Lucky you! I was in Canberra last week and did 80km at Stromlo in 3 days on my E160 9000. The bike was amazing there. The top to bottom run is a killer once you have done it 3 times in a row with no break haha.
Be wary. The battery covers still fly off. Lost mine yesterday and ended up doing the whole loop again to look for it and found it. Fell off again 500m later but noticed it this time.
Yeah I ended up doing it the other day. The seat stays were an absolute mother fker but everything else was OK. Pretty happy with the outcome. Now I have to do the girlfriend's bike too haha.
It's not that it's hard. I don't have the time between running two businesses, Christmas, new years and wanting to get out and ride. I'd rather get someone to do it.
Great review! This is one of the reviews I watched that helped me to decide on buying a 9000. Got it now and its awesome!
The price in Europe is crazy for one of these things. I bought mine for the equivalent of $6000 Euro here in Australia after discount.
I still would have noticed it but as others have said. It's barely there and such a non issue. Did some enduro riding the other day and didn't notice it when riding.
Not really. What if I start putting $40 per month away and then in 3 months our two ebikes worth $20,000 are stolen? I have less than $120 to spend on new ebikes.
So just checked the qoute again now the bikes have arrived and its just under $1,900 a year for both bikes :/
RACV addes another $40 per month to my contents insurance. Reckon this might be the way to go for now and when we travel, take out Velosure pay by the month and then cancel when we get...
So I finally got my new Merida e160 9000 yesterday and took it for a ride. The rattle is such a storm in a teacup. Non issue to me you barely notice it. Only when really listening for it does it really become noticeable.
My girlfriend's 8000 arrived at 99 bikes today. Went and checked it out. Effing awesome! Did the drop test to see how loud the knock is from the motor and its barely even noticeable.