Recent content by whitymon

I am too considering buying these one but damn expensive but 290€ x2 without rotor nor adaptor, it seems really crazy. Better wait for a discount...

There could be a small resistance per motor design but it should be very light. You can think also that there is a resistance where there is none because after a few seconds the motor give assistance which put the crank at higher speed. For example I have this semi-feeling on turbo when...

Depends on either your skill or your lbs and your current hub. It might not really be worth trying to only replace the rim versus buying a complete new wheel especially as the lbs would do it at time cost. Where I live they just don't do it for that reason... What I have done in the past is...

If bike brand wants to survive they have to put correct price. We are at the bottom of the wave and for a long time, so it would be dumb to put a very high price. Some brand now are selling ebike at nearly the same price as analog one ... so that can tell you how much margin they really do.

Pretty hard to figure it out as it would be based on rider + peculiar bike + peculiar trail T+ meteo. It's not like the tires are deforming themselves all the time so it could be very in some condition be very limited. If your entire ride is rockgarden or with 90% of roots and you go full...

Let's keep it gentle. No one can deny that the bikes in picture are really not in good shape or well serviced - at all. Riding or having crash does not do that but lack of bike maintenance clearly do. Yes money can be a reason for not doing it, at the very least not for the drivetrain, but it...

Yes, the geometry and how the rear suspension is positioned play a lot, you do not ride a 150 rear shock like a 180 one. Some people also failed to position themselves correctly on longer travel bike, for me on my 170/170 I am not really riding the same as my 160/150. From corner, weight front...

This is not just travel question but long travel + high pivot which is not kind of the same for me.

Do you mean this article Forbidden Bikes Models 2025: New e-Druid & e-Dreadnought with DJI Avinox Motor is just plain not true?

Btw E-Dreadnought at 21.8kg announced seems intriguing and I am having a hard time to see if it would be true or with the required burly parts. My Slash+, announced 20.5kg, in real life with burlier part (stem, handlebar, tyre, wheels ...), is nearly 22kg - no carbon parts except frame. I...

Not totally sure what you are referring to jump. What is true is that on the smallest cog, tons of torque is applied at first and if the bike is not moving there will be some kind a "oh this is really fast", it felt like turbo++ as it was standing. Again I never use it on flat but on steep...

The walk mode works perfectly fine on the Slash+, your retailer as nearly all are just saying nonsense. First, you are right to place it in the lower cog, not sure I use the smallest one but definitely if you use a big cog, the bike will not move. There is a little thing to do so, you need to...

What do you imply really? If you can ride the bike with a light battery most of the time and take an extender for few day per year then this is still a pretty good deal. If you buy a bike with the small battery but always use the extender well, you made the wrong choice in the first place...

I really don't think this is a very good idea, stripping a motor to fly is nonsense, opening the motor damage the seal etc, but this is a cool project for sure. Anyway funny but this would still be an heavier bike that an analog one, I would not ride it unless I would have zero money left in...

It is very beautiful, I would advise you to join even for few minutes the slash+ group on facebook. You will get plenty of them. The major issue of the green paint, to me is that I can feel that it will end up with tons and tons of scratches. There is just no varnish so you need to wrap it and...