Foldable Bikes Party: E-bike racing comes to the Mini Enduro series

Wednesday, 25 January 2017

E-bike racing comes to the Mini Enduro series

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If you've ever fancied putting an e-mountain bike through its paces in a racing context, now you can. The popular Mini Enduro series in the UK is offering an e-bike race category for 2017, including a special stage specifically designed for eMTBs.

It's perhaps not a surprise to find that the Mini Enduro series welcomes an e-mountain bike category, since one of its new title sponsors is Haibike, the German e-bike brand. Haibike, whose e-bike range covers everything from downhill mountain bike rigs to electric road bikes, feels the Mini Enduro Series' ethos of inclusivity and accessibility fits well with the Haibike brand.

In a comment to Dirt Magazine, UK Haibike representative Richard Downey said that the company was "super happy to be supporting the Mini Enduro and Welsh Gravity Enduro for 2017. Having been huge fans of the races these guys have put on for many years, it's great to be involved with a bunch of people that reflect the true spirit of riding bikes in the woods with your mates. Chris and Charlie's events are all about one thing: FUN."

Downey also commented to BikeRadar that both the Mini Enduro series and its sibling, the Mini DH series, has always been popular with Haibike staff. "The events have always been seen as low pressure, fun races. When they mentioned they'd added an e-bike class last year I jumped at the chance to have a blast around the Forest of Dean - and it was great! Everybody supports everybody."

"It struck me straight away," he continues. "We've known for some time that the vast majority of e-bikers are cyclists returning to the sport after a lengthy time away from the saddle, and this is a fantastic way of creating community, not only amongst e-bikers but the regular mountain bikers too."