Ignition Festival
Falls Creek’s Ignition Mountain Biking Festival has earned a reputation as one of the best alpine MTB events in Australia — and after last weekend, I can see why. It’s a festival that celebrates everything the mountain bike lifestyle is about: epic trails, good people, and two days of non-stop riding that remind you why you fell in love with the sport in the first place.
But for me, Ignition was more than just a great weekend at an Australian mountain bike festival. It was the perfect proving ground for a bike that didn’t just keep up with Falls Creek — it redefined what alpine riding feels like.
The true showstopper wasn’t the expo, the village, or even the trail network (as good as they are). It was the bike under me: the DJI Amflow electric mountain bike. This machine didn’t simply participate. It conquered the festival in a way that changed my expectations of modern e-MTBs.
If you’re paying attention to how fast electric mountain bikes in Australia are evolving, the Amflow feels like one of those rare bikes that doesn’t represent an incremental step forward… but a leap.
The Festival Vibe at Falls Creek
Ignition has a special kind of energy. From the moment the weekend kicked off, Falls Creek felt like it was on MTB time. The Falls Creek MTB park was buzzing — riders everywhere, shuttles looping constantly, and that shared excitement you only really get when a mountain is full of people who love the same thing you do.
The Expo Sites were packed with gear, brands, and freshly stoked riders doing the classic “look, touch, debate, repeat” routine. Meanwhile, the Ignition Bike Village pulled everyone together in the best possible way. It wasn’t just a place to sit down — it was the social heartbeat of the weekend.
Evenings brought live bands, a beer hall atmosphere, and that signature festival energy where every conversation starts the same way:
“So… what did you ride today?”
It’s the kind of weekend where you ride hard, eat well, laugh loads, and roll back into the village dusty, tired, and completely content. The difference for me was that I could ride everything on offer, session after session, without that creeping fatigue that usually catches you by day two at an alpine MTB festival.
And the reason was simple: the Amflow made hard riding feel easy. Not in a “cheating” way — in a way that gives you more access to the mountain and more energy to enjoy it.
The Amflow e-MTB Advantage: Fluid Power That Feels Natural
Let’s start with the core of any e-MTB: how the power feels on the trail.
Yes, the DJI Amflow is powerful. But raw power isn’t what makes it special. What makes it special is the delivery.
The Avinox drive system is the smoothest motor integration I’ve ever felt on an electric mountain bike. Some e-MTBs can feel jerky or overly eager — like the motor is deciding the ride for you. Others lag just enough that you feel disconnected from the assistance. Neither happens here.
The Amflow feels like an organic extension of your pedalling.
Instant response.
Perfectly smooth assistance.
No weird surges. No unnatural “push.”
If you’ve ridden other electric mountain bikes, you know how rare that sensation is. The Amflow doesn’t feel like a motor helping you ride. It feels like you’re simply having the best ride of your life, with your legs performing like they’ve suddenly levelled up.
That connection translated directly into how the bike handled Falls Creek.
Climbing at Falls Creek Like a Mountain Goat
Alpine riding in Australia is beautiful, but it can also be brutal. Even with shuttles, Ignition is a weekend where climbs sneak into your day. The Pack Horse climb is the perfect example — long, steady, and mentally demanding, with loose alpine dirt and enough rocky interruptions to keep you honest.
On a normal bike, that climb is work.
On a typical e-MTB, it’s manageable.
On the Amflow, it was a joy.
The bike held traction over loose corners and rubble, kept momentum through awkward rock-steps, and never felt like it wanted to spin out. Where other bikes require constant micro-adjustments and body-position wrestling, the Amflow just went up.
The best way I can describe it is this:
The Amflow climbed the way you wish you could climb on your best day, with your best legs, on your best bike.
If you ride steep technical climbs anywhere in MTB Australia — from the Dandenongs to Bright to Derby — that kind of consistent traction and smooth torque delivery is a game changer.
Descending in Full Flow: Skyline and Flow Town
Falling into the descents was where the DJI Amflow really showed its personality.
