Only used it once so far , but it worked great ! Spun out on a wet , muddy hill and jumped off and still not making up till i hit the walk button and up we went !
Riding on a flooded trail, water was so deep it was up to bb height. Popped my feet up on the Forks and used walk mode to pull me through it. Dry feet is always a win
Will definitely use the gear change hack. When hung up on climbs. I've been lifting the bike and turning cranks by hand to get out of this situation when it happens. This will be so much easier.
On Shimano, you can actually long press the down button from any mode to get into walk mode. The bike just needs to not be moving. No need to scroll all the way down to off. Once you're done with walk mode, hit the up button and it will return to whatever mode you were in.
I use walk mode often because I like ridiculously challenging climbs. The best suggestion in the video was the wheelbarrow, that is brilliant for where I ride because not only are the climbs steep and long but very chunky and technical. It will help my footing as well as give me a better sight line to find the easiest way through. Thanks you guys rock!
I use the walk mode to get my momentum going after stopping or before going. Not using it like a trottle but a little push before starting pedeling is fine
Walk mode useless on turbo levo after firmware update. Widely known issue, but rather have a non-functioning walk mode vs constant motor failures (which the firmware update was supposed to help). Also, more Chris videos. His videos are informative and he doesn't come across like an arrogant pitchman for sponsors!!!! You the man Chris!
Brilliant, especially going to a higher gear for more "walk" power. On my ep8000 I've always thought that the help it gave was lamentably underpowered. It never occurred to me to up the mech gear. Well done.
I live in a first floor flat and forget I have walk mode,carrying it up is straightforward but it would be interesting to see if I could use walk mode to get up the steps
I have a levo. Annoyingly the walk mode starts at an absolute snails pace for 4 or 5 second before kicking in at 3 or 4 mph which is too fast for situations where pushing is necessary. Also, it is difficult to keep the thumb on the button especially on rough terrain and after it has jumped off a few times the walk mode packs in and will only restart after turning the bike off and back on again.
Sadly my 2017 Electra Townie E-Bike doesn't allow walk assist. Why, no idea. But I need it at times for my safety. At 73 I still e-bike in woods. So sometimes I have to walk bike up the incline by myself. I would like walk-assist to move bike and aid me to get uphill. US law says NO. It protects no one and hurts me. Your video shows how great it would be for my health and safety to have walk-assist mode. Keep ON Biking, Joe
Good job, mate. I've been riding bike since I could walk when you do this on a regular bike you just pick up the bike and spin into the gear, so now I can do the same with walk mode that's great I've been and will stay in stage 4 prostate cancer that metastasized to the bone there no cure i was doing chemotherapy this time last year So I just ordered me an ebike last 🌙 and was so excited I couldn't sleep so I'm still up... lol, I didn't want to mess up my sleepy routine and don't want to miss the NEW YEAR. Watch it ring in Chap and watch the ball drop. EVERYONE CHECK YOU'RE PSA LEVELS START AT 35 ...( 2 OUT OF 8 MEN WILL HAVE PROSTATE CANCER IN THERE LIFE TIME ) SO SAVE YOU'RE LIFE...I'm in the USA ...🎉HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎉
Could you please show us a full screen of how you hold the bike (back tire off the ground) to change gears in walk mode with the EP8? I feel like I need three hands to do it. Thanks for the great content!
LOL, "Walk Mode" what the situation is called when the dealer says your bike is on 12 months back order, and they're warning of a possible price increase.
The very best method is holding the front of seat pushing down with your right forearm on top of seat for traction and walk behind rear axle while holding button constantly down with left hand. E=MTB²..It pulls you up the hill too.
I was surprised it wasn’t mentioned that in shimano motors you shouldn’t push the bike in walk mode as it stops walk mode. You just need to press the up button and let it do it’s thing
I've only used walk mode when I crashed off the side of a trail and down a steep hill. It would have been hard to climb back up to the trail without the bike.
