E-bikes are great for those riders recovering from injury, or restarting their fitness journey One of the Eastern Cape's best trail networks, is scheduled to host an e-bike specific mountain bike race The Zuurberg area is ideal to test the traction and stability of your e-bike E-bikes have made mountain biking more accessible than ever, but the competition and events aspect remains unclear. Although South Africa’s once burgeoning mountain bike events calendar is struggling to navigate lockdown, the issue of combining riders on e-bikes into traditional events has been complicated. Riders are often frustrated and disheartened when passed on a stage race, by an e-biker. What is tolerated and encouraged on training rides and trail networks, does not necessarily harmonise in a race environment.