00:00 - I absolutely love e-bikes.
00:03 - It really does enable you to explore an adventure
00:06 where you may have not ever been to before.
00:08 - You meet a hill and you almost grin and power up it.
00:11 - It completely transformed my life.
00:13 But some, like former pro road racer Simon Richardson,
00:17 are not convinced.
00:18 - Hang on a minute.
00:20 I spent virtually my whole life trying to become
00:23 as fit and as fast as possible on a normal bike.
00:26 Riding an e-bike would kind of, would feel like cheating.
00:29 So I've got like a hill climb challenge, head to head.
00:31 - All right, bring it on.
00:33 - Oh, this climb, horrible.
00:40 You're kidding me.
00:41 - I get to ride an e-bike now.
00:45 - Yeah. - Get in.
00:47 Come on then, let's do it.
00:48 - E-mountain bikes give riders the chance to take on
00:53 tougher terrain that they wouldn't normally tackle.
00:56 - I was diagnosed with one of the rarest forms
00:58 of lung disease.
00:59 An EMTB came past me and my partner Jane said,
01:02 "That's what you need."
01:04 - The e-bike really doesn't have any limits.
01:06 - It's the best stress foster I know of.
01:08 - I'm actually riding along smiling.
01:11 That's mental.
01:12 - The e-mountain bike has enabled us to take on
01:14 more challenging trails with ease.
01:16 - I don't know yet, I'm worried about climbing,
01:18 but yeah, it'll be fine.
01:20 - The extra power is taking us somewhere
01:23 that we would not go otherwise.
01:25 - The power of the e-bike enables you to climb
01:28 more technical and steeper terrain than you normally would.
01:31 - Whoa, this is nuts.
01:34 - That was cool, that was proper cool.
01:36 - You would never ride a mountain bike up here,
01:38 I don't think, ordinarily.
01:40 I had to work really hard for that.
01:43 - Thanks mate, that's pretty good.
01:44 - Thank you, thank you so much.
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01:48 (engine revving)
01:51 (electronic music)
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