Good for electric balance bike mode too - ground too soggy/boggy/flooded/deep ruts from old forestry tractors to ride without constant face-planting (but not particularly steep) - seat down, feet out to the side, walk mode engaged, happily scoot to drier ground with four potential points of contact on the ground, up to three of them (back wheel and both feet) powering forward. It's not graceful and probably not that good for the bike if overused but it works and avoids the shin-clobbering of walking with the bike in walk mode in narrow spaces. I had one particularly unsuccessful ride (saved by walk mode!) last summer, seeing if a track marked on the OS map was actually still there on the ground (it wasn't) when I ended up using walk mode in the conventional manner more than riding on a long steep slog up an empty deserted glen with hidden knee-deep bogs and waist-deep heather. Must have had walk mode going for about 3 miles (and as many hours) that day! Nice descent the other side of the hill though picking up a hunting/forestry track at the head of the pass.
I just have a simple throttle on my eBikes and it takes care of all the issues mentioned plus a few others. What it doesn't do is provide any more power than the motor can produce in assist mode and in fact less than if you aren't pedaling along. On a typical 20+ mile ride i use it for under a hundred yards or less. I'll never own an eBike without one.
Can you use walk mode or some other means to get you to a hospital after being bitten by a snake or some other disabling injury and you are on your own
Specialized gotta have the worst walk mode of the bunch. Half the time it's not starting or starts so weak it doesn't do anything then all of a sudden kicks in full power and goes faster than you can walk. Kenevo 2018, levo 2020, kenevo 2019, we're all having the same issues. I suppose it's related to some pedal sensor
My walk mode in my brose is really weird, it takes a few seconds to start, goes really slow and stops out of nowhere sometimes. After a minute or so it just suddenly turns off without any reason which is really dumb because my 24kg bike just comes back at me 😂
Levo SL walk mode does not seem to work very well if your in one of the 5 highest gears. I think its because the motor does not have enough power, anyone else found this?
Shimano E8000, walkmode is sooooo slow, you have to walk like a 99Year old to have same speed.. only using it on short obstacles when im realy exhausted. otherwise its useless
When did you last use walk mode and why?
Only used it once so far , but it worked great ! Spun out on a wet , muddy hill and jumped off and still not making up till i hit the walk button and up we went !
Used it for stairs with a bike lane. Walkmode is very useful. Ebike must have.
Oil chain . Ebikes with throttle dont need walk mode whatsoever . Drop it low power and a low gear.
Riding on a flooded trail, water was so deep it was up to bb height. Popped my feet up on the Forks and used walk mode to pull me through it. Dry feet is always a win
@@Boxbeat666 ebikes with throttle are not allowed to drive without number plate bc they are motorbikes not pedelecs.
Wheelbarrow is genius - love it. Also use the Walk mode to lube my chain ...
Was so glad I took the time to watch this! The gear changing and the wheelborrow hack techniques. SUPER HANDY!! THANKS!
Will definitely use the gear change hack. When hung up on climbs. I've been lifting the bike and turning cranks by hand to get out of this situation when it happens. This will be so much easier.
Yea, it's a really simple one but works well!
On Shimano, you can actually long press the down button from any mode to get into walk mode. The bike just needs to not be moving. No need to scroll all the way down to off. Once you're done with walk mode, hit the up button and it will return to whatever mode you were in.
Good video Gents. Never thought about the gear change hack.
Yooooo I thought I used my walk mode proficiently, but that shifting into the right gear truck is going to be insanely useful
I use walk mode often because I like ridiculously challenging climbs. The best suggestion in the video was the wheelbarrow, that is brilliant for where I ride because not only are the climbs steep and long but very chunky and technical. It will help my footing as well as give me a better sight line to find the easiest way through. Thanks you guys rock!
Super useful. I’m on a Levo and have found Walk Mode inconsistent. 🤦🏻♂️ of course, gearing.
That gear selection hack is genius 👌
Yea! Simple but very effective 👍
Love the gear changing hack! Must try that. I also use walk mode to lube the chain in my garage with a sky hook on the saddle 👍
Great tips !! GMBN
First time I've heard this subject with detail
I use the walk mode to get my momentum going after stopping or before going. Not using it like a trottle but a little push before starting pedeling is fine
The gear change method is great. Will use that for sure!
Walk mode useless on turbo levo after firmware update. Widely known issue, but rather have a non-functioning walk mode vs constant motor failures (which the firmware update was supposed to help). Also, more Chris videos. His videos are informative and he doesn't come across like an arrogant pitchman for sponsors!!!! You the man Chris!
A reallly good way to use walk mode. Thanks so much.
