Wife never been bicycling else than between house and work. 3 km on perfect road. As I bought a mtb (Grand Canyon) and inspired many of my friends to do so as well, we thought of making cycle touring with our wives as well sometimes. So , thats said, I bought a Scott e-genius 720 for her (and for me 
). When she saw it she immidietly gave it the nick name "The Monster". And accused me for buying it for me solely.
Anyway, this weekend first try. Me, son , girlfriend on our Grand Canyons and wife on "the Monster". 30,6 km , 2hrs 26 min active cycling , 80% on path , also difficult ones, in the forest, passages in the mud. "Had to teach my 50+ mum to go in the mud on an mob before getting too old"......
Success!! Yes seriously. When uphill and fairly easy she overtook us all every time. And after first scary stops in the mud she learned "peddle like hell and come over".
When really tricky . Ok then slow and sometimes jump off and walk.
When we came back we seemed to be at nearly exactly same exhausted level all of us. In the evening wonderful dinner at restaurant with smile on our faces.
The big "Monster" proved to be a really good one. When testing it the young couple were impressed. So stable and strong "Just roll over everything". Compared to the hard-tails it was smooth.
So for all fanatic haters of e-bikes; you don't understand. For us it means all family can go wonderful long trips now.
And to Scott+Shimano; well done. Everything works so fineAlthough the design of the battery hold is totally crazy. Not a big functional big problem (maybe) but just crazy. I exect next years model will have the Bull Twin Core solution. Thats is the way to go. Using eco + trail mode only; 4/5 bars on the battery still left!!!! Promising!
). When she saw it she immidietly gave it the nick name "The Monster". And accused me for buying it for me solely. Anyway, this weekend first try. Me, son , girlfriend on our Grand Canyons and wife on "the Monster". 30,6 km , 2hrs 26 min active cycling , 80% on path , also difficult ones, in the forest, passages in the mud. "Had to teach my 50+ mum to go in the mud on an mob before getting too old"......
Success!! Yes seriously. When uphill and fairly easy she overtook us all every time. And after first scary stops in the mud she learned "peddle like hell and come over".
When really tricky . Ok then slow and sometimes jump off and walk.
When we came back we seemed to be at nearly exactly same exhausted level all of us. In the evening wonderful dinner at restaurant with smile on our faces.
The big "Monster" proved to be a really good one. When testing it the young couple were impressed. So stable and strong "Just roll over everything". Compared to the hard-tails it was smooth.
So for all fanatic haters of e-bikes; you don't understand. For us it means all family can go wonderful long trips now.
And to Scott+Shimano; well done. Everything works so fineAlthough the design of the battery hold is totally crazy. Not a big functional big problem (maybe) but just crazy. I exect next years model will have the Bull Twin Core solution. Thats is the way to go. Using eco + trail mode only; 4/5 bars on the battery still left!!!! Promising!
