Given the potential for warranty issues and the amount of money involved , I would rather buy new unless the right bike at a price too good to refuse came up for sale. :)
I'm fortunate to have a Trek dealer just down the road and can test ride in the alley behind the shop. Not ideal but the way supply and demand is these days , I don't think many brands are doing demo days at the trails like they used to years ago.
2022 Rails not due until June.
2022 Mondrakers...
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I have watched the various Dengfu E10 build here and on Robs channel. I DO* love a project and up until very recently , A "Cheeb" build was on the list along with the Trek and Mondraker.
As I will still have the Bafang Banshee on hand for special ops , (epic exporation rides etc) a...
Thanks guys. Yeah , I am very much looking forward to a new ride , it's been a very long time since I bought a brand new complete bike.
@maynard. Yes , the BBSHD is 1000w unrestricted. There will no doubt be times when I miss the power but as I rarely use all of the power of the Bafang , I...
Hey all. 55 year old , slightly broken MTBer from Australia here. New to the forum but been riding bikes forever , EMTBs since 2017. I have been lurking here for a while , it's a great source of info. Thought I'd best sign up and contribute where possible.
I posted my ride over here , yeah it's...
In 2017 , I bought a Bafang BBSHD kit as a bit of a fun project. I set it up on my no longer used DH bike at the time. It was a hoot! I added a dropper post and that transformed a dust collecting 18kg , shuttle only , plow machine into a 27kg , go anywhere , super plush , all day ride!
After...