Is This The Toughest E-MTB Race Ever? | We Race EWS-E Finale Ligure

EMBN presenter Steve Jones, started his mountain bike career as a downhill racer, and believe it or not, was even once part of the GB World Championship DH Team. So when we asked him to race an ‪@uci_mtbworldseries‬ E-Bike race at Finale Ligure we thought it would have been straightforward! However, a long summer of late-night barbecues leading up to a month of travelling around Europe for bicycle trade shows such as Euro Bike and the IAA Show, the late nights, and early mornings really started to wear him out.. and it turns out E-MTB Enduro racing might actually be even more gruelling than a standard MTB Enduro event!?
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[@regiezero]

Best video ever on this channel. It's got everything, fun, excitement, and drama. Wow. Excellent job Steve and the crew.

[@stevejones7956]

Wow, thanks Pinoy, kind words!

[@bambaramba6509]

Agreed! 👏🏻

[@ddsgardening7437]

Great to see Sam from Sam's Bike's in the background 👏

[@robinowens9661]

I’m 62 & new to EMTBs. Got interested watching Steve Jones videos over the winter months so I bought an EMTB in February ‘21. Thanks for the content, info, tips, tricks, inspiration & laughs. EMTBs have been a great way to get the body & mind thru this Covid disaster. Thank you.

[@tomb2289]

Poetry and pain from Steve, great effort! 'It's a leisure activity'🙁😂🤣

[@michaeljames8534]

Another great edit Steve👍well done, kicking it for us older boys! 👊

[@tresotamas7882]

Big BIG R_E_S_P_E_C_T for making this for us Steve!

[@davidking3699]

Beast Mode for 9.5 hours, Beer Mode for the rest of the day... huge effort! Coconut water is the go-to for hydration with the electrolytes to fix the cramping...

[@stevejones7956]

There wasnt much coconut water involved that night haha

[@FamilymoirGoogleAccount]

Great video Steve, loved it... it puts the reality back into the effort still required on an eMtb. I'm 64 and still love riding and racing... I ride with my nephew Jack Moir every now and then and it is so great being able to ride the same trails and keep up, well until it points down and he takes off bouncing of banks trees and whatever else is on the trail. I've raced some local enduros and it is great fun... but when you finish each run, you are completely exhausted... just like Steve was. Great video, so relatable.

[@stevejones7956]

Ah, Mr Moir, so that's where Jack gets his lessons! Ha seriously thanks very kind, let's make sure to catch up sometime soon

[@marcodepe]

Mr Moir not so easy to follow Jack 🥇

[@markrowley4304]

Well done Steve.. that looked a very hard race..hats off to you buddy.i know I couldn't do it..mark rowley,blaenau gwent.

[@nigelrandtoul8646]

Struth Steve that looked hard. Feel free to punch out any ebike hater that says it's easy or a lasy man's sport. Thanks for going through the pain to show what its actually like. Well done mate.

[@Pollard77]

thanks Steve. that was the best emtb video I have ever watched. brilliant effort from the team. very well done. 👏

[@CeciliaCykelmartin]

Superstrong Steve!! Very well done - amazing effort and great that you manage to work it out the hole day and not gave it up. I can really feel your pain and your struggle - it must been very hard to again and again struggle to get yourself together before every new stage. Great film, very good work with the movie itself.

[@jap7856]

Dam at 10:18 Mr. Jones just layout in the grass without looking at the ground first, here in So Cal you want to look at the ground before you layout as we have critters call Rattle Snakes:/ Great job Mr. Jones, 6th place is respectful finish!

[@stevejones7956]

They'd have had a salty old meal haha

[@stevesmith9082]

Man that was brutal Steve fantastic effort, the respect factor just went up 10 fold

[@jbroaders]

Fab video and super fearless racing !!!!! Well done

[@markjaye8182]

Alongside Sam from "Sam's Bikes" channel at 2:53. Another one of my emtb favorites. Great video guys! Keep racing. You're an inspiration to all of us older bikers.

[@ianhorsekelly9144]

Brilliant Video Steve. Well done to you, your crew and of course your wife! Btw, mustard for cramps 😉😉

[@stevejones7956]

Really? Must try it then

[@darcyvanwyck6372]

Well done mate. that is a legend of a race in terms of challenge on every level and you did it not to mention with some numbers to be super proud of. Well done indeed.

[@marcelvanstaten4036]

What a hero this men. Great ride. Tnxs.

[@robertennis5220]

Well done Steve, best video i havevseen on this channel. Great work

[@marcodepe]

Thanks for showing Pietra Ligure trails. I think it is perfect for emtb and add new trails to Finale Ligure outdoor region. Besides monte Grosso trails you can easily reach Ranzi trails, monte carmo ones, rollercoaster ... Lot of trails near sea with one battery.

[@johndarch5439]

Fair play to you Mr Jones. A great effort.

[@saschafuchs185]

Well done Steve and finishing withe the beer from my favorite place - sardegna.

[@user-sv9yn6se7g]

Sam bikes is behind you at the start :) Do a collaboration :)

[@TCK71]

That looked brutal........ well done!

[@iconaan]

Great race Steve! Hats off! Greetings from Slovenia.❤

[@brianbathgate4944]

Legend! Good work Steve man 👍👍👍 Awesome

[@michaeldean7226]

Fantastic effort Steve. Well done.

[@SuperMelon05]

Super well done - great video - you deserve your beer 🍺

[@codefields]

Indeed great video! Congrats Steve 💪

[@prostreet9149]

Awesome brother, awesome, thank you

[@mountaincruiser817]

You've past the E-bikes and entered the Sur-Ron fitness level.

[@ztmanalansan1512]

One of the best videos I have seen in awhile..thanks for that..

