utomjording
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Short version: Would there be a market for dedicated e-mtb holidays to Spain?
Long version:
So I've spent a couple of days reading through the posts here on the e-bikes forum and really had no idea how bad the access issue is in the US. Really odd and hard to understand for a European!
I moved the Pyrenees, about an hour north of Barcelona, last winter. Here I found a thriving biking community with everything from road to downhill. But most of all I found A LOT of electric mountain bikes! We counted that we are about 80% on e-bikes now. Of course I ended up buying one myself. And of course the old bikes have been collecting dust every since...
This area that I moved has a long story loosing jobs with the closing of mines, textile factories, less logging... The mountains are also not quite as spectacular as other part of the Pyrenees. BUT they are amazing for mountain biking, with so so so many trails from hundred of years of use as transportation between villages and over the boarder to France. There is also biking year around.
So this year a friend and I started a project trying to attract people from abroad to come here and bike, as a way to get some positive change to this area. So far it has been more successful than we could have imagined, really fun to receive visits from around the world!
We only have thought about organising trips with normal bikes but since we are both avid e-bikes it would be great to show our mountains the way we, as locals, enjoy them.
So here comes the question: do you think there is a market to prepare an e-mtb trip for the US market? (We have good e-bikes to rent out and can also at least offer batteries to Shimano Steps and Specialized if you would fly in with your own bike.)
I hope I'm not violating any forum rules and to not make it like an ad I don't want to post the website. With that said, if you would like to check out the scenery I made a short video clip:
Any thoughts would be very welcome!!!
Long version:
So I've spent a couple of days reading through the posts here on the e-bikes forum and really had no idea how bad the access issue is in the US. Really odd and hard to understand for a European!
I moved the Pyrenees, about an hour north of Barcelona, last winter. Here I found a thriving biking community with everything from road to downhill. But most of all I found A LOT of electric mountain bikes! We counted that we are about 80% on e-bikes now. Of course I ended up buying one myself. And of course the old bikes have been collecting dust every since...
This area that I moved has a long story loosing jobs with the closing of mines, textile factories, less logging... The mountains are also not quite as spectacular as other part of the Pyrenees. BUT they are amazing for mountain biking, with so so so many trails from hundred of years of use as transportation between villages and over the boarder to France. There is also biking year around.
So this year a friend and I started a project trying to attract people from abroad to come here and bike, as a way to get some positive change to this area. So far it has been more successful than we could have imagined, really fun to receive visits from around the world!
We only have thought about organising trips with normal bikes but since we are both avid e-bikes it would be great to show our mountains the way we, as locals, enjoy them.
So here comes the question: do you think there is a market to prepare an e-mtb trip for the US market? (We have good e-bikes to rent out and can also at least offer batteries to Shimano Steps and Specialized if you would fly in with your own bike.)
I hope I'm not violating any forum rules and to not make it like an ad I don't want to post the website. With that said, if you would like to check out the scenery I made a short video clip:
Any thoughts would be very welcome!!!
