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Great to see the e-bike discussion expanding beyond metrics! There are too many people sat around discussing power, torque and battery size, and ignoring the most important thing….how the bikes actually ride! Love this, Martin and Chris are both amazing.

Options are always welcome! Personally I prefer full power bikes, and usually set on ECO and Tour+ with torque settings on the low side. eBike and Turbo for those Nasty parts, or for that "just one more descent" parts. 😉

Its always awe inspiring watching Chris Akrigg refuting Issac Newton over and over again. 😆

So happy to see Martin out on location again. Thanks for delivering such a great show with such interesting content!

Loved to see some accountability brought into the test, much more interesting than watching riders tell what they "think" of a bike, like we see on 99% of the tests. Congrats! Please keep on bringing this kind of content.

That wheelchair equipped with a cx would be sick

So impressed you bunny hopped that heavy e-bike. The technicals too. You guys should do a show on just doing this talent .🤘

20mph, 1.0kw is the absolute sweet spot.

Well, despite all the tests Mr Jones has conjured up these last few years, Martyn and his young assistant Chris, put together an impressive comparison between the two - again, no clear winner but there never will be as they attack the same challenges from different angles. I couldn’t afford a mid power at the time but the full power Brose is more than ample when running in Eco - only tired legs at the end of a long ride or a very steep accent requires the Tour (never needed the Turbo!😎

Most full power e-bikes are quite a bit lighter than the 27kg Whyte these days, I mean a Levo Gen 3 is 21kg, Strive:ON at 23kg and many more.

Now this was something different and really interesting! Can't wait to actually see, what Chris can do with a lighter weight e-bike. Always inspiring to see, what the magician can do. Especially the wheelie turn with E-lyte on top of the climb was beautiful and gives some hints, how his body works when doing that Akrigg trademark move. More content like this, please!

I think the AMFLOW full power, lightweight EMTB that's on the horizon, embodies both of those bikes (Whytes) you tested today.

As in any sport the key is less weight and more power and not less weight and less power! Thank you DJI for thinking out of the box!

I have two full power bikes. Ep8 husky, rocky mountain 4.0dyna. 🎉 Happy Trails

Fun video. When I first started shopping for an e-bike some months ago, I was fully convinced that I wanted one of the lighter options, thinking a 50+ lbs. bike would bother me. But then I rode a friend's full power bike and was surprised to find the weight didn't bother me as much as I thought it would. I have ridden a "mid-power" bike quite a bit - a Cannondale Moterra SL - and it was definitely a bike I wouldn't have been disappointed with (and might still buy if the demo I rode becomes available). But I did end up buying a full power bike in the end: a 2024 Heckler (partly because I also own a Megatower and they have a familiar ride feel). One of my e-biking friends joked, "to own one e-bike is to own more than one - since one of them will probably be broken at any given time...."

Martin I gave it a thumbs up anyway consider that climb a personal challenges and stive to beat it some day💪!

Well I have a specialised sl my skill level is nowhere near that of Chris possibly I would struggle in all what he just did, I’m more of a trail rider, it’s just great to see how far e-bikes have come I love em , great vid 👍🏻

Cool video.

More videos of Martin shredding the trike please!