XC Bike VS eBike | Athlete's Effort Compared

Published on April 12th 2024

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It’s often said that if you ride an eBike you’re lazy, but is that really true? Steve Jones has enlisted the help of our resident athlete Rich Payne to put this to the test. Comparing Rich’s previous ride of the ‘Blue’ XC loop in the Forest of Dean on an XC bike, they aim to see if Rich can beat the time and heart rate on a light assist eMTB. ⏱ Timestamps ⏱ 00:00 - Welcome Back To Another EMBN Video! 00:52 - The Challenge That Rich Payne Is Taking 03:00 - Riches Strategy 04:52 - Let The Challenge Begin! 07:45 - Post Ride Chat 10:48 - Let's Run Through Some Figures Useful Links: Submit your Photo and Video to us 👉 https://upload.embn.com/ Check out the latest EMBN jerseys! 👉 https://embn.me/Jerseys What's the highest heart rate you've ever recorded? Let us know in the comments below! 👇 Watch more on EMBN... 📹 The Great eBike Debate! Power vs. Weight 👉 youtu.be/iovX4CSKoKI 📹 Watch our Editor’s Choice Playlist 👉 https://embn.me/EditorsChoice 📹 Watch our Features Playlist 👉 https://embn.me/Features 🎵 Music - licensed by Epidemic Sound 🎵 #embn #ebikes #emtb #ebiking The Electric Mountain Bike Network (EMBN) is the world’s leading electric mountain bike (eMTB) channel and community. Dedicated to igniting your passion for eMTBs, EMBN delivers weekly original content to inspire you to take your riding further, faster – and with more fun. Whether you live to conquer the techiest terrain – both up and down; to access and explore the beautiful backcountry; or simply to pack as much fun as you can into the precious riding time you have, EMBN is dedicated to covering eMTB from every angle. From inspiring you to go electric – helping you understand what you need, where and how to ride to get the best from your eMTB experience, and more – through showcasing and exploring the latest, most innovative tech, empowering and entertaining features, to skills videos that help you progress and can tackle ever-more adventurous terrain, and much, much more. Every week we bring you informative and entertaining videos on… - The know-how… - The skills… - The tech… - The inspiration… ...to go faster and explore more! EMBN is mountain biking… fully charged: helping you go faster, further, and with more adventures than ever before. Join the EMBN community: Facebook: http://embn.me/facebook Instagram: http://embn.me/instagram Twitter: http://embn.me/embntwitter Thanks to our sponsors: Whyte Bikes: https://embn.me/Whyte Canyon Bikes: http://embn.me/canyon Industry Nine Wheels: https://embn.me/IndustryNine Ergon: http://embn.me/ergon Garmin: https://embn.me/garmin Peaty's Products: https://embn.me/Peatys Pirelli Tyres: https://embn.me/Pirelli MET Helmets: https://embn.me/MET Bluegrass: https://embn.me/Bluegrass Funn Pedals: https://embn.me/Funn Watch our sister channels: Global Mountain Bike Network - https://youtube.com/gmbn GMBN Tech - https://www.youtube.com/gmbntech Global Cycling Network - https://www.youtube.com/gcn GCN Tech - https://www.youtube.com/gcntech GCN Racing - https://www.youtube.com/gcnracing GMBN Racing - https://gmbn.eu/GMBNracing Global Triathlon Network - https://www.youtube.com/gtn GCN Italia - https://www.youtube.com/gcnitalia GCN en Espanol - https://www.youtube.com/gcnenespanol GCN auf Deutsch - https://www.youtube.com/gcnaufdeutsch GCN en Francais - https://www.youtube.com/gcnenfrancais GCN Training - https://www.youtube.com/gcntrainin