Hi i have a old volt alpine x at moment im looking to upgrade to something with a bit more power i need it to climb hills easy , i have been looking at the stromer st1 is there anything else out there as good any advice would be great thanks.

Edited March 22, 20179 yr by joe386

The sv650 is a good hill climber and can be got for £4K secondhand.

The sv650 is a good hill climber and can be got for £4K secondhand.

I am rather fond of those

The Alpine X has the 8fun BPM motor which is certainly no slouch. If you need more power for hill climbing it might be worth considering a crank drive bike.

For climbing hills get a crank motor eMTB

 

I have yet to find a piece of tarmac that my Yamaha Haibike will not EASILY take me up.

Hi Joe, You shouldn't be disappointed with the Bosch Performance CX or the Yamaha motor systems. The new Yamaha PWx has even more to give on hills.

The Stromer uses a TDCM direct drive motor and it won't be as good as the above crank drives.

If I can help further pls pop to the website and email me.

PS You can see some special offers here.

Hi Joe, You shouldn't be disappointed with the Bosch Performance CX or the Yamaha motor systems. The new Yamaha PWx has even more to give on hills.

The Stromer uses a TDCM direct drive motor and it won't be as good as the above crank drives.

If I can help further pls pop to the website and email me.

PS You can see some special offers here.

thanks for advice ill look at the website

For climbing hills get a crank motor eMTB

 

I have yet to find a piece of tarmac that my Yamaha Haibike will not EASILY take me up.

nice bike im going to have a look at it

Any of the Volt bikes with an X after the name are the high power ones.

 

Woosh Big Bear is not bad for climbing.

Steepest hill we've been up on our Haibikes is possibly this one....

This one was quite steep too

3rd steepest. The one in the distance...

[mention=14220]chris130256[/mention] Did you have to graft going up them? Or was it relatively plain sailing?

 

Going up this hill on a 1kw ebike, and a 250w oxydrive kit bike, we still had to drop the bikes into low gear and work 'very' hard. How was it for you?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXNsV81UJww

Had to work really hard with full power. I almost parked my breakfast 'cause on one section, the wife dropped it and it was too steep for her to restart. I had to push her bike to find a flatter starting point. 40m or so was harsh. Managed to get going on the same place on my bike though!

Edited March 23, 20179 yr by chris130256

After a year on a cheap ebike, I found a major consideration was starting on a steep incline. I used the throttle but repeated use may have caused the motor to fail. I think I am going for hub gears because of all the stopping and starting in traffic. Chain stretching was a problem a swell.

I almost parked my breakfast

 

Never heard that phrase before. Made me chuckle. I'm going to make a mental note of it for future use

I was just looking back through some of the photos from my climbing exploits in the Alps, and spotted this photo that I hadn't previously been aware of.

 

It could well explain why the bike started to loop, and I didn't make it!

 

At least I gave it my best shot.

 

Just to clarify, I'm a much better skier than mtbiker.

75% relates to about 37 degrees angle of steepness which is about the same as domestic staircases. No problem to ski that but to cycle up it would take huge skill and definately an electric mtb. I would be better at cycling down that angle and the wife and me have done this a few times in the past. Eddie, I think you're going to run out of rear tyre grip just as you start to flip which will make things interesting?

This is the steepest we've ever cycled down. 1968 Olympic ski run averaging 33 degrees for 700m. The one and only time we did it (both brakes on all the time) someone came past pedaling!

Edited March 24, 20179 yr by chris130256

That is interesting Chris, as the section that I was referring to was this one below which is certainly greater than 37 degrees, so I guess that the sign must have been referring to a different run. I'll find out again July.

 

Edit.. Whatever the gradient, I didn't make it up, and with the altitude and lack of breath, the bike soon became bloody heavy to push.

 

Walk assist didn't want to know either.

 

 

Edited March 24, 20179 yr by EddiePJ

I'm guessing here but it looks as though that has been concreted to help the piste bashers which would mean its VERY steep!!!

That pretty much matches what two French hikers told me at the time.