Remember that most quoted bike weights are without pedals. So they *can* be accurate, they're just leaving a huge chunk of weight out. For the M-LTD in particular some other cheats:
It has lame foam grips
The front Rekon is absurdly light (780g) for a 2.6" tire; but it's a terrible front tire...
I wouldn't go that far. If you go Spesh you'll be replacing motors :) I'm super impressed with the H-series bikes, they are pretty insanely good. The Levo/Kenevo SL is kind of a joke in comparison. My LBS has SL's for sale 15% off and 6 or 7 of them sitting there going no where. Spesh NEVER goes...
Wait, so e*thirteen issues a TSB saying you need to increase the torque when installing the cranks (technically they just eliminated the low end of the range, but still), and Orbea says the torque is too high? 🤷♂️
You made me realize something else. The portion of the spindle where the splines end, on the inside, is slightly tapered. If you were to over tighten the preload cap, that would cause the crank to expand and potentially move up onto this unsplined area. This is likely why Shimano uses a plastic...
I contacted Orbea about my wife's H30, which comes with e*thirteen aluminum cranks. This is what they had to say:
I really can't believe Orbea hasn't made public documentation for this. This is a safety issue, not a situation for messing around.
My dealer is over an hour away, I'm not going...
I contacted Orbea about my wife's H30, which comes with e*thirteen aluminum cranks. This is what they had to say:
I really can't believe Orbea hasn't made public documentation for this. This is a safety issue, not a situation for messing around.
My dealer is over an hour away, I'm not going...
Interesting summary. However you left out the part where Shimano said they know why the failures are happening, and the cause is the design of the e*thirteen cranks.
I'm not saying I believe either side tbh. More than likely the real story is they're both at fault. But IMO you left out the most...
You know what else is super annoying? All caps subject lines...
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Anyway enough trolling :) The forum has a feature for this, just need @Rob Rides EMTB to enable it. Take a look at the Specialized forum for example this is what you get when you start a new post:
You've misunderstood my post (assuming you were replying to me). I'm not saying the preload cap should hold the crank on. But the torque spec for the caps is very low and the tolerance between the crank and shaft is very tight. It's pretty easy to think your cranks are all the way on when...
Another possible factor is the preload cap torque is too low for this kind of interface. It's easy to be tricked into thinking the crank is all the way on when it's not.
I just dropped my wife's motor tonight (Rise H30 with e*thirteen aluminum cranks). During reassembly I made sure to give the...
Are they replacement cranks or originals? I think this is an important distinction. If the original (e.g. e*thirteen) cranks compromised the spindle, the replacement won't matter.
Orbea has issued a recall for the e*thirteen carbon cranks. On my M-LTD they are replacing with free XTR cranks. Looks like e*thirteen is trying to blame it on Shimano. I'm sure Shimano is trying to blame e*thirteen. Unfortunately we're stuck in the middle :(
https://www.ethirteen.com/products/e-spec-direct-mount-chainring?variant=29737251274855
You can also get a STEPS-compatible spider and run pretty much any chainring you want.