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WTB Rocket saddle, got them on both my bikes. Ergon EA Fat on the Ebike and Ergon GE Evo on my normal bike.

Natural Selection in Queenstown is the only hike a bike but it is a super steep and loose trail so it's worth it if that's your thing. Sorry for the thread hijack @burbler :LOL:

Are you up for a bit of pedalling (and hike a bike)? South Hobart has some good hand built semi legal tech and sketchy trails just up from the Cascade Brewery. Then if you head up to St Helens, it's not super steep but Send Helens and Icarus. Derby you'll want to tackle, Trouty, Kumma Gutsa...

It's North Island from my perspective. ;) 10 days would be a great trip. I assume you would fly into Hobart, then head to Maydena? You should do the whole lap!

Wouldn't be a bad option since you have to option of both a full powered bike and a lightweight bike. It's actually 18.8kg according to Giant, so closer to 19kg and 2kg heavier than the SL ;) The difference it pretty much in the battery and motor as the Giant's battery is 2.3kg and the motor at...

I've been on a few large group Ebike rides and the thing I hear is "You'll get left behind on the climbs if you have a lightweight Emtb". While that is quite likely true, it's no different than any normal group ride on non-Emtbs where you have different levels of fitness in the group, plus in my...

You'll get a thousand different opinions on this but it's still worth asking. Before I bought my first Ebike I test rode a few different brands (all full powered). Two iterations of the Trek Rail a Norco Sight and Range, the Mondraker Crafty RR and the full powered Levo. All felt heavy...

That's one thing I like about my SL over most the FF bikes I've ridden. It doesn't feel like your brakes are dragging when the power cuts out.

I suppose it's personal preference. Some will argue that the 27.5 wheel will accelerate faster, turn in easier and be less likely to buzz you butt. At least with the 29er rear you can burn out your old worn front tyres on the rear! ;)

If you definitely stuck to 250 watts, no matter what assistance you select you would burn the same calories. Same power in so same calories burnt. What would likely happen is on a lower power setting though, is you would put in more effort, plus it depends on the time that you put in the effort...

I've ridden my Levo SL without any assistance a few times. Mainly on rides with non-Ebikes. If you aren't up against really fit riders and going at a casual pace it's fine with the assistance off.

I think you may be right in regards to the post. You could totally rule it out by trying another post if you had one at hand. Some frames are notorious for having clearance issues in areas where tubes join. You could ream the seat post but it may be difficult to find a place that has a correct...

For starters, what bike do you have? Model? Motor? Year? When you mean "fully inserted"? Do you mean sliding the whole post assembly into the frame or do you mean when you actuate the dropper post and compress it?

You would still have the bottle cage, for a bottle or any other thing you wanted to put in there but the range extender battery would mount somewhere different. Kind of like having your cake and eating it. ;)

If they made the range extender like the old style Ebike batteries that just attached to the frame on their own mount instead of using the bottle mount it would be preferable. Maybe not ideal having the weight up high in this instance but you could design the frame around it, so it was lower.

Welcome from another Tasmanian. I'm up on the Northwest coast in Penguin.

I came here just to see such a comment!

It will be interesting to see what EMTB picks this up. Surprised that they released the information about it so early considering it's a couple of years away. :unsure:

Carbon frame repair really depends what's getting repaired. Will it be as strong as it originally was? Maybe, but is it still serviceable? That's a case by case call but it certainly can be done, and has been done for years. With a 6061 aluminium frame, you technically can weld it, but due to...