What mode is your go-to?

What mode is your go-to?

  • Eco - grind away and pretend you're getting a workout?

    Votes: 3 18.8%

  • Mid level / trail - bit more support, same cadence as a normal bike but hanging onto some pride

    Votes: 7 43.8%

  • Boost / max - get fucked mate, get me up that hill to the good stuff and offend everyone inbetween

    Votes: 6 37.5%
  • Total voters
    16
Dozer

Dozer

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The ebikes I've had all have similar assist settings. The riding I choose to do on an ebike is purely enduro; big steep and / or long climbs and black trails as a minimum. I ride all the same trails on a meat powered bike too but get a few more laps in on an ebike. On the flat stuff I'll stick to eco mode then up the assist depending on the gradient but rarely find myself in the top level of support. I hate riding spots that I need to push my ebike up anything but I do find myself using walk mode sometimes, its mint.
Tell me your preference? I'm the guy that is totally stoked to have the support of a motor and I am pretty casual on the climbs, I barely ever go as fast as possible but I see many that prefer to rip it up. I've done some rides with pals abroad that absolutely destroy themselves in maximum modes up the climbs and it almost kinda ruined the ride.
Eco - grind away and pretend you're getting a workout?
Mid level / trail - bit more support that is basically the same cadence as a normal bike while hanging onto some pride
Boost / max - get fucked mate, I'm here to get up that hill to the good stuff and offend everyone in between ;)
 
For me it depends on how far I want to travel (there is always hills/mountains where I ride )so in that case I'll dial down the setting.

If the trail up has alot of tight switchbacks and/or rocky tecnical I' will go turbo if its flowly up E-mtb +if I don't have to worry about running out of battery.


The trails are starting to dry out now so soon I'll be back on the trail bike so starting to use the lower settings in preperation of climbing on a normal bike.
 
EMTB or Sport mode on the Bosch system seems to give me all I need most of the time.
Eco if I feel the need to burn calories. Turbo only on the horrible climbs that hurt.
 
spinner said:
EMTB or Sport mode on the Bosch system seems to give me all I need most of the time.
Eco if I feel the need to burn calories. Turbo only on the horrible climbs that hurt.
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Always ride ebike with others.
Eco for fitness , trail to keep up , turbo for killer hills or to catch up.
I look around a lot more than others for new opportunities ,just building them mostly alone takes a lot more time than thinking about them.
 
rowdyflat said:
Always ride ebike with others.
Eco for fitness , trail to keep up , turbo for killer hills or to catch up.
I look around a lot more than others for new opportunities ,just building them mostly alone takes a lot more time than thinking about them.
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Pedalling hard AF on trail is for fitness. Eco is for the tip 😆
 
Bosch, four modes - Eco, Tour, EMTB, Turbo.

25% Eco (riding with non-eeeebers), 50% Tour, 25% EMTB. Never use Turbo. EMTB still feels like too much power on the tighter climbs.
 
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I'm probably in Trail (middle setting) on my Levo SL for most trail riding.
Turbo for when I am just wanting to get out for a quick lap or I'm heading out for some trail work with a chainsaw or blower on my back and when riding with full power bikes so I can keep up.
Eco or off, I only use when riding with non-Ebikes, which is not that often.
 
beeb said:
Ha, I imagined that as using the leaf blower like a jetpack assist.

Not an entirely bad idea to be fair! 😂
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I've just placed an order for a new big boy petrol Stihl backpack blowers for the club. That might have enough grunt to blow me up the hill! 😆
 
Seems like young blokes treat ebikes like a motor bike.

Friend 95 kg on a Trek QT about 40 Nm running maxm boost was chasing others on full power bikes up Mogo .
Motor started to overheat using battery up.Now needs motor repair.
After that went out and bought an Amflow.
Arms Race.
 
rowdyflat said:
Seems like young blokes treat ebikes like a motor bike.

Friend 95 kg on a Trek QT about 40 Nm running maxm boost was chasing others on full power bikes up Mogo .
Motor started to overheat using battery up.Now needs motor repair.
After that went out and bought an Amflow.
Arms Race.
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When the amflow is not enough there is always a Surron.
 
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