Brilliant, especially going to a higher gear for more "walk" power. On my ep8000 I've always thought that the help it gave was lamentably underpowered. It never occurred to me to up the mech gear. Well done.
I live in a first floor flat and forget I have walk mode,carrying it up is straightforward but it would be interesting to see if I could use walk mode to get up the steps
Great tips that I didn't know about. Very helpful. Many thanks. Love EMBN.
This tutorial is amazing, learned so much by it. Thanks, mate 💪👍🌞🍀
The wheelbarrow. I'm going to try that with my 18kW E-MOTO. Should be epic., thank you, sir!
I have used it to climb steps in order to store my bike. BTW, great video.
Genius! I’ll need to practice these techniques for sure. Thank you👍
I have a levo. Annoyingly the walk mode starts at an absolute snails pace for 4 or 5 second before kicking in at 3 or 4 mph which is too fast for situations where pushing is necessary. Also, it is difficult to keep the thumb on the button especially on rough terrain and after it has jumped off a few times the walk mode packs in and will only restart after turning the bike off and back on again.
Yeah, specialized gotta have the worst of all worlds combined when it comes to walk mode
The wheel borrow, Brilliant!
With the Bosch motor walk mode is supposed to increase speeds depending on what regular mode (Eco, Tour, EMTB, Turbo) you are in. Try it out.
Good info for a new e biker, thanks.
Thank you. I didn't know how to active it on my trek
Sadly my 2017 Electra Townie E-Bike doesn't allow walk assist. Why, no idea. But I need it at times for my safety. At 73 I still e-bike in woods. So sometimes I have to walk bike up the incline by myself. I would like walk-assist to move bike and aid me to get uphill. US law says NO. It protects no one and hurts me. Your video shows how great it would be for my health and safety to have walk-assist mode. Keep ON Biking, Joe
This was really useful, thanks guys!
Good job, mate. I've been riding bike since I could walk when you do this on a regular bike you just pick up the bike and spin into the gear, so now I can do the same with walk mode that's great I've been and will stay in stage 4 prostate cancer that metastasized to the bone there no cure i was doing chemotherapy this time last year So I just ordered me an ebike last 🌙 and was so excited I couldn't sleep so I'm still up... lol, I didn't want to mess up my sleepy routine and don't want to miss the NEW YEAR. Watch it ring in Chap and watch the ball drop. EVERYONE CHECK YOU'RE PSA LEVELS START AT 35 ...( 2 OUT OF 8 MEN WILL HAVE PROSTATE CANCER IN THERE LIFE TIME ) SO SAVE YOU'RE LIFE...I'm in the USA ...🎉HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎉
Could you please show us a full screen of how you hold the bike (back tire off the ground) to change gears in walk mode with the EP8? I feel like I need three hands to do it. Thanks for the great content!
hi 5 guys! thank you very much for this video, I learned how to use correctly the walk mode. thx again!
The gear change hack is genius. It’s gonna help me and my poor gear selections.
LOL, "Walk Mode" what the situation is called when the dealer says your bike is on 12 months back order, and they're warning of a possible price increase.
The very best method is holding the front of seat pushing down with your right forearm on top of seat for traction and walk behind rear axle while holding button constantly down with left hand. E=MTB²..It pulls you up the hill too.
brilliant, brilliant and brilliant again. Thanks for the tips!
Glad you like them!
Awesome video, thanks for the tips! 🤘
I was surprised it wasn’t mentioned that in shimano motors you shouldn’t push the bike in walk mode as it stops walk mode. You just need to press the up button and let it do it’s thing
And this is so annoying. It's suuuuper slow, like way slower than a normal walking pace
@@Draxel yup, although I’m wondering if pushing the gear up a bit may speed walk mode up a bit now
Fanatic tips ,Cheers Chris
Very helpful, “I did not know that”.
you're good at this!
Good one! Thanks Chris
Every time I ride but the button is too small on the Specialized e bikes with gloved hands. Summer not so bad with fingerless gloves if warm
I've only used walk mode when I crashed off the side of a trail and down a steep hill. It would have been hard to climb back up to the trail without the bike.
Great vid,,, never realised any of this
Good tips! Thanks!
