In this week’s EMBN Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Neil Donoghue to talk about the first-ever eBike world championship and who won the rainbow jerseys. In the rest of the show, we look at the new Amflow/DJI bike, and your usual favourites including what’s locked away in the Bike Vault, some great-looking places in Cool Places and much more!
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00:00 – Welcome back to the EMBN Show!
00:28 – The first eBike world championships
01:32 – The new Amflow PL
04:15 – Canyon Spectral:ONfly
06:02 – Fireproof eBike Battery
07:43 – Cool Places
09:27 – Feedback
11:39 – Bike Vault
13:39 – #GETTINGSOCIAL
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35 Comments
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Where’s Steve?
Wah? Neil and an angry looking Martin…. Sup?
the EMBN studio is well posh looking
No Lumi option on that Amflow? Pass
Tyre pressure: Pump them up and let the pressure out until I get the performance I'm looking for… Not much over 20# it turns out
Trek 9.7, 90 kg rider… 20 PSI front, 22 PSI rear. No insert.
3^3= 27/27 F/R. Have rideen as low as 20psi, but didnt like it much and feel like a couple extra psi protect the wheels from my couple extra pounds…
Ok I could have been more clear in my original comment. One thing about the face pulls I learned recently was to have the cable above your head, forcing you to hold your shoulder back and down. I had been doing them various ways for decades, as I was forced to learn about rotator cuff muscles due to my major injury. I had re-Injured my shoulder injury, originally ripped my humeral cap off, with no attachments. Was supposed to have 2 surgeries, but the navy declined to give them to me due to my age and the second one would have been after I turned 18. Took nearly a decade of rehab to get confident strength. Recently, After taking a fall and one-arm, grabbing a root on the way down a hill side, which jacked it up pretty damn good. I tried the regular rehab type workouts I had used in the past, and it just seemed to aggravate it. After changing the cable angle, and keeping the shoulder in a healthy position, instant improvement, after a year of struggle and pain. It made a huge difference for me and thought it could help someone else, especially when you understand the job of the rotator cuff muscles, which is both rotation AND keeping the shoulder joint functioning properly.
Enjoyed this one, thanks lads 🎉
Anyone else feel like you can never keep up with new tech? just as you feel well kitted out boom! 💥 revolutionary new tech 😂😢
Why do they not offer the amflow in size small?
As good as it is I cant help but think the Levo SL will be left behind once the Amflow appears if all they do is change the rear shock🤔
I agree with tires and the pressures you run change the ride feel. Ive made the mistake where i will pump the tires up for riding the pavement to get to the trails, and forget to airdown before some mean, steep downhills. It's really quite obvious if you try different things out haha. I always have been a maxxis fan, but i recently swapped a Continental Kryptotal on the rear, and that thing grips so good on my local trails, that i will be swapping my front out for one as well Lol. Absolutely impressed with the traction.
Does the fast charger on the dji shorten the capacity and life of the battery like electric car fast chargers do?
Oh Can awe ghan in BC , before christ
I run 21psi front & 23psi rear on my e-mountain bikes…
battery extenders can you pls. tell us more about it and if you have already done a video on can you pls point me to it thanks.
Saw the Don at Coed Y Brenin today on the Amflow, both did the Tarw Du trail, interesting though as I think we did the same amount of battery, 40%! I’m on my Pole Voima with fox 40’s and my bike weighs around 25kg with a 750wh battery and I weigh around 83kg! I’d say I’m heavier than the Don😂 not sure what mode he was using? I only use auto mode on the performance CX motor.
If the life of the battery is determined by the number of complete full recharges does this follow that small batteries with extenders will have a shorter life span than larger battery covering similar distance, therefore the use of small battery and extender will need more frequent replacement and likely cost
Orbea wild. 90kg rider. Front 18psi Rear 22psi
83kg rider here, run 26-28 psi rear, 22-24 front, no inserts. Depending on how rough the trail is
for tire pressure i run about 25lbs on my levo and my friends keep telling to bring it up to 30 -35 where its suppose to be and whats ironic is i have not had a flat tire on my levo running it at 25lbs while my buddies that do run the higher pressure has had multiple flats. i love the paint colour on the new levo sl so cool
Thought there would have been a bit more from Specialized on the SL. No battery options again. By the time you’ve added an extender to get the range you might as well buy a FF and have the power also. I think SL/mid weights are dying out.
Guys, I know you got to make money but the Canyon shilling is becoming way too much. To the point where it puts me off the brand!!!
So if the Amflow knows what angle it is at, up or down, what happens if you wheelie it?
Cube Stereo 29 x 2.6 16 front, 21 rear 👍
i really REALLY think amflow should also have an option sub 5k with an alloy frame and entry/midrange components. its a new brand (at least in the bikerealm) which noone has any experience with – reliability, customer support, resale value, etc etc. its probably a bit foolish, but reading "orbea", "speacialized" etc on the frame just has more upfront trust than an unknown (bike)brand. i also wouldnt drop money on a "kellys", "leader fox" or "stevens". saving a couple of 100s just isnt enough for me to take on the gamble
For on road use, I reccoment the Schwalbe Moto-X 2.5" in the dark tan sidewall version, of course!
For road use, this is without a doubt, the best E-MTB tyre I have used.
Excellent grip in both dry and wet conditions, great value and serious puncture resistance, so far managing over 1400 miles without suffering a single flat!
If anyone knows of a better tyre for road use, please reply as I'd be very interested to know people's thoughts.
Can confirm Rotorua does stink of eggs. Amazing trails, though!
165 lbs rider, 75 kg, ROSSIGNOL Mandate Shift, I run Maxxis Assegai EXO+ 29×2.5 at 22 psi Front, and Maxxis DHR DD 29×2.4 25 psi rear. No Inserts.
Derailleurs everywhere. Boring. Wake me up when these hacks adopt Pinion setups.
22 psi before I screw back in the stem so less as it leaks out. Seems to work well and not bounce me around and still relatively fast up and on the road where I have to ride to get to the trails. 197 lbs full kited out.
So I ride 20 lbs in the front and 22 lbs in the rear. I ride a Rocky Mountain Altitude powerplay. I live in Victoria bc Canada.
Maxxis DHF 16psi Front Aggressor 18 psi Rear 65 kg, no flats, sand and lime stone.
9:52 Guys ! don't be such Consumerism society's pets !
I did impact MTB 26"2.3 wheels on rocky tracks running at 2.5bars (with suspensions):
If you wanna have wheels makers running, that is not as ecologic as the sport I chose
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Please protect your wheels, pump em up ! Nature will thank you