On The Pegs 104
After watching our instructor heading from top to bottom with all the balletic accuracy of a muddy missile , it dawns on me just how steep it is . At about 35 metres long and rising around 7 metres , Google tells me it ’ s around a 3 % gradient . I ’ ve struggled to walk up lesser inclines .
My first crack sees me getting 10 metres in . I come to a stop after making the fatal error of looking down from the top of the stream to a large rock on the lefthand side of it . Despite the rock being away from the line I was riding , like a drunk homing pigeon flying into a shop window , I looked at it , therefore I crashed into it . Ribs intact , I line back up for another go , determined to get to the top .
Given that the last run was curtailed due to not looking at the goal , I decided the only thing to do is gun it and stare at the exit point of the stream like it just pinched my wife ’ s bum . And it worked . Well , almost . I make it about two feet from the exit of the stream , before coming to a stop after getting the front and rear wheels stuck in different ruts . I ’ m calling that a win .
After a day on the Electric Motion EPure Sport , I ’ m completely sold on the idea of electric power in this setting . The benefits of electric power in this setting makes so much more sense than anywhere else .
I ’ ve toyed with buying a trial bike before , although had only looked at £ 1,000 shitters that will probably cost another grand to get running right . If I were serious about this type of riding , owned some land myself , or had the cash to drop on a new bike , I would definitely consider buying one . Electric bikes and the great outdoors make so much sense .
Why the Electric Motion EPure might be the most practical choice of all the impractical motorcycles
By nature of their design , a trials bike is about as impractical as it comes . Even a MotoGP machine has more range and weather protection ! But the thing is , trials bikes don ’ t need any such luxuries . They need the bare minimum required by law to make them legal on the road . They also don ’ t really need to go very far , as ten miles on some challenging terrain on a trials bike will feel like 50 miles on a road bike . They also don ’ t need to be fast , a top speed of 50mph is more than adequate .
So , in this world of short journeys , at low-speed and over challenging terrain , the little Electric Motion has given petrol power a seriously bloody nose . And we ’ ve not even got going yet .
The EPure range of electric trials bikes are about as basic to service as a high-end mountain bike . Give it a jet-wash , lube the chain , bleed the brakes and away you go . No engine rebuilds . No oil changes . No plug changes . No air filter changes . No