Blake Samson's First E Bike Adventure! | Riding EMTB With Chris Smith

[@embn]

Have you persuaded any of your mountain bike friends to get an EMTB yet? Let us know 👇

[@wizzyno1566]

At least 3 people i know have bought an EMTB after riding mine. Infinity Cycles in Durham should be paying me commission.

[@WelshGallivanter]

Yes lol 4 Ebikes have been ordered, They have seen the light.

[@redbomberr4594]

You just persuaded me

[@danielnichol144]

@@wizzyno1566 My friend bought his first ebike (his first BIKE actually lmao) after having a single go of my levo! I love infinity cycles, often ride up from sunderland to have a browse :)

[@jimbo4203]

We went and rode some and my sister and brother in law got 2, after riding with them for 2 weeks i got mine ! Its been fun

[@dewindoethdwl2798]

55 yrs old and got one two weeks ago. Revolutionary! It takes the yuch out of hard climbing, my age means I don’t recover quickly. Now I get to the top and I’m ready for whatever is next. It’s like being in my thirties again. You still work but at a rate your body can handle. Six hours in aerobic/threshold and you can think of riding the following day too! Fantastic. I’m getting to be as fit as I can be without feeling wiped out. The off piste adventures are great, these things climb up stuff you wouldn’t believe! It’s crazy, it’s technical up and down now. Humping them over fences & stiles is a good workout too - now I’m skint & can’t afford the gym after buying the bike 😂

[@Cheapsh0t247]

totally agree, got mine 3days ago, not ridden much in 10years as house renovation and kids kept me busy, but really missed riding to took the plunge on my 50th birthday to finally justify and its the best thing i have ever bought. two long rides in and i can believe the distance covered and uphill's are just as fun so easily enjoyment is now twice as much. It took a while to release you dont necessarily need to plan you route through the rough stuff as you would previously as they smash rock strewn gulley's and off piste inclines you would think of tackling on my old stead as good as it was. I can feel my weight dropping and personal energy improving, best thing for old skool mountain bikers.

[@AlxBrb]

And when your motor ticker will be over 1600km, i can assure that this will be the moment where you ll really start enjoying your emtb. I even managed to get rid of my car for commuting to work (luckily for me i live in almost rural italy, so you have plenty of white roads and fields near the streets, and hence, commuting from home to work is relatively easy and relatively car-free), so i managed to "normalize" a 4x12kmx300mt elevation commute rides per day for a total of 48km as daily training routine. I would never been able to do this without an emtb.

[@Adlemtbadv]

The adventure rides are the best. Just out and about exploring the final frontier. 👍🏻

[@SubmarinersDive]

Need more Blake on EMBN! Top Job!

[@chrisinstasis7986]

The Blake love is super high at the moment, pretty sure even the GCNers want more Blake!

[@jimbo4203]

Being 59 , i really love my ebike ! It lets me ride way more steep trails and more often

[@ashokeb]

Blake and an eMTB… what a combo!

[@federaldelii]

now Blake can fly up to 10 meters with this power:))

[@Twongo]

You know what made this a perfect day on a mountain bike? They didn't have to listen to the unnecessary music that we did. Looks amazing guys.

[@betterthanlastweek9670]

09:29 Blake “Yeah let’s go find some of that [Tazmanian Devil impression]” 🤣 love these videos guys.

[@ThunderbolttheFox]

This is making me even more excited to build my first e-bike this weekend. On a tight budget so am just converting a walmart MTB into a 1000w EMTB, but it'll be the best bike I've ever ridden at that point

[@simonhill4021]

How did the build go?

