Leading Edge Gear Week: Electric Mountain Bike

Sure, tens of millions of electric bikes will be sold around the world this year—more than ever before—but only one is for hard-core performance riding, the OB1 battery-powered dual-suspension mountain bike. The patented drive system integrates with the bottom bracket for a seamless boost as you shift among the nine gears to climb killer steeps or power across flats. Here’s hoping the technology filters down to a more realistic price soon (it currently sells for $13,995).

Each day this week we'll feature an innovative new product featured in our October issue's ADVENTURE's Leading Edge story, on newsstands now. Preview it here.

Photograph by Joshua Scott

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Here’s hoping the technology filters down to a more realistic price soon (it currently sells for $13,995).

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Nice bike, but agree with you on the price, a litle steep. I like the design, stylish!

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This is so awesome. I want to have this for my birthday. Hehe I'm sure I'll be getting this somehow. Thanks for posting.

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I think you would have to be crazy to pay $13.995 for a pedal/electric bike

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Does it still need physical effort if you'll have this electric bike?

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i like the design but the price oh no, i cant even afford to buy it so please please give me a discount on that bike.

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Hi Snakebite,
To answer your question: Me! I'm a competitve mountain biker, 100 mile events, 24 hour events, etc, and I love this thing. Don't knock it until you try it. The most perfect training device ever created and just more fun than you can imagine.

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Nice bike, but agree with you on the price, a litle steep. I like the design, stylish!

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Snakebite, the Opti's MBB ("motorized bottom bracket") doesn't pedal for you -- it pedals *with* you; you're still expected to keep up a cadence around 85 or so for it to run at peak efficiency. I'm just as sweaty after my 15 mile commute on either the Opti or my old bike -- but on the Opti, I'm averaging 20mph door-to-door even when I hit all the red lights, and my commute ain't anything close to flat.

Also, the $14K OB1 is for folks who want to pay for all the bling; the cheaper models are still ass-kicking, beautiful bikes. (I get compliments from motorists pulled up next to me at lights, and the components used make the cycling geeks go gaga at every shop I've gone to -- sometimes even the same folks who've turned up their noses at the thought of an e-bike before they saw it in person).