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Yep. My two local Shimano agent shops are great with the Edin. Bike Coop being superb at helping out.

In the UK the main issue is Madison not the bike shop. They are the Shimano importers and handle warranty claims. Any time I have had dealings with them the bike shop has had to jump through hoops to get a fix. It took me 5 months for my local shop to get them to sell me a spare motor ...

I thought I would post this to give people a heads up. YT in Surrey no longer send out parts to UK customers as they now have the main website accepting orders from the UK. The downside of this is that parts take 2+ weeks to get here and shipping seems to be a fixed £14.99. I ordered a 19.99...

The tensioner can be moved. On the gearbox only bikes (Zerode etc) with a belt the tensioner is tucked well away. The MGU one looks like it is part of the motor unit which may suit some bike builders but no reason it cannot be moved.

yep, the motor firmware had no idea that it is in a YT. I have a motor in my bike that was "setup" for my wife's Canyon. Just plugged it in and rode it.

Interesting video. Looking at the internals it looks a lot better than the Shimano motor. Although it has quite a few parts it looks very serviceable for a competent engineer. The Shimano is a nightmare to open up as all the electronics are so delicate and have to be removed to get the main...

After 1000 gear changes (quote Pinion on flat battery) you will be stuck in one gear. Just make sure you are in a good gear before the 999th change.

My point was not that you wanted a lighter bike. It was that the motor output makes little difference to the weight, it is the use of a smaller battery that is the bigger saving. In the case of the Pinion I doubt if they could save much motor weight by dropping the output as the main mass is...

Why would you want a mid power version? All you need is the smaller battery and don't use the motor in full mode to get the same weight as the majority saving is in the battery.

Why are you braking when going downhill, just go faster !

Well seeing as EMTB's are not essential at all then I don't understand your point.

I think they have an option for a top tube display and simple switch unit.

The disadvantages of planetary gears are their complex construction and higher power loss compared to spur gears. As the power is transmitted through at least two meshed teeth, the power dissipation is double that of a simple spur gear. CVT also has a higher complexity and power drain compared...

Put thinner oil in in the winter?

On belt removal you say that you can't split the rear triangle while showing am image of the bolts to remove to split the rear triangle :-)

On the Simplon in the Video it is on the rear disc by the looks of it. You can see a sensor wire on the chainstay if you look close.

Size issue? Triumph also moved away from pre-unit for a reason :-) If the internal design means that motor and/or gear parts can be replaced and parts available the splitting them physically is not required.

The DW High pivot design would be great for this.

That all sounds about average for an EMTB. People seem to forget the laws of physics when talking about ebikes and battery range. Power (kwh) is used to lift a mass over a certain distance or the equivalent to move to along the flat against air resistance etc. Therefore if you take two bikes...

Two wheel drive does not double the power.