• How to use this section. To the thread starter: Once you are satisfied with the answer that youve been given, click the Trophy on the left hand side of the message. This will rate this answer as the 'Best Answer' and will change the question status from 'Unanswerd' to 'Answered'. All members can also upvote an answer with the 'Up' arrow, this will help identify the best answer.

So, did you keep or sell your non eMTB? Any regrets?

Al-ec

Al-ec

New Member
Subscriber
Mar 4, 2024
35
45
West Wales
I'm sure this has been covered before, but I'm still in the honeymoon period and could do with some collective wisdom about whether people ever regularly rode the non eMTB they hung onto or whether they regretted selling.
I am totally loving having an eMTB, way more than I expected and when I've tried riding what up until a few months ago was a great MTB (Cotic Flaremax Gen4). It has felt hard work, less rewarding and not really that motivating. My rigid steel 29er bike packing bike still feels different enough and covers other sorts of riding so that is staying but I'm not sure I'm ever going to regularly ride the Cotic again.
It seems daft to hang onto something when someone else could be having a blast on it and I'm unlikely to. Does this change? My riding has been tailing off over the last few years as has my enjoyment of it but I'm totally loving riding the eMTB (Haibike Lyke) and riding more than I have in ages. It's like all the best bits of riding with the misery and suffering reduced to an option if you really want it. I'm guessing this is not an uncommon experience, so what is peoples experience about what happens next? Do you generally go back to much non eMTBing? Sorry if this has been asked a thousand times.
 
Sort by date Sort by votes
JP-NZ

JP-NZ

E*POWAH Elite
Feb 17, 2022
1,034
779
Christchurch - New Zealand
Mr-EPIC-3 said:
How long (Time) is the ride on your XTC hardtail vs the eMTB for the loop you mention?
I bet that if you did the loop in half the time on your eMTB in ECO, your HR would have been about the same as on you XTC hardtail.
Click to expand...
Its about 38 mins on my XTC and 26 Mins on the Ebb. I don't think its possible to do it in 19 mins in Eco. Do it in tour+ or emtb for sure but then you lose even more HR.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
BikeBert

BikeBert

Active member
Dec 10, 2022
80
459
Croatia
I kept my 26" non-EMTB (Liteville 601) because that was my dream build, and I have so many good memories with it. However, I have not ridden it since I got eBike.


Kamenjak-12.jpg


Kamenjak-8.jpg


Livigno-2017-001.jpg


EuroBikeTrip 041.jpg


EuroBikeTrip 058.jpg
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
W

westcoastmtbr

Active member
Aug 22, 2019
182
139
California USA
Plummet said:
Chur!

Yeah. I still really enjoy the mtb. Its lighter, more playful and poppy and more fun down the certain types of tracks. It also gives good high intensity heart rate work outs, plus i still have a mtb crew that I ride with. The E smashes the chunk, burns out laps and is a point and shoot plough machine. Climbing super tech is fun as is smashing big chunk.

MTB is 165/170mm E IS 190/190mm Voima.

I'm not riding E to ease the load. I'm riding E to MORE!

View attachment 136641
Click to expand...
I couldn't agree any more. I love the playfulness of my Yeti sb130, and do spin at the gym. I can ride more with the e- and it a different sport. I'm adding Transmission to my Yeti with the help of the 5dev adapter, and selling the axs. All the same, my Yeti is not worth much so why not!
And on a final note, my very local trail does now allow E-bikes., so that's also a big factor. I can ride from home and get a solid workout without a ticket. Anyone have this factor as well?
 
Upvote 0 Downvote

CarolinaCrawler

CarolinaCrawler

Active member
Jan 30, 2023
174
183
North Carolina
JP-NZ said:
Your either ride an unrestricted bike or you find 15mph fast?
Click to expand...
I am in the USA so our bikes do 20mph, which is plenty fast for me. Where I live it tends to be tight singletrack that is hard to do 20mph on anyway.

I found that when in eco (which I do alot of riding in either with the wife or friends on acoustic bikes) I tend to put it in an easier gear and just grind the miles out. When in trail or boost I found that I push faster and faster. I'll hit the 20mph wall sometimes but not alot.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
M

MOTO13

Active member
Sep 16, 2020
327
361
Elkhorn, Wi
I saw Trek had their Slash models on sale. I was like...should I get one? THEN I saw the friggin price...$8k for a non emtb? Ummm...no way. For a minute I almost lost my mind. But, I don't see myself ever buying a non ebike again. I mean, what's the point? Go slower, have less fun, probably ride it twice and never touch it again?? It would be like being married to a gorgeous super model nympho who loves when you ride and cheating on her with Rosie O'Donnel. Ain't happenin boyz...ain't happenin.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
G

gmoss

New Member
Mar 21, 2024
31
10
Hickory, NC
CarolinaCrawler said:
I am in the USA so our bikes do 20mph, which is plenty fast for me. Where I live it tends to be tight singletrack that is hard to do 20mph on anyway.

I found that when in eco (which I do alot of riding in either with the wife or friends on acoustic bikes) I tend to put it in an easier gear and just grind the miles out. When in trail or boost I found that I push faster and faster. I'll hit the 20mph wall sometimes but not alot.
Click to expand...
Picked up my first ebike last week. Am in NC also. I spend most of my time in eco, still learning what the bike is capable of, distance wise, but it is fun in the other modes. I am on the fence about keeping my normal bike. I guess time will tell.

But, I came here to give some perspective on speed. I have been able to increase my average speed by 2-3 mph in eco mode, pushing to 8-10mph. Doesn't seem fast, but it is decent. In our local hare scramble series (dirt bike racing thru the woods), the pros can average just over 20mph. Good mid level guys are in the mid teens. So I don't expect to average much more than I do over long distance unless I ramp it up. Certainly not going to push 20mph on much else than downhill, which does happen. 20mph in the woods is dang fast!
 
Last edited:
Upvote 0 Downvote

You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Beekeeper
Answered Best place to sell a non-ebike?
Replies
2
Views
1K
z1ppy
z1ppy
chamaruco
Did i mess it up?
Replies
3
Views
954
chamaruco
chamaruco
A
Answered Non specific e-fork in an ebike
Replies
4
Views
966
Arriako
A
scrufy
Escooters vs Emtb so unfair
Replies
7
Views
618
Bummers
Bummers
Vaiai
Unanswered Saris Bones 3 for Ebike and Voodoo non-ebike?
Replies
3
Views
3K
slypanda
slypanda

EMTB Forums

Since 2018

The World's largest electric mountain bike community.

523K
Messages
25,820
Members
Join Our Community

Latest articles

View more articles

Top