What's The Fastest E Bike Motor? | 7 Motors Head To Head

What's the fastest e-bike motor for going up hills? In this video Steve puts 7 motors head to head and details them. This is a technical hill climb challenge, there are many factors, but it's just a fun experiment 👨‍🔬 to see the difference between the following EMTB motors: Bosch, Brose, Shimano, Yamaha, Specialized, TQ

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[trailheads]

Another great video! But, I'd like to see a 20 mile route with all bikes timed and battery/ range info included. Spread over 1 bike per day to allow for rider fatigue. Just a thought. Look forward to the next one! Happy EMTB-ing! M 🤪

[legyvanmaster]

The test is ok from one point of view., Steve did it great, that is not an issue. But you can not test different generations of motors. For example, you tested 4 years old yamaha motor on old Hibike and than compare it with newest Bosch motor with extra hot upgrade. You should test Giant Yamaha 2nd generation 2020 motor - then this one would be much better and fair to compare.

[cycledieradexperten]

One idea comes up to me. Can it be, that the fitness of the rider decreases with every try? What effect does it have on the times?

[Mike.Muc..]

A test of the 85 Nm Bosch upgrade? Fantastic! Thank you!

[KRLE]

I bought a specialized turbo levo comp 2020
14days ago ;) am Loving it🤠👍. Such a awesome bike.

[danlad]

The results are in ::: Steve got knackered and fell off 🤣. Keep up the good work Steve I loved this video and really brightened my day!!

[stephenbrown]

Excellent review Steve thanks for the footage my friend 💪💙😀👍🇬🇧

[tomquimby]

Well after a test day in the mountains. The only bike I felt confident on to tackle a mountain bike route was the haibike flyon. After feeling so much power I reckoned I could take on a mild run. it turned out to be raised tree root run that needed a momentum power run to get over the roots, the geometry for allmtn is a winner for me ( it would be nice though for the bike to be lighter). A quick note about gearing, 10 tooth small ring makes high speed runs feel lumpy 11 tooth rings do not have that problem.

[arikavgy]

Like the test, but the rocky mountain power play is missing

[JP-bvsu]

Another bed time story, really worked for me 😂

[danieletulli]

Very nice test! I like your videos! Can you repeat the comparison with the latest bikes? Shimno EP8, new Bosch motor, etc. That would be great 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[franticfrancis]

Love the Bosch Performance Line CX on my Whyte

[gabriels]

Yamaha results are the most interesting here imo. Its a more powerful motor than some of the others but was slowest. Some of that could be due to bike differences, and gearing. But I bet some of it is due to the Yamaha being better at slow-mid range cadences, whilst the others are better at a high cadence, and he was unable to adjust his cadence to get the most out of the Yamaha.

[peterbartel]

You missed the the beast Luna x1 bafang m600 ludicrous with silent gear. I love this bike...

[alexmckenzie]

The problem you have is each time you ride Steve is more tired so the times are going to suffer because of that and without stating the obvious we all know EMBN is partial to SPECIALIZED but always entertaining love the Chanel

[mojodepot]

You are still forgetting the Bafang.
Please include, I love your show! I feel it’s a shame to overlook such an amazing motor. I have the m600 in the Voltbike Enduro which has the same torque as the Flyon TQ.

[ddtddt]

You forgot an important factor: Fatigue.... But Embn is becoming a marketing bureau for haibike these days

[eichkay]

e8000 cops a bad tech climb number because of rider errors, should of gone again and got a cleaner run.

[martinschwartz]

I absolutely love this test. Great job. My only disappointment is that you didn't include the new Yamaha PW-X2. Also to balance the view that the not-quite-right for this test SL motor be duly included for the purpose of broadening people's perspectives in order for them to make better-informed purchasing decisions, I believe you should have included a Bafang G510. With 160nm of torque, it would have given people a broader perspective on how torque and power delivery affect the climb, in balanced contrast to the SL motor. If we were to make the claim that more torque is better for climbing, would we be correct, or would we be just spinning our wheels? Will we be able to argue that the lighter weight of the Levo SL makes up for the lower torque rating under certain conditions or is that argument an uphill struggle that will leave us pooped at the end.

[petershanle]

You need to put a Bafang ultra there beat any no problem