Fun with my HAIBIKE Xduro

[The Stig]

... But to be honest I really wanted to see some loss of grip, some loose terrain. We need sustained wheel spin!

:lol: All this will prove is that either the bike is not controllable or the rider has no control over the bike

Well yeah... whatever the bike is, if you push it close to the limits of "incline" and "loose terrain" it will start to become uncontrollable... If you push it passed those limits it will become uncontrollable! I just thought it would be fun to see these sort of bikes pushed close to the limits on loose inclines. That video of the hai bike is the closest I've seen to its limits. I would really like to see more powerful ebikes do something like that now. Like Whiplash's New One!!!

PS: A bike like the one in your avatar could do a lot better. But the best performing machine in this sort of off road stunt is certain type of buggy made for a whole motorsport based on loose terrain and insane inclines, formula offroad.

 

[gwhy!1]

... But to be honest I really wanted to see some loss of grip, some loose terrain. We need sustained wheel spin!

:lol: All this will prove is that either the bike is not controllable or the rider has no control over the bike

Well yeah... whatever the bike is, if you push it close to the limits of "incline" and "loose terrain" it will start to become uncontrollable... If you push it passed those limits it will become uncontrollable! I just thought it would be fun to see these sort of bikes pushed close to the limits on loose inclines. That video of the hai bike is the closest I've seen to its limits. I would really like to see more powerful ebikes do something like that now. Like Whiplash's New One!!!

PS: A bike like the one in your avatar could do a lot better. But the best performing machine in this sort of off road stunt is certain type of buggy made for a whole motorsport based on loose terrain and insane inclines, formula offroad.

Your quite right and there do come a point where everything goes tits up, if you got traction you loop out and if you don't have traction you stop (wheelspin) but a little bit of wheelspin inbetween the little bits of traction with good throttle control and body positioning then your sorted. The bike in the vid did make it up the incline but I think if the bike had and more power at the back wheel it would not have made it just because of the fact he had the throttle pinned all the way up.

 

[LockH]

2017 Haibike xDuro Downhill Pro 8.0 Mountain Bike - Walkaround - 2016 Interbike:
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[Whiplash]

Are these people EVER going to build a proper ebike? Beautiful and looks like it can gravity very well, but with only 350 watts and not much battery I don't see the point. It's still going to kill you to do any real climbing. Heck my 1500 watts will kick my ass on a real climb and I'm not in bad shape I can run a 5k easy!

 

[Voltron]

It's all about the Euro-legal market...the American market is just a tiny slice of things to them to where it's not worth building special spec units for here.

 

[Ianhill]

It might have a lower power output but its weight is very low too and having 10 gears to choose from means there's no hill that will stop you or make you out of breath, They will never be a true speed demon or cover a huge distance with the 500wh but its enough if you put some effort In for 35miles range or 15 or so on max assist the limit is obviously the law they operate with in but its as good as it gets for a legal euro ebike that tackles all terrain.

 

[WoodlandHills]

Between Trump and Brexit, there won't be an EU for much longer, a few years at most. Maybe then you can have a decent ebike......

 

[Whiplash]

Lol. Hey I voted for him, I think it's getting blown out of proportion radically by the media as usual