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Thanks for your opinion, Beanie101. I tested in all four bikes climbing from Ilanz to Ruschein (13% grades). Front wheel drives are not as good as rear wheel drives. Tested two of those: The Wattworld top model is ok on pavement but on steep gravel paths it feels uncertain especially when wet...

Hello Jonathan, among other options I am evaluating a UM36x here in Graubuenden/Switzerland. Steep terrain, I use the bike between two villages as it shortens a car drive to about 60% and I do it in 1/2 hr with ease. Recently Swiss TV, a consumer magazine and 'Velojournal' reported on a...

Hello Haku, I sign as 'hillside' 'cuz that's where I live: 450 m above the valley floor (13% incline) - the Swiss Alps. I tried a UM36x and it did get me up that initial climb (albeit with a rest - I'm 65, no biker's training). It was much easier to do what the eBike is mainly meant for: to...

Some UM36x questions New here, hello! And I live in the Swiss Alps (near skiing mecca of Laax, Graubuenden). To shorten a trip I'll do with some regularity I could use a hiking/biking trail to a neighbouring village (by car almost twice the distance as you have to first go down to valley...