{"id":16882,"date":"2019-07-23T22:51:56","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T21:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16882"},"modified":"2019-07-24T08:40:11","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T07:40:11","slug":"electric-mountain-biking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/07\/23\/electric-mountain-biking\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Mountain Biking…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cyclists riding up Cols is common place in the Alps – a weird sport to some and of course downhill mountain biking using the ski lifts to get height is a massive adrenalin sport too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electrically assisted bikes are improving year by year as both battery technology and the manufacturing of electric motors efficienct increases. We experienced the latest Rossignol kit last week from IZI BIKE<\/a> at the entrance to Courchevel 1650 Moriond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rossignol E-Bike E-Track – Yours for \u20ac3,500<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Electrically assisted means you have to pedal for the assistance to kick in (and makes it comply to a bicycle status – electric scooters for example are not allowed on UK roads) and there are 3 settings Eco, Trail<\/em> and Boost<\/em> giving different levels of assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As inexperienced cyclists the road from 1650 to 1850 could be quite daunting but just in Eco<\/em> mode it was a breeze. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Plantrey Lift<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

From there the Plantrey lift and a little bit of Boost mode on the steep bits up to Col de Loze on the new tarmac cycle track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Plenty of road cyclists at the top – we took our hats (helmets) off to them, amazing effort…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From the top of Col de Loze the tarmac run down to just above the Rond Point in M\u00e9ribel is a great white knuckle ride – speeded up x 4 below…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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