Coparison of ASCENDU 3x3 with a top of the range E-BIKE

We have been able to compare the performance of a top of the range E-Bike with the ASCENDU 3x3. We took first the ASCENDU 3x3 to climb Tres Provincias Peak you can watch a video on Youtube about this, and then, we took a Lapierre Overvolt 729i to do the same route.

We could ride all the way up with the ASCENDU 3x3 but with the E-Bike that was not possible. The E-Bike allows you to climb much faster, actually it feels like a motorbike at times, like when I was climbing at 20km/h without much effort in a bridleway. But when the path is narrow and or slippery, keeping the balance is the limitation of the E-Bike, while with the ASCENDU you can keep the balance and go where you want to go.

You can watch the video on Youtube. Here, I leave the final conclusions:

E-BIKE

• Kills feeling of achievement associated with endurance sport.

• Unable to climb some parts.

• Dangerous if you try hard to climb pedaling.

• Resembles motorcycling at times.

• It makes mountain biking more accessible.

ASCENDU 3x3

• Slow but gives feeling of achievement.

• Able to climb everything in the route.

• You keep better control in extreme climbs.

• This is pure cycling, no motor, no walking.

• You need to be reasonable fit.

60Km route with GrupoMTBMadrid

I took the tricycle ASCENDU 3x3 prototype to a route with another 11 bikers to Collado Villalba, Madrid, last Sunday. It was the first time I ever ride with the prototype together with other people. The route had variety, with some climbs, mainly bridleway, some road and street connections, and quite a long singletrack downhill. I could keep up with them. I was in the rear of the group though. But probably it was because I am not the fittest either, I haven’t ridden much for the last year and a halve due to working on the prototype.

I am very happy about how the bike could cope with all the situations. I could ride side by side. I was the last one only on the road climb, no surprise there due to the combination of my fitness and the penalty in drag and weight. In the lengthy downhill singletrack I was in the middle of the group! Perhaps my downhill skills were better than others but the important thing is that you can go fast with this thing in many single tracks.

Downhill section

The prototype works better than expected

It was taken to Muela de Alarilla in central Spain, it is a paragliding hill that has a motorbike path in its front slope. This path is not rideable… well, it wasn’t. Perhaps now, with an ASCENDU bike it is rideable.

Prototype first day out

This was the first day out with the prototype, it even does not have yet the front brakes.