Well, finally took the plunge, had an old Giant hybrid but was finding the hills around here taking away from the enjoyment, so after much thought and trying a few (Thanks Peepingtom of this parish for letting me try his e-MTB) I decided I didn't want/need pure MTB so started looking at crossovers and found another niche, "Trekking" e-bikes, good for the road and able to do tracks and trails too.
I opted for a Cannondale Tesoro Neo x2 as the shop had one and I could have a demo. What a cracker, 29" wheels with big tyres, front suspension, sprung seatpost and Bosch motor and battery. had a brilliant run yesterday doing byways. bridleways and roads, it was like green, green laning and walkers/horses etc all happy to share their routes unlike the powered green laning I'd done around here before. A quick question to the mtb'ers with these big tyres, what pressures do you run as the tyres say between 20-55psi. I'm guessing it's like my old off road days, drop pressures for trails and increase for road? anyway I'll stop rambling and carry on e-biking and a couple of pics too! CheersJohn B
I opted for a Cannondale Tesoro Neo x2 as the shop had one and I could have a demo. What a cracker, 29" wheels with big tyres, front suspension, sprung seatpost and Bosch motor and battery. had a brilliant run yesterday doing byways. bridleways and roads, it was like green, green laning and walkers/horses etc all happy to share their routes unlike the powered green laning I'd done around here before. A quick question to the mtb'ers with these big tyres, what pressures do you run as the tyres say between 20-55psi. I'm guessing it's like my old off road days, drop pressures for trails and increase for road? anyway I'll stop rambling and carry on e-biking and a couple of pics too! CheersJohn B