Electric Mountain Bike UK

Duncan Booth is CycloTricity's very first sponsored rider and an inspiration to us all. Conquering many an adventure and promoting very worth while causes while doing so, it is our pleasure keep him on the road.

Had a great autumn of e-biking, going up loads of hills, some of which I never thought possible. Its quite like real cycling, but better. Two major differences are that I don't get hot from exertion, so need to dress warm, no Lycra. I love bombing up steep hills and going slowly down, kind of opposite to real mountain bikers.

I managed to reach the tops of Skiddaw and Blencathra at the start of October. Two places I seriously thought I'd never ever visit again.

On the way up Skiddaw

Half way up Blencathra.

I've had a few falls, one in particular a few weeks ago, in the icy weather was quite surprising, I lost my front end on a patch of ice trying to make a right turn. All of a sudden I was sliding along tarmac tangled up in my bike. I did a quick visual check to