[@joaoafonso70]

Amazing video! Totally agree with Chris, an E-MTB let's you have fun on the climbs, on top of all the advantages in stability and grip. Good day out, guys! And we will see more of Blake in EMBN, right? 😉

[@SteveDestin]

What an epic video. Excellent job. Entertaining and educational. I was closing watching riding techniques through all these different obstacles. At age 59, I started riding an EMTB earlier this year after not riding a bike for 25 years. Super fun. I run the power in low setting now to focus on fitness. I'm conquering technical obstacles that I thought I could never do when I started just a few months ago. As discussed on the video, I get more tired on the way down the mountain. Lots more to learn and conquer! Really hope everyone is having as much fun with their ebikes.🙂

[@embn]

Thanks for commenting Safsam! We're glad you're having a great time on your E-bike

[@denysaw]

The most positive e-mtb motivation video ever! And yeah, need more Blake in the channel ;)) Music cast is awesome! Bravo guys ;)

[@walleyehunter8862]

I love ebikes I can ride all day and still feel my legs and walk the next day ! There's nothing like biking on a nice hot sunny day 😎 Great video can't wait until the snows gone

[@DWillis7]

Good to see a Canyon Torque:On. There aren't too many videos out there on it. Especially with the 8. Mine should arrive this week.

[@greghall2004]

just took delivery of my spectral on cf7 21. Man alive.

[@DWillis7]

@@greghall2004 How is it?

[@greghall2004]

@@DWillis7incredible. Torn if it was the right move. As its just kind blowing up any kind of elevation gain. Too easy I am not sure Is the right words to use. But madness honestly

[@DWillis7]

@@greghall2004 I say it's better to have it and not need it. I'm hoping mine doesn't have to sit around in customs too long. How long did yours take to arrive from when it was shipped?

[@greghall2004]

@@DWillis7 shipped Friday from canyon. Delivered the following Friday to Edinburgh I think it sat, personally two days in UK before moving up or out for delivery

[@Dessi101]

Great vid! Can't wait for my e-bike! I ordered a Liv Embolden in March and hope it will make it to the end of July :D

[@lozetchells9164]

Fantastic video, how did I miss this when it came out?! Epic days out with a mate are what eMTBs are made for, and they 100% deliver. I'd echo what Chris said at the end too, so many times I've gone back to try to do something better thinking "I can do this" when I'd never even attempt it once on an analog.

[@mihapozauko]

Great ride guys, would be really nice to take my giant on those trails. And for real, riding ebike up can be more fun than down.

[@andrewhurrell07]

Great video guys lovely to see Blake on an ebike especially in my neck of the woods in the quarry only wish I knew u were there guys would have loved to have met u both

[@jcreeker5581]

Great video! Really shows the some of the unique features that an EMTB has. And thx for showing folks that an EMTB can make tech climbs fun since the bike greatly reduces hike-a-bike. Here in the USA, hopefully, more folks will embrace the EMTB like folks in the European community and there will be more places to ride EMTBs.

[@stephenjeffreys4219]

The adventure ride up to Table Top was amazing - loved it

[@petersauer94]

Guy's we need the food shot at the end of a epic day's riding 🤘

[@matthewl7585]

Cracking video embn, more like this please, now it’s summertime.

[@romythedog2009]

awesome* i really appreciate your work guys, and i so enjoy your videos,but this one gave me such a super good mode. thanks

[@andrewgreenwood8727]

Fantastic !! Looked a great day out!! Chris I believe you know my son ; Ryan Greenwood he use to ride up at Windhill bike park ! He lives up at Midsomer Norton ! 👍☀️😎 Looked like you were both having a blast 🤣!!! I'm hopefully getting an e-bike soon !! Can't wait.

[@ridingdeep8530]

I recently sold my KTM 300XC and a hard tail single speed to eventually buy a nice eMTB. I thought they were silly, until I rode one a few weeks ago... They are amazing! This was a very fun video, thanks for putting it together. "Having fun going up-hill" What an awesome new paradigm!

[@richcrompton6891]

Loved it! Up the mountain would be the bit for me! Too old and cautious for all that airborne stuff now!

[@stephenbrown5844]

Fantastic guys thanks for the footage

[@michaelzarb5814]

Bike adventures are my favourite activity, keep posting more of these, Show us a video assessing and attempting repairing that wheel

[@davedangerous66]

Brilliant vid 👍 need to get all the gang out in the valleys, Jonsey, Chris,Blake, Doddy and the Brendog gang will be effin awesome.

[@470danadidas]

Have to say that my ebike has given me a new lease of riding life. Did a big ride very near to Table on that same hot weekend as you guys, taking in big climbs up to Waun Fach ( 2649ft) but also big cracking descents especially off Crug Mawr. Awesome.