The Amflow isn’t just a powerful e-MTB — it’s a balanced one. Its lightweight carbon chassis and geometry make it feel agile and playful, not heavy and truck-like. That matters at Falls Creek, because the park mixes fast flow trails with natural alpine tech.
On Skyline and Flow Town, the Amflow locked into the trail like it was reading my mind. It carved wide berms beautifully, pumped rollers with speed, and transitioned from edge to edge with precision. There was no dead, sluggish feeling you sometimes get with heavier electric mountain bikes.
It carried speed without demanding effort.
And it boosted confidence without ever feeling sketchy.
Hitting jumps felt stable and predictable — not dull, but controlled. The bike encouraged that little bit of extra send, because it always felt like it had your back on the take-off and the landing.
For an e-MTB, that’s notable. For a new entry into the market, it’s huge.
Technical Destruction (In the Best Way)
Falls Creek has a proper technical side, and Ignition makes sure you experience it. The rocky, armoured sections of Skyline and High Voltage don’t flatter bikes that lack composure.
This is where the Amflow impressed me the most.
It didn’t just survive the chunk — it attacked it like it was built for it. Rock gardens disappeared under the wheels. Step-downs, awkward lines, and jagged alpine rubble were absorbed without complaint. The bike stayed calm, held speed, and never felt like it was being knocked off its line.
Where other bikes bog down or get deflected, the Amflow stayed planted but lively — like a battering ram that still knows how to dance.
I’m not exaggerating when I say it felt like a weapon of MTBing destruction — not because it was out of control, but because it made hard terrain feel almost unfairly easy.
The Mythical Two-Day Battery: Real-World e-MTB Range
Here’s the part that genuinely shocked me.
It was a shuttle weekend, yes — but it was still a full weekend of high-output riding. Long gravity runs, repeated laps, plenty of climbing between trails, and all of it in alpine elevation where e-MTB batteries usually drain faster than you want them to.
After a full day of demanding riding on Saturday, I expected the usual routine: plug in the bike, top it up, repeat.
But the Amflow didn’t need it.
On Sunday morning, I rolled up with plenty of charge remaining. Two days of Falls Creek riding — without a recharge — is close to mythical in the electric mountain bike world, especially in Australia where alpine rides can chew through range fast.
The way I see it, this isn’t just convenient. It changes the mental experience of riding:
no range anxiety
no “should I save battery for later?”
no cutting a ride short because you’re worried about what comes next
Instead, you get to ride purely because you want to ride. That’s the whole point.
If you’ve been considering an electric MTB in Australia for exploring bigger terrain, the Amflow’s stamina is the kind of feature that quietly transforms your riding life.
What the DJI Amflow Means for e-MTB Riders in Australia
The Amflow doesn’t feel like a bike designed to fit into the existing e-MTB category. It feels like a bike that’s pushing the category forward.
It takes the best parts of electric mountain biking — access, endurance, capability — and removes the downsides that sometimes come with them:
heavy or sluggish ride feel
jerky assist
range stress
tech that doesn’t feel integrated
Instead, the DJI Amflow delivers a ride that could convert even the most committed analogue purist, because it still feels like real mountain biking — just amplified.
And at a festival like Ignition, that matters. Events like this are all about time on trail, variety of riding, and going back for “just one more lap.” The Amflow made that possible without sacrificing the raw joy of the ride.
Final Verdict: The DJI Amflow Conquered Ignition
The Ignition Festival at Falls Creek delivered everything it promised — and more. But the bigger story for me was this:
The DJI Amflow didn’t just show up. It dominated.
It’s a bike built for Australian alpine conditions:
smooth and intuitive power,
lightweight and agile handling,
composed technical performance,
and a battery range that genuinely expands what a weekend can look like.
Most e-MTBs improve your riding.
The Amflow redefines it.
If this is where DJI Amflow e-MTB technology is headed, the future of electric mountain biking in Australia is going to be very, very exciting.
And after Ignition, I’m not going back.
