Recent content by Coolbanana

If you wear Lycra does it mean you aren't 'MTB' enough and inferior? Odd, because Nino Schurter wears Lycra and is a fairly decent racer. I have MTB shorts and Lycra, if I'm out for a stroll, I wear the shorts, if I'm intending to go full gas or a longer ride, Lycra. More comfortable, I find...

I can't see motorcycle racers hopping onto an EMTB and getting the same experience - i.e the experience they are wanting, even if less dangerously. Racing an EMTB is hard work. It requires not only MTB skills but serious cycling strength and fitness too. Anyone jumping onto an EMTB and...

I think most people can walk or run without falling heavily, some can't but most can. With cycling even experienced riders can slip or miscalculate and come off and falling from a bike can be worse if you are unlucky. But the choice is with the individual. We each make our own risk assessment...

I always wear a helmet - a throwback to my racing days where it is mandatory. But it is my road bike helmet, not an MTB one. So I'm kinda used to wearing one since the 80's. When I go to Amsterdam for a few days each month, I don't wear one at all, like the vast majority of mostly commuting...

I ride both eMTB and MTB - my KTM Macina Kapoho 2972 has 160mm suspension and I ride with soft tyres - so very much a Trail type set up and I like to take it over very technical terrain. Typically, I ride 40km - 50km per day (25 - 30 miles) and one longer ride each week, circa 80 - 100 km (50...

I have a KTM Scarp Sonic (2019) that I bought recently. I like my eMTB but it isn't the same as a race-bred high end XC. Overall, the XC wins out for me however the ebike is my fun trail bike and gets plenty of use.

I am really enjoying my KTM's too. KTM Macina Kapoho 2972 (2019) KTM Scarp Sonic (2019)

I'm glad I live in an area that has zero issue with ebikes; indeed, ebikes are quite common, being a tourist area and many rent them. We have very few bike shops but all say that ebikes now account for 40% of their revenue and increasing. Trails are not a problem. I don't know of any private...

Well, it is winter so can't expect it to be fantastic. :eek::D I had to wear my long sleeves. 17C is just not on, can't wait for 25C+ again. Roll on April/May, I say. :cool:

I had a pleasant ride out exploring trails and beaches near my home.

Doesn't bother me at all personally, I'm used to it from riding in a peloton and racing for years - par for the course and perfectly normal to me! Indeed, sharing the workload in a headwind can be very welcome as is just meeting folks and riding with them for a bit. If they look like they are...

I'm new to eMTB's and while I live in a tourist area that sees a lot of Holidaymakers on e-Bikes, I find myself not wanting to upset non-assisted cyclists who are clearly out to push themselves. Yesterday I was at the base of a very steep road and a chap on an MTB raced past me and was really...

I'm fortunate to live here, only moved here 18 months ago from the UK - 300 days of Sun each year, on average, and that leads to an outdoor lifestyle and plenty of good cycling days. Winter here is great; 15-19C, warm Sun most days and low tourist numbers and a relatively small local...

Greetings All! I am a new eMTB owner and rider, from the UK but living in Portugal's Algarve; collected my KTM Macina Kapoho 2972 2019 model yesterday. As a road rider primarily, I have not really taken my off-roading very seriously but find myself in a particularly beautiful part of the...