MTB & Trail Riding

I am a pretty cautious mountain biker but recently worked up enough skills/courage/mojo to become a regular on an advanced intermediate trail on the north side of Brisbane (Kombi at Ironbark for those who know the area). For some reason ‘doing Kombi’ made me feel like a mountain biker. I know that, in reality, there is no real criteria for a ‘real mountain biker’ - but, for whatever reason, Kombi had all the ingredients I thought a mountain biker needed! A gruelling climb followed by a long downhill, snaking down the side of the mountain. I loved it! But one morning...

I’m one of those people that is pretty much average at most things. I’m not totally uncoordinated but I’ve never been naturally super sporty so I have to work pretty hard to improve. The eMTB appealed to me as, like some of you out there, my husband is a much stronger and more experienced rider than me which has meant we don’t ride together all that much. Could an eMTB change that? As you can imagine, my first real ride on an eMTB I had some pre-conceived ideas of how it would be. In no particular order, these were that:...