best climbing full suspension mountain bike

This isn’t even a full review of this epic bike – that will be coming in the next few weeks. If you’re looking for a high-quality electric mountain bike that can hang with the best, the FREY EX should be on your list like it is on mine. And the fact that they build amazing bikes is the cherry on top! I can vouch for them being amazing, salt of the earth people. I actually went to visit the FREY factory in Jinhua, China and met the team. And while some people are understandably hesitant about sending that much money off to China to a company they’ve never seen in person, let me put your fears to rest. Of course those high spec components, dual batteries, and gigantic motor don’t come cheap, ballooning the bike’s price up to around $4,000 for the top-end model. This is just an incredible e-bike that you can ride just about anywhere, street or trails, and have an awesome time on while pushing it hard thanks to the high-spec components. Together that adds up to 1.5 kWh of capacity and equals an entire afternoon of riding trails without having to stop and charge. At the top end I can hit around 36 or 37 mph, which is around 60 km/h, and that’s flat ground speed, which is pretty nuts.Īnd before we move one, the last thing that I want to note about the FREY EX is that the Pro model here comes with the option for two batteries, with one hidden inside the downtube and the other piggybacking on top.

Thanks to the mid-drive setup, you get power through the bike gears and can keep it low geared for torque or high geared for speed. When you’re on the street you can really open it up and see how fast this motor can take you. Sure, I probably could have done a lot of this on a lesser e-bike, but it is the high build-quality of the FREY EX that gave me the confidence to even attempt it and show myself what I could do. In fact, I’m doing all sorts of awesome riding that I never would have tried before, and that the high-end suspension and extreme power of the Frey EX has given me the confidence to try.

Best climbing full suspension mountain bike