I don't find the full face to be much of an issue on an ebike. On a normal bike, it's hot and I usually pull it off on the climbs. On an ebike, the climbs are so much quicker, you are pretty much at the top by the time it's starting to get annoying. Only ebike ride I do now where I pull the...
I would strongly disagree with that last statement. You can easily upgrade a bike and sell off the stock parts for far cheaper then buying the top spec bike. I have consistently been able to build $10k-$12k spec bikes for about $6k. $5k if you do it in July/August starting with a "last year"...
I've had hope Tech 3 E4 and Hope Tech 4 V4 brakes along with their floating rotors. I'd opt for V4s and different rotors. The E4s run into pad taper issues and the 1.8mm thick rotors don't last long. I and a friend have both had issues with the hope rotors running in to the brake posts on the...
These long travel forks tend to add a lot of spring rate deep in the travel due to the lowers. There is very little volume at bottom out in the lowers so the more travel you have, the higher the compression ratio and the more progression. On the Lyrik, it adds 60-80 lbs of force at bottom out...
Have you had the proper maintenance done routinely during that time? As was mentioned, the single most noticable thing you'll do is simply a lowers service if it hasn't been done in the last few months.
Low friction seals, good lube, and if you got somebody around to do it for cheap, burnish...
It looks like they just relabeled the sizes down one size. The medium use to be like 430 reach and a 420 seat tube. Now it's what the large use to be at 449/445.
It's puts the medium inline with what most others are doing for reach, but the 445 seat tube is still very long for a medium. The...