If I Was Buying A New eBike... | What To Consider When Buying An eMTB

Are you thinking about buying a new bike? If you have a bike what were the main questions, concerns, or areas of thought before you made a decision.

There are two things i opt for, that have not been mentioned, - if i wanted to buy a new eMTB: ease of battery release and an easy-to-use charging port in/on the frame. When you need tools and three hands to get the battery charged - i'm out.

After riding and owning a few ebikes my advice to anyone is buy a bike from the closest shop to your house if at all possible ! Their help and knowledge is invaluable 😊

If you already have an ebike (like me), wait until the new generation of bikes are out with the motor gearbox unit. If not, consider a good pre-owned one from a shop as a stop gap. MGB unit = the future of e-mtb.

My next bike will be the Pinion MGU, but the problem is none of those German brands are available in Australia. There are a lot of us waiting for someone to pick up on this and meet the market. It is the future and we are keen to get on board.

Steve, 4 years ago you got my wife and I into mountain biking with a video similar to this. After watching your video “Should you choose an E Bike or MTB? (4 years ago), it was the catalyst that saw us purchase from our local MTB shop in Australia 2 x Merida E160 8000s with the then new Shimano EP8 motor. Lots of gear purchased since, mostly through our local bike shop and it has been well worth it. Certainly, I feel brands that feature strongly in your respective country are better when needing servicing, parts and general tech support. A removable battery is so convenient when travelling that I probably would not consider one without this feature. At 63 years of age now, we have both been retired for a few years and it’s because of the E Bikes we are constantly planning holidays, have been to places and explored bike parks, trails and remote mountains in Tassie, Vic and NSW we had never heard of. The golf clubs and surfboards still come along as many places to ride have good surf and a golf course not too far away, but it is mountain biking that keeps us exploring. Looking forward to some international riding holidays soon. To all there at EMBN and the sister channels, keep up the good work.

Good video! 👍 I look at Geometry numbers in this order: 1- Top Tube Length (riding seated); 2- Reach (standing on the pedals); 3- Stack; 4- Head Tube angle; 5- Seat Tube angle; 6- Chainstay length; 7- Wheelbase You can correct a wrongly fitting geo with raised bars, stem length and seat adjustment but it will remain wrong for as long as you have that bike. My 2 cents 😊

Local service center availability is most important I believe. The biggest issue with brands like in this ad, is if you are having anything more complex and local bike shops wont mess with carbon or warranty, you will have to send to whole bike to continent on you own expense, waiting for a repair for weeks without the bike.

Full power, big battery, enduro eMTB…… perfect!

Great video as always, I bought my very first e-bike last February, I researched loads of bikes. Important to me was lifetime frame warranty, local bike shop to buy it from, components. I finally went with the 2024 Orbea Wild M-Team, I see it won the best 2023/2024 best e-bike, I did a test ride with my local bike shop, it felt perfect, it wasn’t cheap and well over £6000 price bracket mentioned in the video. But well worth the money.

Bought a GASGAS trail 3 for $3750 Canadian which is 45% off. Fox factory suspension, Yamaha motor, code r 4 piston brake, Carbon frame, nx gear set, nobby nic tires. 690km in 3 months and totally happy. No problems yet other than lots of stuff was loose on bike when new.

I saw your video filmed in Mount Tianping, Jiangsu Province, China, about the Bafang M510 motor yesterday. Looking forward to your coverage!

Battery sizes I ride a 750 & my son rides a 625 and we have found the remaining % at the end of our rides is very close. He weighs about 52kg and I weigh 90kg (with backpack), both riding Trek Rails

Just ordered my first full sus and first ebike. Got the specialized turbo levo and can't wait

searching for my first ebike now !

So glad I found your channel. I’ve just started toying with the idea of switching to an e-mt bike. As a 63 yr old woman I’m finding my power isn’t what it used to be. Climbing and getting over obstacles is diminishing the length of my rides and types of trails I can ride. I’m still in decent shape and would really like to keep riding as long as I can. The one thing I don’t want is to be riding a modified dirt bike up hills and not having any cardio or strength challenges. I hear so many different experiences. I guess my question is, will I be able to still feel challenged physically with an e-bike? I’ve just started your series of videos, but would love to hear others experiences. I do plan on test riding but figure I’ll start here.

Got a hardtail emtb Aventon Ramblas. Been a joy and has brought me into Mtb world and i love it.

I turned off at '6000 is plenty'. The industry needs a dose of reality.

0:28 "Ride sheep tracks"! I had to rewind it. We follow deer tracks here in South Texas. Ride on! Love it!

I would say if your coming from MTB you may actual want to change what category of bike you look at like say going from trail to enduro because the ride characteristics aren't quite the same as MTB and the longer travel may come in handy without the negatives of the bikes of the past and also you may be hitting things harder with EMTB. As well as branching out to ride stuff you didn't before.