I had the same with mine. One of the first bikes to be delivered and it went back to whyte before I’d even ridden it. They were rebuilt by SRAM. They never made any comment and yes they are pretty much the same as before. Having now ridden over 600 miles on it and also tested an RS, I still...
Ha. Just taken mine in to my LBS for the cable routing recall and bash guard mod to cover those mud enticing holes on the bottom of the down tube.
I have an RS to play with for 2 days.
I’ve been dying to find out how the maxxis tyres compare to the WTB on mine.
Oh what a huge difference in...
Ah I might take mine in for a fettle then. Always thought it was a stupid idea to have a brake hose running under there, so easy to rupture it on a rock or something?
I tend to pedal through everything, which I never did on my mtb, that maybe some of the problem. I am going to try running a bit less sag than recommended. It’s an absolute riot in singletrack and downhill trails though, so a small price to pay?
Had quite a few pedal strikes and actually bent my right hand crank.
Complained to my LBS and got a free replacement. He said I wasn’t riding my bike properly?
A note to anyone who has bought/thinking of buying.
My bike came with a 2A charger that took 8.8 hours to charge from flat.
My LBS website said it was meant to be the 4A charger, but when I checked on the Whyte website, that said the 2A one is supplied with the bike.
My LBS has now looked into...
Right, just to update. Did a mixed open trails/single track ride about 2 hours both up and down this eve. This bike really is as good as Guy Kesteven says. It’s so sure footed and planted at the front and the low CG is really obvious compared to other e bikes. I’m an old school mountain biker...