[@willian.direction6740]

love the Bluegrass music along with the epic rides. Well done everyone.

[@downundermtb4744]

Bigger mountains 👍 Go for it Blake.

[@garethburton]

Glad to see you guys enjoying Trefil

[@TGKHONGLAH]

Great entertainment from Blake and Chris....

[@kyled121]

It'll be great seing more of Blake on an ebike. Will he flip it?

[@dyounggolfmaster]

Pretty sure he did a backflip on an Ebike in a previous video....

[@Celeon999A]

Yeah he backflipped an ebike in a video about two years ago. There was a "game of Ebike" video on EMBN in which Sam Pilgrim backflipped his bike to show Blake that its actually not much harder than flipping a standard MTB. Afterwards Blake did a seperate video for EMBN in which he did it aswell.

[@craigbush3119]

Awesome video. Chris & Blake. Specially at my local trails. Black mountain & crickhowell area. 👊🏻👍🏻

[@xyz-g3w6b]

You two are bonkers! But fun to watch getting so much air on such hefty beasts. Just goes to show that in the right hands, pigs CAN fly 🥸

[@stealth_yellow]

Nice day out. Lucky boys!

[@helpserverlimited5623]

Ha ... it was good to meet you guys at the entrance to the quarry in Trefil. Didn't think I would ever bump into you guys out on the road. My comment about e-bikes is only from a jealous point of view ... if I had the money I would definitely get an e-bike ... keep up the good work.

[@grahamjelley4349]

Amazing photography

[@federaldelii]

Ebike is a game changer of all vehicles

[@jonnysnakes5417]

Got a whyte e180 v3 on order cant wait to see what i end up riding, been into mtb for years and never liked or got good at climbing so this will open up a lot of places for me

[@absolute_abundance]

Far the best e bike videos

[@stujm8376]

The more of these videos I watch, the more I want an eBike

[@kostello2011]

Fun to watch vid, thx embn! ;)

[@Phalanx_84]

Love it!!!! Especially seeing Blake riding my new bike! Invis are making a kit for the Torque.On and using my bike as a template. First in the world with an Invisd Torque.On 😁👍

[@tjeers3098]

What bike did he ride?

[@Phalanx_84]

@@tjeers3098 Canyon Torque.On

[@ryanphotostudio]

Great video guys. What great ride area. loved it

[@leeteemtb9587]

Epic adventure, epic trails & epic scenery

[@philmyerscough1]

Great to see Blake enjoying an eMTB! Looked like an awesome day out

[@mountaincruiser817]

Mindblowing. You guys ride a full day on one charge and my 625 battery is flat within two 2.5 hours of riding stuff you guys did.

[@richardsmith3350]

Brilliant video!

[@romeocollado6133]

Awesome riding..I love it

[@chargeriderepeat7024]

Superb. One of your best vids...blake using his feet with his flat pedals :)

[@moderndaypirate8931]

I can't wait to go on my first one!

[@vwkev85]

that was epic, id love to go for a ride like that but i dont know any other ebikers haha

[@808GT]

Right, planning Wales trip now

[@Drcheeser79]

Great video, really enjoyed it 👍

[@impact0r]

"It's boiling - it's like 26 degrees". Ah, yes - the British standards for hot weather. Cheers from the continent.

[@dewindoethdwl2798]

Just a thought, it’s Blake! The Duracell Biker on a Duracell Bike!! There’s no stopping him now…..

[@frankpfgd62]

I NEED AN E!! 😂 and some skills

[@paulsutcliffe1195]

I saw a bit of reverse steer in there. Always on a motorbike but I’ve never managed it on a pedal bike. PS it’s Pen-er-van!

[@MrJustin8912]

Great content! 👍🏻

[@marcusoutdoors4999]

Superb adventure, very well held landing! Just out of interest where was the camera mounted that captured the crash landing?

[@Simplyflyit]

This is cool.. kinda.. if you happen to have a bike park near you.. for the the rest of us... Honestly, the DH enduro riding and jumps are dope... just for me, riding uphill under MASSIVE power changes the whole thing entirely.. which is what I thing the trouble is, as it were.. the real dope is going down underground, with massive power. next level is to time the uphill segment, with proper power.

