Propain Cycles has just announced the new Propain Ekano e-MTB and it’s the first bike to launch with the all-new Shimano BT-E8035 integrated battery! Well, we didn’t have to wait long for that did we? Just a day or so ago we posted news of…
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The new Shimano BT-E8035 integrated battery is set to reshape e-Bike design!
Shimano has quietly rolled out the new Shimano BT-E8035 integrated battery and it is set to disrupt e-Bike design for the better. While Shimano’s STEPS motor system is loved for its compact motor footprint, designers of e-Bikes and e-MTB’s have had trouble with the range…
Did Propain Bicycles Just Tease An e-MTB?
Buy direct brand Propain Bicycles has just released a teaser for a new bike called the Propain Ekano, and we think it could be an e-Bike. Almost every manufacturer under the MTB sun is either working on or considering an e-MTB, and the latest to…
Marin Teases New Steel E-Bike At Sea Otter 2019
Hidden (in plain sight) at the Marin booth at this year’s Sea Otter was a muddy-looking Marin adventure bike. Look closer though and it proved to be an e-bike hardtail. Look even closer and it was obviously made from steel. We’ve not seen too many…
Spotted on Instagram: Cedric Gracia’s Forestal Bikes e-Bike Prototype at Sea Otter
Cedric Gracia has turned up to Sea Otter with the latest version of his Forestal Bikes e-Bike prototype. Take a look! Chipps is out at Sea Otter this week where he is getting the low-down on what’s new in the world of MTB. We might…
South Downs Way: One ebike, One battery, One hundred miles
Over on our forum one of our readers, Rob, said they were planning to do the South Downs Way: ‘I’m going to see if I can be the first to get an e-bike from Winchester to Eastbourne on one charge inside 12 hours.’. The responses…
YT Decoy CF Pro Race First Ride Review, a gravity fuelled e-MTB that’s not the JeffsE
Andi visited the South of France, where he ate good food, drank wonderful wine and got a first ride review of the YT Decoy CF Pro Race eMTB. YT has officially announced a new bike to their range, and the first e-MTB bike to carry…
YT Just Announced The YT Decoy – A fully integrated carbon e-MTB
No this isn’t an early April fools joke, YT really has entered the e-MTB market with an all-new bike they’ve called the YT Decoy. The YT Decoy has come as a little bit of a surprise, not because it’s a YT designed and developed e-MTB,…
Review | Intense Tazer long term review
After months of riding Jeff Steber’s first e-MTB, what is Andi’s conclusion on the Intense Tazer? Find out in his long term Intense Tazer review. Those of you with a soft spot for e-MTBs or who are e-bike curious have surely already read my first…
Rev your motors | Enter the Trek Bosch eMTB challenge at Transcend Festival
Got a sporty eMTB motor throbbing away between your legs? Want to show us all your top 0-25kmh time? Then put your money where your mouth is and enter the Bosch eMTB challenge at Transcend Festival, Innerleithen.
Rocky Mountain Growler Powerplay will have you “charging hard on the trails”
Rocky Mountain’s full suspension e-Bike range is now joined by 2 new hardtail’s named the Growler. Back in 2017, Rocky Mountain unveiled its first e-MTB. The Rocky Mountain Altitude Powerplay was the Canadian brand’s first ever e-Bike and featured the company’s own self developed Dyname…
The New Commencal Maxmax Power 27 is an urban assault machine
Commencal finally updates its hardtail e-MTB range for 2019 with the introduction of the new Commencal Maxmax 27 running Shimano Steps E7000. Andorran bike maestros, Commencal, have just updated its online store with the new Commencal Maxmax 27, a hardtail eMTB that looks to be…
Spied: Foes is working on a Made in the USA e-MTB and plan a frame only option
Foes Racing is a prestigious name in the mountain bike world. The company started out back in 1992 after Brent Foes took a look at bike design and figured he could do a lot better. The Foes brand quickly gained a name for itself in the…
Video: 2018 World Cup Champion Amaury Pierron is Bear Grylls and Ray Mears combined in “Momo Vs Wild”
“in this country, there are many venomous spiky things” Momo of “Momo Vs Wild”. We get sent a lot of videos or as we like to call them “shredits” from bike brands. Usually, they consist of a sponsored rider hitting some ridiculous line, jumping over a bus,…
Jeff Steber Teases New Intense And It’s Probably An e-MTB
Here’s a little tip for you. If you ever want to learn what Intense is planning in the very near future the first thing that you need to do is follow Jeff Steber on Instagram. You see, while most mountain bike brands will do their…
Nicolai’s EBOXX E14 gets 14-speed Rohloff hub and Gates Carbon Drive all for “just” €8999
The first month of 2019 is clean out of the way. You have just received your first paycheck and you’re struggling to decide what to do with all that leftover money you have after paying off Christmas. Like many of you, we’re all scratching our…
BMC Releases More Affordable Speedfox AMP Alloy Models with STEPS E7000
This morning BMC has revealed 2 new Shimano STEPS powered eBikes to join the Speedfox range. The new Speedfox AMP Alloy Four and Speedfox AMO Alloy Five feature an all-new 130mm travel aluminium frame with integrated battery, and run on a Shimano STEPS E7000 drive…
Mondraker’s All New Level Is Almost An e-MTB Version Of The Foxy 29
So when we looked over the specs of the latest Mondraker e-MTB we instantly thought “surely this bike should be the Fox E 29er”. After all, it runs on 29er wheels, like the Foxy 29, and has similar amounts of travel, plus the name “Fox…
Focus Jam² Carbon ALMOST Breaks 40lb FS eMTB Barrier But At What Price?
So while we were out riding the Focus SAM² in Malaga a few weeks ago they also showed us a carbon version of the Focus JAM² that trims the weight down to an electrically svelt 18.5kg. For us UK types that’s a whisker over 40lbs. If…
First Look: 2018 Specialized Turbo Levo Carbon E-MTB
Like it or not, E-bikes are not going to go away. For those of you reading this, you’ll probably fall into one of the two, polarised, camps on this issue and be happy about that or not. Increasingly we’ve found that this year’s long season…
A Grand Day Out With Focus Bikes
This is the first article as part of a brand new online feature series that we’re calling “A Grand Day Out With“. They only come for the coffee Here at Singletrack Towers, we get a lot of visits throughout the year from numerous bike, apparel and component companies. Some just…
