In the spring Cycling Electric magazine we've dedicated a significant portion to testing do-it-all electric mountain bikes.

We are long past the days of jack-of-all-trades setups being awkward to ride in both an urban & a cross-country setting. Recent refinements in design mean that fully-equipped #ebikes like the Merida eFloat EQ platform excel at just about everything. In this market, where budgets are tight, that feels important.

#transport #mtb #ukmtb #mountainbiking #trekking #cycling

Many Spotted Asian Lady Beetle, Cheeseweed Mallow

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/345604444

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/345412636

#insects #wildlife #california #mountains #mountainbiking #hiking #wildflowers

If you lived here, you could have been lying on a bed of wild grasses with hummingbirds and dragonflies buzzing about by now

#california #mountains #OptOutside #wilderness #hiking #mountainbiking #gravelbiking #cycling #MTB

A friend let me try his e-mountain bike today,and it was a game changer. You can adjust the amount of assist so you are still working but not dying. I did bite it pretty hard on the way down and have some road rash to show for it. I know some are completely anti e-bike, but I loved it! I would not use assist for road biking, but for mountain biking? Yes please. 🚵‍♀️

#biking #ebike #mountainbiking

Sunday Sends Bike Riding and Paris Baguette pastry store -- Heart Heart! I got a ride in with Jeremy and Ben this morning. Weekly Sunday Sends bike ride that Jeremy set up. Twas a little warm, but I had a great time. My rear derailleur cable frayed up and blew off, but we got it working again. I scored some garlic croissants and a pastry and am chilling at sbux writing a tune.
#mountainbiking #pastry

https://in-the-moment.info/sunday-sends-bike-riding-and-paris-baguette-slammin/

As a mountain biker, you take risks but you're in control of your risks. In road racing it's so much about positioning and the risk is completely out of your control. You put yourself in a position in the peloton and hope for the best, that nobody in front of you crashes. That took quite a lot of mental work for me to overcome.

— Alan Hatherly

#cycling in the Pro peloton and mental work

We read a lot about positioning in terms of competitiveness too, even WvA struggling lately after all his crashes and injuries, riders expending a lot of energy on this matter that would miss in the end

Here Alan talks about transitioning from #mountainbiking to #roadcycling