The Performance Line will be great for flatter terrain. The advantage of a motor producing less torque is that it will consume less power from your battery so theoretically you will ride further on your battery. The fact gets lost sometimes that assistance from the motor cuts out at 25 kph...
I love my e120 800. It has a 130mm Yari with solo air. I have bought a 140mm debonair air spring .Waiting delivery...has 3000Kms of hard work and going strong. My wife has the same but with Revelation fork. A couple of EMBN shows ago, ep116, my bike got a "SuperNice" ... says it all really
I had a mystery creak in my Intense Spider ...tried everything for months and months or was it years? When I was converting from 2X to 1X I noticed a barely discernible hairline crack in the 'nut' of one of the chain ring bolts. For curiosity sake I put it back together with a different chain...
Interesting..I'm not sure if this is where I want my e-mtbing to go.... there are two thoughts going thru my head... will i still be getting enough exercise so that I can eat chocolate and drink red wine without putting on the kilos....and will it still be a mountain biking experience as opposed...
As I avoided the topic of cheaper v more expensive...it depends on your budget really...first, don't buy a hub driven bike, buy mid-driven. The geometry and weight distribution is best for mountain biking. Even the Bafang MAX-01 could be considered if you are cash strapped. They are cheap, under...
Hi, I'm new to this but not to e-mtbs....after purchasing an Intense Spider 29 (full sus), I discussed the idea, with my mountain bike hating wife, of looking at an electric bike for her to go riding with me... She liked the idea and after trying some so-so hub drive bike she bought a hardtail...
My first e-mtb was a hardtail with Rockshox 30 ( a little under cooked), Magura MT7s ( a little overcooked- best ever tho') good wheels and tyres, XT 10-speed. After 3800 Kms of trails I bought a Merida e120 800 full sus...kept the hardtail and ride both depending ... fitted the hardtail for...