E-MTB - The whole world of e-mountainbikes

E-MTBs are ideal for outdoor enthusiasts who enjoy riding in mountainous terrain and want additional support from an electric motor. The technology behind e-MTBs has developed enormously in recent years and now offers powerful motors and long battery life.

E-MTB innovations

No other area of the bicycle industry has seen as much development in recent years as e-bikes. The E-MTB innovations - be it fullys or hardtails - are as diverse as the range of new components and current accessories specifically for e-mountainbikes.

In this section, we keep you up to date on new e-MTBs as soon as information on these e-bikes is available. We test the new e-mountainbikes according to our own independent standards and take you on tours and to the bike parks out there. This results in elaborate E-bike buying advice with tips and assessments from our professionals.

Of course, our e-bike news also includes news about components, such as gears and brakes for e-MTBs, or parts, such as wheels and tyres, which are produced especially for use on e-mountainbikes.

The E-MTB innovations section also includes numerous new releases in the area of accessories that will make your e-mountainbike tours more enjoyable, even faster or safer. We always keep an eye on developments in products such as handlebars, saddles and grips, as well as backpacks and protectors.

E-mountainbike tests

Testing e-mountainbikes is deeply rooted in our DNA. When a new e-MTB model or an update to an existing e-bike comes onto the market, we are always keen to test it extensively - sometimes as a long-term test - and according to our own independent standards.

Our E-MTB tests include our in-house laboratory tests, which scrutinise an e-bike for stiffness, geometry and drive performance data, for example. You are probably familiar with our comprehensive results lists from our magazines and online articles - our e-bike tests provide the basis for this.

The other side of an e-mountainbike test is, of course, the practical side. The testers (from the editorial team and bike professionals) evaluate the e-MTBs on numerous criteria such as uphill behaviour, motor modulation and workmanship.

All the results from the laboratory and practical tests flow together into the points matrix. At the end, either individual test winner fixed. Or we summarise our results in comparative tests - with the best e-bikes like: 9 E-All-Mountains in comparison.

E-bike motor & battery

Since their invention, bicycles have always been as fast as people could pedal on them. With the birth of the e-bike, a decisive new component was added: the e-bike motor and its battery. A comparison of the performance of e-bike motors no longer reveals any huge differences, but there are more than a few turns of the pedals between an e-bike rear motor and, for example, a modern e-MTB with mid-mounted motors from Bosch, Brose or Fazua.

This section is all about introducing new e-bike motors and testing them. As usual, of course, with own, independent test procedure in our test laboratory. Here, we get to the bottom of the actual motor performance as well as the subjective impression of the support levels of a particular motor on an E-MTB.

The battery on the bike is just as important when it comes to tour planning or the area of use of an e-MTB. Here, it is no longer just about the pure performance data, but also about questions of user-friendliness: Are batteries for e-bikes easily accessible in the frame? Do they have optimally protected connections? In our tests, we therefore also analyse the handling of e-bike motors or the batteries and displays that are installed on e-MTBs or come onto the market as individual components (for retrofitting).

E-bike buying advice: tips & answers

Which e-mountainbike is right for me? What do I need to look out for in an e-bike? In this section, we would like to provide you with an e-bike guide to help you choose an e-MTB and provide you with the right information to make a good purchase decision.

E-bike buying advice is less about a specific e-bike or recommendations for an e-bike. specific motorbut rather fundamental questions that should be clarified before buying. Which is better: derailleur gears or hub gears on an e-bike? Which motor is better for an e-MTB? We want to provide tips and answers to the question: Which e-MTB is right for me?

From our numerous tests that we carry out on e-MTBs, but also on individual bike components such as suspension forks, wheels or lights, we have built up a wealth of knowledge from which we can derive recommendations independently of developments in the e-bike sector - and provide you with professional guidance when buying a new e-mountainbike.

We also go one step further and research topics such as buying a used bike or tips for e-bike beginners. And perhaps there is also information for those who have been riding a battery-powered bike from the very beginning.

E-bike tours with the mountain bike

With the advent of modern e-bikes, mountain bike tours have changed fundamentally in terms of length, elevation gain and difficulty. In this section, we want to show you our favourite e-bike tours for MTB and help you make your choice.

Provided the bike battery lasts or can be charged, our suggestions range from short, technically demanding mountain bike tours for e-bikes near bike parks to multi-day e-MTB tours through the Alps. We also present tours in a specific region of Germany as a suggestion for a holiday with an e-bike or the most recommended MTB trails for e-bikes throughout Europe in our opinion.

We always have the special requirements of e-MTBs in mind: How long will an average battery last on this tour? How much riding skill is required on the e-bike? Does the accommodation offer charging and storage facilities? Because we know that an e-MTB is not just a mountain bike with a motor.