E- mountain bike

[nickk]

eldest son is desperate to upgrade from his full suspension mtb. Has anyone here had experience of any,he’s very set on a Husquvarna model,I’ve liked their chainsaws,no nothing else and I like to do some research of the market.TIA.

 

[frank horton]

prob not upto the qual of their old m/cycles....not all chinese stuff is bad but check where it's made...
never got on with their chainsaws....
just to say a friend bought an electric scooter for around town, Honda was the make...he thought buy a decent brand....expensive...
Needless to say, made in China....endless probs, dealer could'nt fix it...no real info on the web...
Now out of warrenty.....I've got it on a pallet waiting for a big motor elec bike conversion over this winter...

 

[angellonewolf]

i dont know abot that make id tempted to stick with specialised or giant if you dont want to spend loads then carrera (halfords)look not a bad price

 

[Tangledfeet]

I've got two ebikes, both Specialized; a Turbo Levo SL Comp Carbon full suspension mountain bike and a Creo2 gravel bike. The former was £7k when sold at full RRP and I got it for under £4K from Balfe's Bikes.

This is getting towards the time of year when there'll be some bargains to be had. Never heard of Husqvarna ebikes... I'd stick with a known bike brand, as above.

 

[jsf55]

Unfortunately not local too you, but you can hire for a day and ride the treads off it

Uprise Bikes

Independent bike shop selling Specialized bikes, Trek bikes, Cannondale bikes, Giant bikes, Cube bikes, Scott bikes, and many more

www.uprisebikes.com

 

[GRW]

I've run a Whyte E160RS for the last 3.5 years. I'd also suggest that a more common brand is likely a better bet than something as obscure as Husqvarna E-Mtb (unless it's a price-competitive clone of an established bike, which is doubtful).

Giant & Merida mfrvtheir own frames, so you tend to get better groupsets, suspension etc than the likes of Specialized, Santa Cruz at a given price point.

Merida aren't huge in the UK but are massive in Europe, & make some very very good bikes at competitive pricing. I'd definitely have Merida on my radar of I was buying another E-Mtb.

I'd certainly check what brand motor the Husky is running & look into relative reliability (when I was buying mine in 2022, it seemed that Bosch was the best of the bunch, so that narrowed my search to Bosch motored E-Mtb's).

Height, Reach, sizing & (if stumpy legged like me) seat post frame height are important considerations. If an mtb doesn't give you confidence & allow you to move around on it as needed to suit the terrain/type of riding he does - then it doesn't matter how good it is on paper.

 

[Tangledfeet]

Giant & Merida mfrvtheir own frames, so you tend to get better groupsets, suspension etc than the likes of Specialized, Santa Cruz at a given price point.

Merida own a 49% stake in Specialized and they share the same manufacturing plants in Taiwan; I didn't appreciate this until I did some Googling earlier today!