First Impressions Review
2022 Rocky Mountain Altitude Powerplay with Dyname 4.0 Motor
A smaller and lighter motor still packs a punch, with almost one horsepower at peak output, new suspension kinematics and an array of improvements make this an exciting eMTB to test...
First Impressions
2022 Norco Range C1 VLT eMTB
The new Range VLT gives E-riders a brawling beast on the downs with plenty of free power for the ups.
First Impressions
2022 Norco Sight VLT eMTB
With Norco's new system you no longer buy bike and battery together - choose your bike and then choose from three swappable battery sizes...
LONG TERM REVIEW
Trek Rail 9.8 XT
Trek's Rail e-bike platform is smooth, powerful, and successfully walks the line between trail bike and something bigger.
eMTB 'Review'
2020 YT Decoy 29 Pro eMTB
This is a surprisingly spritely platform and you might even wonder if you're on smaller wheels...
LONG TERM REVIEW (sort of)
Norco Range VLT C2 eMTB Ridden
"Does it matter how much faster one can cheat..."
FIRST RIDE REVIEW
Riding the 2021 Santa Cruz Bullit eMTB
Two days riding fast single track and loamy steeps on this mixed-wheel 170mm-travel beast with Shimano's new EP8 Drive System.
A CASE FOR SELECTIVE ELECTRIFICATION
Trailbuilding With E-Bikes - Another Tool in the Box
Extra watts and more carrying capacity are helping trail builders up and down the Sea to Sky corridor and beyond...
Sort of a Review
2020 Rocky Mountain Instinct Powerplay Alloy 70 B.C. Edition
"I'm not an eMTB afficionado:" A Mountain biker's perspective on an electric mountain bike...
Not A Review
A Month with the Santa Cruz Heckler E-Bike
What's it like when you can choose between a decaffeinated and enough EPO to humble Lance...
VIDEO
Trials on an Ebike? Danny MacAskill Gives it a Go
Some spectacular moves from Danny as usual - despite the added heft of his Santa Cruz Heckler...
INTERVIEW
Santa Cruz Ebikes? Interview with Seb Kemp of SCB
Santa Cruz's brand manager gets peppered with questions about how the Heckler Ebike got the green light...
Why Are We Racing Bikes with Motors?
Trading Watts for Rainbows: Making Sense of eMTB World Champs
The eXC World Championships is nothing but a memory - but what can we expect from the future in a world where events like this exist...
YouTube Roundup
Kriss Kyle Crosses Over, Ratboy on an eMTB & Problems with F1
Maybe we don't want downhill to be the F1 of MTB…
Video
Jordie Lunn Blasting a Decoy
Typical antics from the Vancouver Island sender, on a not-so-typical bike…
4 Random Events
Dear Uncle Dave: Getting old and other nonsense
Uncle Dave finds the world conspiring to unsettle his tenuous grip on reality, time and space...
News
Washington State Bans E-Bikes on Trails
In a bill pushed for by the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance it will soon be illegal to ride an e-biike on natural surface trails in Washington...
Sea Otter 2017
The UGL-E-BIKE Challenge
We can all agree that E-Bikes are ugly - but we need your help to find out which is the ugliest...
Ask Uncle Dave – Contractual Obligations
"I’m a little bit saddened that Specialized Gravity thought that this was the fourth most important piece of information..."
Are ‘Disabled’ People Who Ride E-Bikes Just Lazy?
"Are these people really in need of electric assistant on trails? Seems like more pure lazy convenience as time goes by..."
Haibike Xduro AMT 27.5 E-Bike Review
We have done the unthinkable and tested a pedal-assist electic bike – but that doesn’t mean they get our stamp of approval…
Loam Ranger Goes Electric
The first time one passed me on the climb I was wishing I lived in an open carry state