Nice Video 🤩
Thanks Denny! 🙌
Good for electric balance bike mode too - ground too soggy/boggy/flooded/deep ruts from old forestry tractors to ride without constant face-planting (but not particularly steep) - seat down, feet out to the side, walk mode engaged, happily scoot to drier ground with four potential points of contact on the ground, up to three of them (back wheel and both feet) powering forward. It's not graceful and probably not that good for the bike if overused but it works and avoids the shin-clobbering of walking with the bike in walk mode in narrow spaces.
I had one particularly unsuccessful ride (saved by walk mode!) last summer, seeing if a track marked on the OS map was actually still there on the ground (it wasn't) when I ended up using walk mode in the conventional manner more than riding on a long steep slog up an empty deserted glen with hidden knee-deep bogs and waist-deep heather. Must have had walk mode going for about 3 miles (and as many hours) that day! Nice descent the other side of the hill though picking up a hunting/forestry track at the head of the pass.
Wondering how you like the old school geometry of the Canyon On?
Great tip if you need it. Cheers
Thanks for the hacks 👍✌️
3:53 how is the sprocket moving but not the pedal arm?
Does yours not do that?
@@BABALOOEY46 geez.. after 2 years I learn something new about my bike :) just tried it, works! thanks!
Thanks for this Nice video
Good one!
I use it all the time ! My bike would suck without it
It must be fantastically liberating to live in a country where walk mode is disabled because it doesn’t fit in with the laws of that country 🤙🏻
I just have a simple throttle on my eBikes and it takes care of all the issues mentioned plus a few others. What it doesn't do is provide any more power than the motor can produce in assist mode and in fact less than if you aren't pedaling along. On a typical 20+ mile ride i use it for under a hundred yards or less. I'll never own an eBike without one.
Can you use walk mode or some other means to get you to a hospital after being bitten by a snake or some other disabling injury and you are on your own
I remember when my Levo walk mode was so strong it could drag me up the hill. Updated firmware now and it's just normal.
Specialized gotta have the worst walk mode of the bunch. Half the time it's not starting or starts so weak it doesn't do anything then all of a sudden kicks in full power and goes faster than you can walk.
Kenevo 2018, levo 2020, kenevo 2019, we're all having the same issues.
I suppose it's related to some pedal sensor
@@thispod well mine is ok
after firmware update, my walk mode doesn't even work. Typical Specialized!!!!!
@@donjon1733 is it on latest version, they released another version that's fixes it again.
Ive forgotten how to select Walk Mode on a S900 OR SW900.. HELP
My walk mode in my brose is really weird, it takes a few seconds to start, goes really slow and stops out of nowhere sometimes. After a minute or so it just suddenly turns off without any reason which is really dumb because my 24kg bike just comes back at me 😂
Levo SL walk mode does not seem to work very well if your in one of the 5 highest gears. I think its because the motor does not have enough power, anyone else found this?
I'm trying to figure out a practical purpose for my walk mode. Dos 6, 7mph
Hahaha I told my wife I was going to take my bike for a walk. She didn't believe me. Ahah
Don't forget help pushing up stairs when there's no lift in sight!
Have you tried doing that?,be interesting to know as I have a similar problem
Lightweight and easy to operate. Very convenient.
I would like to use it as a throttle so I can ride my bike on walk assist mode to go uphill without pedaling
Can't wait to see the auto mode, won't even have to ride anymore the bike will just wip, do 10 km around and come back to the car park brilliant
5:26 I think you invented a new sport
I use the Walk mode to get into the wheelbarrow position.
Also for activate chip in bosch :p
chain lube...
Oh yeah after the ride
Good bike at great price
Long walks? But surely not on a magical Emtb they can do anything and go anywhere.... 🤯 😁
I find my yamaha giant controller a pita for walk mode.
Use it on my hybrid to wheelie/wheelbarrow into the garage avoiding all the junk😉😉
walk mode for a bike that already does all the work for you?
I take it you dont own ebike
@@letsridebikes7716 obviously not
Easy mit dem Bosch cx 4 gen und dem Display purion
now with the wheelbarrow hack, emtbr's have flipped the script where now the bike literally takes the rider up the hill. smh
A button for the anti climb brigade.
Wolk mold
Shimano E8000, walkmode is sooooo slow, you have to walk like a 99Year old to have same speed..
only using it on short obstacles when im realy exhausted. otherwise its useless
Ive forgotten how to select Walk Mode on a S900 OR SW900.. HELP