[@470danadidas]

Great video guys. Blake is just priceless . He cracks me up. I was on the floor at his reaction when Chris bent his wheel. 🤣🤣🤣

[@jokermtb]

fun adventure

[@ltrtg13]

It's a good job Blake did the the muscle flex for the guns out. It just would be the same if Si or Ollie from GCN did it. It would more like pea shooter out.

[@JeremyDawesJezweb]

Ultra dry sarcasm love it: “it’s boiling 26 degrees” good one Blake.

[@aromaj8]

Is this a metric system moment?

[@ApexHerbivore]

@@aromaj8 Defo 26ºC not F.

[@emtbtrailrider539]

MORE VIDZ LIKE THIS EPIC!

[@jrsuk1170]

If anyone doesn't need an ebike it's Blake.

[@narecardoso1]

I want to see Blake on EMBN full-time 😜😜 BLAKE, move to the dark side please!!!

[@jonathanbrown6720]

Great video guys. It shows how capable e-bikes are at different types of riding. Good all-rounders...just like the 2 riders!

[@ApexHerbivore]

What's the range on an e-bike? Might get one in the future, If I went for a couple of days ride would I be screwed?

[@CarkeekW]

What a coincidence Blake , ill be riding some wubup thonk blonk trails tomorrow

[@garretwhansen]

All of the above.

[@Celeon999A]

Awesome video ! I was curious about Blake's emtb since he mentioned owning one. Now i would really like to see Chris and Steve doing a regular MTB adventure with the GMBN crew. :-)

[@Extremegaz25]

Black mountain bike park looked good.

[@antoniofigueroamx]

yes my son, he is 18 and ride with me on ebikes, also I invited always I can to a friend to use one of mine and go for a ride on the bikes, . I ride since 2013 until last year only marathon and cross country now bike parks, jumps, enduro, more and more

[@andrewandbelindaparker7521]

Great video as always........but that music?

[@rhysstatham7407]

Paradise is where I live Monmouthshire hidden gem.

[@grahamsmith9788]

So, this video has "perswaded" me to get rid of my Kenevo with its rubbish Roval wheels and replace it with a Husky! Great video btw 👍

[@ashokeb]

Nice pink hat, Bru!

[@bikemad]

EP8 motor when yu say yu have 3 bars left really yu have somewhere between 2 and 3 bars!

[@edgarmarques4157]

EMBN What is the frame size of the torque on that Blake uses in the video?

[@audimalvin5763]

man that husqvarna lookin sharp

[@fatherdaughterandsonfishing]

Trefil quarry fantastic location

[@freywaldau8053]

I'd be curious how long before you have to replace the chain on e-mtb? It takes quite a beating in the terrain that you rode, especially the rough steep uphill sections.

[@adambcvg]

On my third chain and second cassette after 1200 miles

[@siemens198195]

E-bike go bzzzzz

[@darrenwilliams6827]

Bout time blake

[@G3LDY]

What travel has Blake got on the fron of the spectral?

[@425flex]

EMBN what was the range and battery life on the torque on 8 after this adventure?

[@Algo86]

I wish blake would have given a summary on how it was riding an ebike for that day

[@richguev]

What bike brand both of you using? I would Like to see the specs on them.

[@bradsanders6954]

Hah! I knew a wheel would be bent in no time on the jumps. But these are sponsor owned bikes no biggie!

[@Blacky0V]

What? Blake on EMBN?! But with a full suspension E MTB xD I hoped for a Hardtail E MTB?!^^

[@mrjapanimeniac]

nice Blake!!!...is it just me or Kenevo's rims were aluminum?, usually carbonfiber can take it

[@si0054]

Wish I could ride this fast, I’m slooooow

[@heatleynoble]

where's the clip of the camera man riding his buckled bike around?

[@kiranpatel3131]

Poor bloke needs a special shout out for that @embn

[@darrenlaithwaite7810]

If your at a bike park and You've lost Blake, just listen out for the laugh 😂

[@kazimozoz]

hey! what frame size is that??

[@tekektron3575]

My son is 12 yrs old and 5'4", would the 26" wheels and 17.5 frame fit him ok or will it be too big