Love to mountain bike, but your knees need help? Here’s how to handle that — and where to ride around the Bay Area.
At the height of the pandemic, I yearned, like most folks, to get outdoors for some much needed fresh air. I’ve always loved to mountain bike, and I’ve ridden my knobby-tired steed for decades on the dirt trails of Marin County, considered by many the birthplace of mountain biking. But as lockdown claustrophobia set in, I realized that my bike was well-used and in need of an upgrade — a really good upgrade — and my knees were feeling a bit tired and knobby themselves.
effortlessly uphill over rugged, rocky terrain. The boost is made possible by a small electric motor, deftly hidden in the bike’s bottom bracket, which activates only when pedaling. It quietly generates an invisible force, a sort of phantom tailwind powered by a small, 700-watt battery, also hidden in the frame.
The Marin Headlands allows e-MTBs on all roads, dirt and paved, where bikes are currently allowed. My Something else you’ll likely find along these trails: More cyclists astride electric rides. These bikes have gone mainstream, and the market for e-MTBs is booming. Joe Buckley, a lead e-bike developer at Morgan Hill-based Specialized Bicycles, calls them “a natural evolution of the current mountain bike.” The ride, he says, “delivers an experience that mimics the handling and feeling of a traditional bike — except now you have superhero legs.
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