[@embn]

Thanks for watching!

[@gorloff]

Well done Steve, fantastic video.

[@ocbyn]

Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant

[@theveryaverageelectricmoun8879]

Solid effort! Would love to have a crack at E-Enduro racing.

[@jonesypaddlearounddevon]

Brilliant 🤩 well done Steve there’s many young ones out there wouldn’t touched what you done 😂😂😂👍

[@johnmorrison27]

Brilliant effort 👍👍

[@TrailAddict14]

Congrats! Cheers 👊🍺🤘

[@karlosforkgator]

Brilliant!!!

[@chrisnordby4851]

Wow, 12 stages of empty tanks, tells you how fit you are! 👏

[@MTBs]

Well done, Steve! 💪 I must try that race myself one day.

[@stevejones7956]

You must

[@jethroorhtej4126]

it's time for ebike head to head racing, full murder ball style.

[@johnhurren634]

Well done Steve...👌

[@nealstone5429]

Well done steve 👌

[@dadbodmtb3048]

Nice one🔥

[@mikehoppett]

Well Done Steve :-)

[@aledgriffiths3969]

superb

[@DreaMinder1]

"The Epic .... me sideways Race"

[@stevekelleher8900]

some goinge there jonsy one forthe old boys

[@SylvainLasnier]

Nice to see normal people be able to race big event. Nice play mate. I hope to have the balls to run it next year.

[@stevejones7956]

You should for sure

[@SylvainLasnier]

I had some exchange with Levy Batista, RM team. 70kg seems to be the max to perform a bit. My 1st challenge. I would be happy to success to drop to 80 🤞

[@crashkg]

Were you on a Kenevo? Looked like a really tough race. Congrats.

[@charliewilson3528]

I want the old fogger course.

[@jean-marcvienne]

Congrats,

[@jean-marcvienne]

I m 103 kg and do ebike. Done one race this year. Was like hell

[@joanchaler9142]

Which motor do you think consumes more battery than the giant or the bosch?

[@TheRCNetwork]

I’ve now seen it all…..E-Bike racing? 🤣

[@markbosko8592]

120 kg, wow, big dude, pretty impressive

[@taffdavies2265]

Where did you finish ?

[@AegeanEpiphany]

Steve you need a Husqvarna FE 450...

[@visserswp]

My question might not be totally related to this specific video. But I always hear you guys saying you rent a battery on your destination since you can’t fly with one. But how do you actually find out where you can rent one. Say I’d want to go to sintra Portugal, how would I find out where I can rent a battery?

[@SimonBauer7]

i would be perfect at ews e. not neccesarily in terms of fittness but in terms of weight at ~60kg

[@eprohoda]

Aweosme=)

[@jaimeabanilla4888]

Finale Ligure (province of Savona), Italy

[@philipjohnson8444]

90 kilo's, I am sitting on 110 so I guess I am Massivley overweight.

[@dukemasters6829]

Your right hand man needs stabilizers

[@86309]

What is Steve’s background?

[@theclanmeikle6135]

Awesome work. At 110 kg I feel your pain, but you can get stronger than the 50 - 60 kilo guys and out sprint them on the flat and at least match them on the hills. I ride with the power off now most of the time and for extra training use my non e bikes on hills.

Steve was joking, he is around 90 kg ;-) Still too much for being competitive. He is probably in the average-to-fair cardio-fitness range.

[@theclanmeikle6135]

@ hi mate, I know he's 90 kg. I'm 110 kg and feel his pain

[@rickywoods3101]

@@theclanmeikle6135 I thought about doing my first race but Im about 105kg but I'm a really lean, I been lifting weights for 17 years now(started at 14) and been training mma for a while.. Do you think I would have a chance of doing good at this weight? or would I have to drop a lot of muscle ?

[@theclanmeikle6135]

@@rickywoods3101 I wouldn't drop muscle. You can be heavy and fast. I average around 22 mph on my road bike for a couple of hours and I stay in Scotland with hills all around. Your legs get stronger as well as your cardiovascular system. I'm 51 now but feel in my 20s. Go for it and you will be surprised 😉

@@theclanmeikle6135 Agree, just drop fat and try to keep muscle. I'm 200 km away from 20.000 km on bikes this year. Around 8% body fat, still at 80 kg, 180 cm tall. Not the lightest in my category. But my cardio level measured with Polar Vantage sports watch is Elite (54). I've reduced output on my 2020 Trance E+0 to 50 % of company settings and enjoy it like a madman. Laughing often watching Steve panting in Turbo mode on steeps that I usually do in ECO mode w/o any special effort ;-) BTW, 56 years old, feel like 20 also, in my best shape ever!

[@srstrand01]

What was your Time/Place??

[@86309]

What bike are you riding Steve?

[@stevejones7956]

Giant Reign for that race

[@marvinluther7534]

07:11 latest FOX bra???

[@simony2801]

Didn’t he turn the thing on, what about turbo mode.

[@robinowens9661]

What was your result??

[@jeffriley2502]

Well done. Not for everyone. Most recreational riders couldn't do that. What is the total elevation gain on this event?

[@SimonBauer7]

and then people say ebikes are for lazy pepple...

[@rickywoods3101]

ua I get way more of a workout when riding by myself on my e bike apposed to my other bike.. You can be lazy on an e bike but I crank my on turbo and pedal as hard as I can to try and break my pr . when I ride with others I put it on eco the whole time and sometimes turn it off completely

[@marcodepe]

Most of the muscolar bikers here use shuttle to reach Base Nato. With emtb you can avoid this of you want

[@Alfonso_111]

Too many beers, bad food and not enough training.

[@AverageDadMTB3]

My Turbo Levo would have no problem doing any of these routes