike guide Lloyd Grace is a good bet. He also runs a transfer service from Gerniver, win win.
Anyway it's rained solidly for the last two days so stuck in the chalet drinking beer,that why I'm sending this rather than being on them there hills.

Cheers John

"Yes if all you want to do is play in the parks, pointless."
To be fair, ebikes are still pretty fun in the parks too!
Nice pic. Looks like you went 180mm up front?

 

[johnc]

No. Must be lens distortion.

 

[Jamsxr]

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I do!
Don't believe anybody who says e-mtb's are a waist of time in Portes du Soleil. Yes if all you want to do is play in the parks, pointless.
But if you are prepared to get out and clime, there are some brilliant single tracks. This is my first year with my own e-bike out here. Still useing the lifts but just to get us to a starting point.
On this day we were out for 6.45 hours covered 72.49 km, acent 4199 metres, decent 4541 meters and still juice left in the battery. I'm lucky to have a friend living out here who knows the locals secret trails. I also went out using the Portes du Soleil app. It has many e-bike trails, once your under way you can adapt on route. Or get yourself a local e-bike guide Lloyd Grace is a good bet. He also runs a transfer service from Gerniver, win win.
Anyway it's rained solidly for the last two days so stuck in the chalet drinking beer,that why I'm sending this rather than being on them there hills.

Cheers John

70km and 4,000m and you still had charge!! Where you riding with the battery off? ?

 

[johnc]

That’ll be the Mossettes lift and a the Champery telecabine, you can just make out the top station above my saddle in the distance.

 

[Jamsxr]

Nice.

I managed 4,000 meters and 100km this weekend between Bike Park Wales and The Forest of Dean - no uplift required ?

 

[johnc]

All on one charge?

 

[Jamsxr]

All on one charge?

That would be nice. I’ve got two batteries, I used around 1 and 1/2 batteries for every 50km and 2,000m ?

 

[HORSPWR]

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I do!
Don't believe anybody who says e-mtb's are a waist of time in Portes du Soleil. Yes if all you want to do is play in the parks, pointless.
But if you are prepared to get out and clime, there are some brilliant single tracks. This is my first year with my own e-bike out here. Still useing the lifts but just to get us to a starting point.
On this day we were out for 6.45 hours covered 72.49 km, acent 4199 metres, decent 4541 meters and still juice left in the battery. I'm lucky to have a friend living out here who knows the locals secret trails. I also went out using the Portes du Soleil app. It has many e-bike trails, once your under way you can adapt on route. Or get yourself a local e-bike guide Lloyd Grace is a good bet. He also runs a transfer service from Gerniver, win win.
Anyway it's rained solidly for the last two days so stuck in the chalet drinking beer,that why I'm sending this rather than being on them there hills.

Cheers John

I hate you

 

[galaga187]

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Lloyd was mentioned on eMTB forums a while back praising eMTBs and how useful they are in that environment.
I do!
Don't believe anybody who says e-mtb's are a waist of time in Portes du Soleil. Yes if all you want to do is play in the parks, pointless.
But if you are prepared to get out and clime, there are some brilliant single tracks. This is my first year with my own e-bike out here. Still useing the lifts but just to get us to a starting point.
On this day we were out for 6.45 hours covered 72.49 km, acent 4199 metres, decent 4541 meters and still juice left in the battery. I'm lucky to have a friend living out here who knows the locals secret trails. I also went out using the Portes du Soleil app. It has many e-bike trails, once your under way you can adapt on route. Or get yourself a local e-bike guide Lloyd Grace is a good bet. He also runs a transfer service from Gerniver, win win.
Anyway it's rained solidly for the last two days so stuck in the chalet drinking beer,that why I'm sending this rather than being on them there hills.

Cheers John