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I'm not so sure about that. Direct to consumer brands is the way that a lot of manufactures are going. Dealers take a cut in profits. Canyon, YT, Commencal, Fezzari, Intense, Evil, Polygon, Whyte to name a few are direct to consumer brands. Specialized have even moved towards it, with the...

If you ride an Ebike hard, you shouldn't lose much in the way of muscle. If you were quite fit and rode a normal bike and then got and Ebike and rode everywhere on Turbo and never pushed hard with your legs, then sure, you will lose some fitness. In the same way you could also not push yourself...

I posted at the same time. Yes, it does seem so.:(

I think with comparing gravity times, skill has a lot more to do with the results than the bike, if you are comparing between different riders. I know a guy who has an old 2014 Enduro and he can smoke most of the other local riders on their "modern" bikes. The steeper and more technical the...

The last enduro I did was 27.25 km moving time of 2:08:54 and 750m of elevation. Quite a short course from some of the others I've done on my non-Ebike. Stages with 700m to 1.5km in length and from 7 to 25% gradient. My bike isn't chipped so there's not much of it that the motor runs during the...

I've raced my Levo SL quite a bit. Tas Gravity Enduro. Quad Crown, Wild Penguin XC. And even the Devils Cardigan gravel race. Placed mid field in the gravity races (too many young guns) second on both Wild Penguin races (Just can't beat the full powered bike on the SL) and second in the...

I still have both, in fact I have just bought a new Stumpjumper. I still find the challenge of a normal bike and do the odd XC race so the short travel Stumpy is a good all round bike and my Levo SL I use for bigger rides, where I want a bit more travel and I commute to work on it.

You missed Down Country ;)

The term "All Mountain" predates both "Trail" and "Enduro". Before Ebikes were really a thing, in the mountain bike family there were essentially just Cross Country (XC), All Mountain and Down Hill (DH). It was later on that the market became a bit more segmented when gravity enduro racing began...

I had heard before that wax washes off in the wet, so if it's a long ride there more chance of not being lubricated and the possibility of having to rewax the chain afterwards. This may not really be a problem, and I'd be interested to hear people's opinion. I suppose it's the hassle of...

I'd be interested to know from the waxed chain converts, do you ride in wet, muddy conditions? From what I have read that wax is great in dry conditions, but you can't' get it very wet. Half the year where I live, most of the rides are wet and muddy, summer rides are generally dry but not always.

Is the motor noisy or is it the gearbox? I've ridden the non-motored gearboxes, and they are virtually silent.

Yes, the Michelin sole fixed the issues with the old M200 shoe.

I have a pair of Shimano ME7 shoes, it's the second set I have had, and I had the older M200 before that. They are a great shoe with good grip off the bike, the ratchet closure is great and quick and easy to use and since changing from the M200 to the ME7 the sole is a lot more durable.

Must be the wide angle lens, bars are all 760mm.

I plan to keep my 2020 Levo SL for quite some time. It's now out of warranty so unless there's some amazing leap in technology, I can't see me replacing it with any new model anytime soon. It's such a versatile bike. I commute to work on it, raced XC, Gravel and Enduro on it and normal trail...

It's actually good for the seals. They can dry out from being up the right way and not being used for long periods of time. If they are leaking from hanging vertically, your seals are shot and would leak during normal operation. Hanging upside down is a different story though, but not because...

So, you mean cadence as in pedalling frequency? You only need to fit a bigger chain ring and you will be able to have a higher top speed. When you have a motor that puts out 4x the pedal assistance, it's only gearing that restricts you to a top speed if there's no speed cut and gearing is easily...

Yes, but I disagree that there should be no limit, as I was replying to Stumpy's comment.

There are two main issues with Ebikes being unrestricted. 1: Riding the bike in a share path environment and excessive speed causing risk to pedestrians. I know that a fit athlete on a road bike can go a lot faster, but you aren't going to go that much faster on an equivalent non motored MTB...