How to Get On & Off an Electric Bike Safely: 3 Tips for Mounting & Dismounting an EBike

I've got three tips for mounting and dismounting your e-bike. Stick around.

Hey everyone, I'm Dustin. I've got nearly 20 years of experience in the bike and ebike industry and today I'm going to give you three tips for mounting and dismounting your e-bike. But before I get into it, hit the subscribe button below. Stay in touch with us here at sixthreezero. Be the first to know about all the new content we're putting out, giveaways we're doing, and of course, new product releases.

All right, right here I've got the Simple Step Through E bike from sixthreezero. You can find this linked in the description below, also linked in the corner of the video. And I've got this product here today because this is a very simple electric bike to mount and dismount. And if you don't have a Step Through ebike and you have trouble mounting and dismounting, this is a great way to go with a very low step-through. This has only an 11-inch height right here to get your foot through and step over the frame. But I want to give you three tips to safely mount an e-bike. So let's get into it.

Okay, tip number one, and this seems like maybe a no-brainer to a lot of you, but always have your motor off when mounting or dismounting your e-bike. The reason this is so important is if your e-bike has a throttle in particular, you want the ebike off when you're getting on and getting off. Now, when you have it in the off here, get on and don't turn it on until your kickstand is up you're safely ready to ride and you're in your riding position. At this point, you can turn your motor on and prepare to start riding.

I've seen countless times where people will touch the throttle, whether it's a twist or a thumb throttle, while they're getting on. Just make sure it's off. Or they might accidentally turn the pedals to get them in a position they want for riding, and all of a sudden the motor's on, and the pedal assist kicks in. So tip number one is always to keep your motor off when mounting and dismounting. Now, sometimes this is something you may forget when you're coming to a stop. So when you come to a stop, just try to make the habit of the first thing you do, turning the power off. So it is very important to stay safe.

Now, tip number two is to mount your bike by stepping through the frame. Now, if you can't mount it and your bike doesn't have a low enough step-through, I'm going to give you a bonus tip to mount with your leg from the rear. But ideally, you can mount by stepping through and sliding onto your frame. So I much prefer to mount that way, but if you can't get your leg or foot high enough here, then I would say don't force your leg this way because if you have a higher step over the frame, it could be a little bit awkward to have to raise your leg like this as well. So in some situations, it could be safer to do this. However, again, I prefer a step-through frame over everything.

Now, if you're going to mount with the rear leg swing, you want to make sure your brakes are engaged and the motor is off. Very important, have the brakes engaged so your bike can't move. If you're mounting like this and all of a sudden you push forward, your bike may roll forward while you're trying to mount the frame. So keep your brakes engaged. I always just have the habit of both breaks. From here now, you can lean forward, put your chest down a little bit, and that's going to elevate your leg a little bit easier so you don't have to necessarily lift your leg like this. If you pull your brakes and just bring your chest down a little bit, it can bring your leg up naturally on its own, which will create a little less work for your hips. So engage the brakes, and lean your chest down. From there, you can kind of swing your leg over, as opposed to if you're upright like this, you're going to have to do a full leg lift, which is going to be much harder on your hip and your muscles.

So lean down, it's going to bring your leg up, and then from there, you can swing your leg on. It's going to be much less tension on your hips and less tension on your quad and your hamstringing. And when you're getting off, the same thing you want to slide forward, get your feet down, keep your brakes engaged, bring your chest forward, and from here you're kind of creating the momentum of swinging your leg off so much easier. One more time. Pull the brakes, bring your chest down, which brings your leg up, and swing it over. Okay, so it's kind of a full-body motion to safely mount and dismount your bike if you're doing the rear leg swing tactic. Again, just doing it like this, it's going to be much harder on your hips and it's going to require much more strength and muscle tightening in your legs for that motion.

Okay, third tip. And I just basically said it at the tip of swinging your leg over, always keep the brakes engaged, okay? So whether you're stepping through the frame here, you want to have the brakes pulled and just make sure. With our e-bike in particular, if the brakes are engaged, the motor will not work. So if you accidentally leave the motor on, and the brakes pulled, the bike will not move. So we just want to make sure we have as many fail-safe or safety precautions in place as possible to ensure that nothing can go wrong. So motor off, brakes pulled, step through the frame. Now, if you can't do the step through the frame, chest down, leg up, mount.

So those are my three tips. Number one, the motor off. Number two, the brakes are always engaged. And number three, step through the frame. Or if you're going to do the leg behind, chest down, leg over, safely mount. The same goes for getting off the bike. Always keep the brakes engaged. Once you're safely off, let your brakes go. You can step away from your ebike.

Now, it could seem like I'm being overly cautious, but again, I've seen accidents occur in these situations. It's best to be very mindful of your process to get on and off an e-bike until you develop habits around the safest procedure. Over time, the more you mount and dismount, the better you will get at it, developing a routine. The other thing too is don't get overconfident, don't get cocky, because you could let yourself slip and all of a sudden something could happen. It's a lot like a car. We have to make sure we're staying aware and staying mindful because e-bikes do have a motor, they are powerful, so we want to respect that and do the proper processes to ensure the utmost safety, not only for ourselves but other riders out there.

So I hope that helps with the mounting and dismounting of your e-bike. If you have any other questions at all, please comment below, email us at theteam@sixthreezero.com, or call us at (310) 982-2877. And don't forget, Simple Step Through e bike is going to be linked in the description below or the corner of the video. And if you are in the market for an electric bike and you don't know what you're looking for, go ahead and take the proprietary body fit quiz on our website, answer a few questions about your body and your life, and we'll go ahead and recommend the perfect e-bike for you.

In addition to that, we have a 30-day test ride with your e-bike policy. If you don't love your e-bike in the first 30 days, send it back, no questions asked, no money out of your pocket. We're going to take care of everything with a one-year warranty. Make sure you're up and riding in that first year. We'll get you the parts and labor covered by us.

Lastly, join our Facebook group, The sixthreezero Pedalers. There are thousands of our members there already. You can talk to them in advance of making a purchase to get comfortable with spending money on your e-bike. Then once you have your e-bike posted in the group, make friends, it's tons of fun, and you can download our app and track your rides there. It is so much fun. So thank you for sticking around. And don't forget it's your journey, your experience. Enjoy the rides.