Mountain Biking UK

MEXICO CIT-E!

“DON’T ASSUME THAT THESE CLIMBS MUST BE EASY ON AN E-BIKE. IT TAKES A LOT OF SKILL TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING AND PICK A CLEAN LINE”

my flight!” read the message from Rob Warner, on the morning he was due to arrive in Mexico City. I almost lost the plot. After planning this trip for over a year and working with Shimano and others for months to ship our e-bike batteries over (as hazardous goods, they can’t be taken on planes), I’d arrived one day ahead of Rob to get everything ready and had found that one of the batteries was

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