Well, in all fairness, you guys dont really have mountains out there, more like hills. I ride my regular bike on that kind of stuff & levo in the steep mountains with 5+ hour long climbs.
This explains everything you might wonder about this ebike. There is zero passion and it truly shows. They were forced by their parent company to make it. The interview is highly uncomfortable to watch.
Also, it's like being late to the party, but further compounding, you are the ugly chick...
I wish we had some of those cheaper good e bikes you Europeans have access to. These companies are exporting their analog bikes, but not e bikes to the US. I need to get my wife another bike, it would be nice to only spend 3k instead of 4-5k for her
The fit4 is an old damper, the grip 2 is what you want. I dont know why it's only in the 36/40. The regular grip damper is good for most people, but it dives too much for advanced riders. Either way, I would rip that fox 34 off immediately. Too bad they wont sell the frame.
No, I've had 4 bikes in the last 2 years that came with mid to high end rockshox shocks. I did everything humanly possible to tune them and they still were sh!t. Thought it was the Santa Cruz vpp design on my Bronson, got another levo, which had a rockshox, same crappy ride. Adjusted everything...
They need to do one with the new enduro's new suspension design. Its 40% more efficient in pedaling than the current stumpjumper, not to mention, is a ton better on the downhill.
I'm fine with less power, but if I am having to pedal it harder, that energy shouldnt be so wasted. There is no way...
Specialized is notorious for cheaping out on components and charging a bunch. I was just looking at the new ones and they always have the cheap dampers in the 36's/Lyrik etc. Even on their experts. They don't even put a dpx2, on their s works e bike! The little shocks heat up too quick and feel...
I tried the megneg on my friends bike and it still felt like crap to me. Maybe I don't weigh enough (170lbs). Rockshox shocks just feel terrible to me now days. Night and day between it and fox.
The rockshox shocks are trash imo. They make some good forks, but the shocks are terrible. I sold a $8,000 Santa Cruz bike thinking it was their VPP system (tried every possible adjustment/token/psi/rebound etc). Got another levo in summer (old one had fox); shock was setup properly...
Wondering if that image could be fake, I doubt they wouldnt center their logo on the frame. Looks like there is distortion around it (top, bottom, sides).
That would be neat. Fox has a system called Live Valve, that automatically adjusts the suspension on the fly extremely fast from sensors. They have something called pitch detection, so it knows when you are climbing. Seems like the tech is already there for it to automatically reduce your forks...