Can You Have Too Much Power? | EMTB Brake Testing

With the extra speed, weight and descending that EMTBs deliver, getting a top quality set of brakes is crucial! However, there are many ways to fine tune your ebike disc brake setup including rotor sizes, pad types, number of pistons and even lever blade design. Steve teamed up with former CRC PayPal and Trek Atherton mechanic Owen Coutts to try out a variety of Magura's brake options to see what works best! In association with Magura: https://embn.me/Magura ⏱ Timestamps ⏱ 0:00 - Intro 0:20 - Meet Owen! 2:10 - The Test 3:15 - 4 Piston | 220mm Rotor | One Finger 5:19 - 4 Piston | 220mm Rotor | Two Finger 6:38 - Magura's Brake Rotor Options 8:08 - 4 Piston | 180mm Rotor | Two Finger 8:44 - 4 Piston | 180mm Rotor | One Finger 10:23 - Magura's Caliper, Lever Blade and Pad Options 11:58 - 2 Piston | 180mm Rotor | One Finger Useful Links: Ride with us at the Global Bike Festival 👉 https://embn.me/GBF2023 Submit your Photo and Video to us 👉 https://upload.embn.com/ Check out the latest EMBN jerseys! 👉 https://embn.me/Jerseys Which brakes do you use? Have you experimented with pads and rotors? Let us know below 👇 Watch more on EMBN... 📹 Watch our eBike Myth Busting video 👉 https://embn.me/EbikeMythBusting 📹 Watch our Editor’s Choice Playlist 👉 https://embn.me/EditorsChoice 📹 Watch our Features Playlist 👉 https://embn.me/Features 🎵 Music - licensed by Epidemic Sound 🎵 Autobahn of Love - Andreas Dahlback Lords of the Land (Instrumental Version) - Xavy Rusan Running Away, Not Coming Back - Sven Lindvall Simple Pleasures in Space - Andreas Dahlback Skylines - The Big Let Down #embn #ebikes #emtb #ebiking #magura The Electric Mountain Bike Network (EMBN) is the world’s leading electric mountain bike (eMTB) channel and community. Dedicated to igniting your passion for eMTBs, EMBN delivers weekly original content to inspire you to take your riding further, faster – and with more fun. Whether you live to conquer the techiest terrain – both up and down; to access and explore the beautiful backcountry; or simply to pack as much fun as you can into the precious riding time you have, EMBN is dedicated to covering eMTB from every angle. From inspiring you to go electric – helping you understand what you need, where and how to ride to get the best from your eMTB experience, and more – through showcasing and exploring the latest, most innovative tech, empowering and entertaining features, to skills videos that help you progress and can tackle ever-more adventurous terrain, and much, much more. Every week we bring you informative and entertaining videos on… The know-how… The skills… The tech… The inspiration… ...to go faster and explore more! EMBN is mountain biking… fully charged: helping you go faster, further, and with more adventures than ever before. Join the EMBN community: Facebook: Instagram: http://embn.me/instagram Twitter: http://embn.me/embntwitter Thanks to our sponsors: Canyon: http://embn.me/canyon Husqvarna: https://embn.me/Husqvarna Ergon: http://embn.me/ergon Garmin: https://embn.me/garmin Peaty's Products: https://embn.me/Peatys Pirelli Tyres: https://embn.me/Pirelli Nukeproof Pedals: https://embn.me/NukeproofPedals MET Helmets: https://embn.me/MET Bluegrass: https://embn.me/Bluegrass Watch our sister channels: Global Mountain Bike Network -    / gmbn   GMBN Racing - https://gmbn.eu/GMBNracing GMBN Tech -    / gmbntech   Global Cycling Network -    / gcn   GCN Tech -    / gcntech   GCN Racing -    / gcnracing   Global Triathlon Network -    / gtn   GCN Italia -    / gcnitalia   GCN en Espanol -    / gcnenespanol   GCN auf Deutsch -    / gcnaufdeutsch   GCN en Francais -    / gcnenfrancais   GCN Japan -    / gcnjapan   GCN Training -    / gcntraining