Some good info there, anyone reading this should heed Nige's advise, taking into consideration rider weight, battery size etc. the stats are pretty spot on.
Great info mate very informative, thinking about doing the bale out this weekend 👍 Will be on a specialized turbo levo so was thinking I'd be pretty safe on trail setting.
Last year my dad had a horrible experience riding the full epic trail to the point we were considering a rescue. To start off it was a 26c day but a cold morning so my dad decided to wear thick clothing (I warned him). We started riding, the sun came out and I started worry about water because my dad was sweating heaps, also he was using his e-bike in the lowest mode for the first time ever. He has a 2016 levo and the battery health isn't the greatest because it has never been taken off of turbo. We reached bailout and he had less than half battery remaining, my dad said 'I don't bail out' so we continued and dropped down the back of Mt. Remarkable with 1/3 battery left. Once we finished the descent and started to climb that's when we started to worry. My dad had ran out of water, and now he was tomato red and I was seriously worrying about a heart attack. We managed to cut through a paddock to save some km's, then we were at the creek which my dad had to walk the entire creek line. It eventually came a dirt road, which we took back to Melrose, that section of road was a story on it's own but i'll end it there. To conclude, it was stupid to drop down the back of the mountain with low battery power and limited water.
Dude that’s heavy. It’s such a hectic trail and you’re really on your own there. Glad it worked out ok but that day I bet your dad learned a valuable lesson. Sometimes it’s better to bailout 😰
@@nigehill Great video by the way with some good tips, like do the bail out if you are below half battery! I done the ride on my analog 160mm enduro bike, I didn't even notice how hard the ride was because I was too busy worrying about my dad haha! To be fair we skipped a couple sections so it was only 32km... the full 40km would be brutal
@@KurtisPape cheers mate. Yeah I couldn’t find any real advice except some on the forums. Yeah the section that zig zags the sheep paddock is a bit weird that side but the descents are killer
I have been thinking of getting a 2nd Shimano 630wh battery for my Merida specifically for the Melrose Epic. Its a bit of extra weight. But it could be fun to power through the whole thing.
First time I did this.. totally undersupplied.. second time..hydration, food but coming beach from injury😂..59yo and on an analogue.. thinking of ebike
Some good info there, anyone reading this should heed Nige's advise, taking into consideration rider weight, battery size etc. the stats are pretty spot on.
That looks freakin awesome, thanks for showing us. Looks pretty busy on the long weekend.
Great info mate very informative, thinking about doing the bale out this weekend 👍 Will be on a specialized turbo levo so was thinking I'd be pretty safe on trail setting.
Thanks Nige,,, loads of good info. Nice trail man
Last year my dad had a horrible experience riding the full epic trail to the point we were considering a rescue. To start off it was a 26c day but a cold morning so my dad decided to wear thick clothing (I warned him). We started riding, the sun came out and I started worry about water because my dad was sweating heaps, also he was using his e-bike in the lowest mode for the first time ever. He has a 2016 levo and the battery health isn't the greatest because it has never been taken off of turbo.
We reached bailout and he had less than half battery remaining, my dad said 'I don't bail out' so we continued and dropped down the back of Mt. Remarkable with 1/3 battery left. Once we finished the descent and started to climb that's when we started to worry. My dad had ran out of water, and now he was tomato red and I was seriously worrying about a heart attack. We managed to cut through a paddock to save some km's, then we were at the creek which my dad had to walk the entire creek line. It eventually came a dirt road, which we took back to Melrose, that section of road was a story on it's own but i'll end it there. To conclude, it was stupid to drop down the back of the mountain with low battery power and limited water.
Dude that’s heavy. It’s such a hectic trail and you’re really on your own there. Glad it worked out ok but that day I bet your dad learned a valuable lesson. Sometimes it’s better to bailout 😰
Also my hats off to the analogue crew. I’d be out for a week if I did it on an enduro bike. The crew that were on analogue 5-6 hours. So brutal
@@nigehill Great video by the way with some good tips, like do the bail out if you are below half battery! I done the ride on my analog 160mm enduro bike, I didn't even notice how hard the ride was because I was too busy worrying about my dad haha! To be fair we skipped a couple sections so it was only 32km... the full 40km would be brutal
@@KurtisPape cheers mate. Yeah I couldn’t find any real advice except some on the forums. Yeah the section that zig zags the sheep paddock is a bit weird that side but the descents are killer
I have been thinking of getting a 2nd Shimano 630wh battery for my Merida specifically for the Melrose Epic. Its a bit of extra weight. But it could be fun to power through the whole thing.
@@ForgetfulFoot I think if you have a 630w you’ll be ok as long as you’re conservative on the north face climb
First time I did this.. totally undersupplied.. second time..hydration, food but coming beach from injury😂..59yo and on an analogue.. thinking of ebike
@@redrobo3346 emtb is perfect