Climb Steeper Hills On Your E-Bike | EMTB Skills

Hills. Previously the bane of mountain bikers, E-Bikes make climbing fun. Steve shares some tips on how you can get up even steeper gradients on your EMTB⚡️

Bike set up, careful gear and power selection, body and seat position, and anticipating the climb and choosing your line will help you conquer those climbs!

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[vincef]

Back in the 1990's there was an article in an MTB magazine called "The COSMIC CROUCH". It was about how you positioned yourself on your seat during steep climbs:
With your seat post extended, sit on the tip of your seat ...with the area between your jibbly bits and your bunghole (taint area) {seriously}. This allows you to keep your center of gravity low to prevent the front wheels from flaying around. And it also gives you good leverage on your cranks for more efficient power from your legs.
It works. 🤓

[xavim]

i keep watching those e-bike tips videos but still can't afford an e-bike, the day i'll get one my knowledge will be like if i ride one all my life hahaha

[mikeybikey]

Loving these skills videos, they really help improve my riding, thanks steve

[chargeriderepeat]

Look far ahead works for me, if you concentrate too much on whats right in front, you wont be able to anticipate speed increases to get over obstacles.

[allsport]

Yes Steve an other fine video. Can't seem to remember why their is Clime's I have to use my brakes to pick a better line or to get peddle stroke right.

[Nomads_Rowing]

Hi Steve & EMBN,
Not a response but a request! Can you guys do a piece on not the usual tyres, motors or plugging the Turbo Levo, but far more important than
The real safety issue no matter what ebike you have... brake pads. Having trawled loads of informative videos from other sources on here, there was only one covering ebikes. Now with the bigger demands of more miles, more bike weight to stop, do we go with fast wearing but quiet (not so good in the wet) resin/organic (!!!), semi metallic, fully sintered (possible rotor wear issues?), kevlar or ceramic? Then there’s cooling fins and aluminium bodies to dissipate heat. This sounds like a video on its own!! My Haibike Allmtn RC has Shimano SLX brakes which are now squealing (plenty of pad left, probably a contaminant - could do with help on that subject to!) So advice all round would be much appreciated
😎

[miaumauz]

I'm looking for the video in which Steve tests the fog gun to protect wheels from theft. I can not find it anymore 😑

[Vanmoof]

Hi any tips on carrying an emtb down a flight of public stairs. Plenty of room and not may people, ?

[JuniorJr_]

So, use highest gear and turbo mode on ebike to tackle steep hills?

[taffycymroukmtb]

👌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😉 great stuff 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[andlikeit]

Not sure I agree with the seat being adjusted way down. You won't get the same leg power like that as you would with the seat higher with more leg extension on the down stroke.

[nikhilraghavan]

SIR CAN YOU SHOW HOW TO USE 250W E BIKE UP HILL

[thedutchwoodworker]

#ASKEMBN

Can you guys do a video on tire inserts ?

Whould be great to have some proper info
Before investing any money in them

I keep burping my 29” levo rear tire no matter what so this whould seem like the next logical step

Running schwalbe eddy currents 2.6

[zediramadani]

Easy gear is? We use "high" and "low"...

[FatblokeonaFatbike]

Now you've put the practice in how about that night time assault of the slab you promised a few months ago? 😁

[pamelaroth]

You seemed to contradict yourself - 1st you said to lean forward, then you said to lean backwards. 🤔

[DaveWorld]

Set play speed 0.5 Steve sounds drunk lol