2020 - Meta Power

[net wurker]

BTW, I said "torx" bolts earlier....I meant allan (hex) they are tiny 2.5 mm hex bolts.

I love everything about this bike so far, except maybe the brakes. I'm a Shimano brakes guy, and need to get used to the SRAM modulation.

 

[Schbeemb]

Currently looking and waiting for the right ebike to make me sell my two normal bikes (Canyon Sender and Radon Swoop). It's got to be hard hitting (tick), it's got to be a great handler and have the right DNA (tick), it's got to be able to fly abroad so I can make those biking holidays to cool spots with my friends (no tick)..

Lapierre were brave with the eZesty. It's perhaps not turned out as many would have liked.

If this bike just had a cover to go over the battery compartment (when the battery has been taken out) I'd be ordering in an instant. It's damn near perfect (for me) and I'd put up with (perhaps benefit from given location of) the motor weight when on chairlift trips abroad... Commencal say, right now, it's a no...

:-(

 

[net wurker]

It does. The battery compartment cover bolts into the bike.

You remove the cover, and then remove the battery. Then, if you want to, you can bolt the cover back on the bike with an empty battery compartment.

 

[net wurker]

Pictures of pedal carnage.

 

[net wurker]

Fun fact....first day ride picture, this was featured on the EMBN "Bike Vault" on episode 91 last Wednesday.

 

[Trickz]

It's bolted straight to the downtube of the bike....as in, you can remove the battery, and then bolt the cover back on to the bike.

I see what you mean? ??

 

[Etacata]

Fun fact....first day ride picture, this was featured on the EMBN "Bike Vault" on episode 91 last Wednesday.

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is that a water bottle or battery in the cage?

 

[net wurker]

You know what, maybe it DOES bolt to the battery, and not the bike.

My mistake. I'll go check mine right now....gimme 20 minutes.

 

[net wurker]

is that a water bottle or battery in the cage?

lol...it's a blue-tooth speaker.

 

[net wurker]

Sorry guys for misleading...the cover is removable, but it bolts to the bottom of the battery, not the downtube.

My mistake.

However, this works to my advantage, as I can easily remove the battery without futzing with the cover. I LIKE it like that. I was thinking I had to mess with those four tiny screws to get the battery off. I don't!

 

[net wurker]

You know, I guess you could remove the cover form the battery, and then use velcro straps to hold it in place on the frame. That's exactley what I was gonna do when I thought you had to remove the cover first, then the battery.

 

[Trickz]

Sorry guys for misleading...the cover is removable, but it bolts to the bottom of the battery, not the downtube.

My mistake.

However, this works to my advantage, as I can easily remove the battery without futzing with the cover. I LIKE it like that. I was thinking I had to mess with those four tiny screws to get the battery off. I don't!

I liked you’re idea better though?

 

[net wurker]

Yeah, if you bought a spare battery without another cover, you would be looking at messing with those tiny screws to swap out to your spare battery. I plan on buying a spare battery for all day rides, hope I can get a second cover to go with it.

 

[Jamsxr]

lol...it's a blue-tooth speaker.

You play music when out on the trails ?

 

[net wurker]

Oh yeah.

 

[net wurker]

I do turn it down when around other people, but around here, you're mostly by yourself....very uncrowded trails.

 

[Trail-Niels]

Those pedals are nice, but I ride in super rocky terrain, and after about fours rides, they are pretty much destroyed. I ordered some Chesters to replace them with. Shame, cuz they were really pretty!

What do you mean - destroyed?
Is the platform material too “soft” so they bend? I guess Pedals eventually get quite some hits, mine do for sure

 

[Trail-Niels]

Pictures of pedal carnage.

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Holy shit - that is not supposed to happen!

 

[Jamsxr]

I do turn it down when around other people, but around here, you're mostly by yourself....very uncrowded trails.

Fair enough and each to their own. I can’t stand the kids who walk down my local street blasting music, let alone hearing it out while shredding some trails - I’m definitely getting old ?

 

[Polaris]

I do turn it down when around other people, but around here, you're mostly by yourself....very uncrowded trails.

Ha, why don't you just use BT earphones?! I have 1 in at all times and then no one else has to suffer my music choices lol

 

[net wurker]

I've tried earphones, and it kinda freaks me out to not be able to also hear ambient sounds around me.

 

[net wurker]

Oh, I just noticed you said "one in". I may try that, but that big ole speaker just sounds so good.

 

[Polaris]

Oh, I just noticed you said "one in". I may try that, but that big ole speaker just sounds so good.

ha I hear ya, a mobile festival in the forest . I've learnt to ride, ski and snowboard with just 1 earphone in and you still get immersed in sound while killing a run as well as being able to hear the all important avalanche, tree falling or car screeching behind you lol. Not that all sounds want to be heard!

 

[net wurker]

Holy shit - that is not supposed to happen!

I think I'm getting more strikes than usual right now. My bike is a size medium, and I believe the stock spring is a 300 or 350 lbs spring. I weigh about 220 geared up to ride.

I have a 650 lbs spring reserved at World Wide Cyclery, just waiting for it to come back into stock. Once I get that, the ride will improve immensely, and it won't ride so low, so that should help out the pedal strike situation.

 

[Trail-Niels]

I think I'm getting more strikes than usual right now. My bike is a size medium, and I believe the stock spring is a 300 or 350 lbs spring. I weigh about 220 geared up to ride.

I have a 650 lbs spring reserved at World Wide Cyclery, just waiting for it to come back into stock. Once I get that, the ride will improve immensely, and it won't ride so low, so that should help out the pedal strike situation.

What’s Your sag Percentage? It seems like the spring is way to soft.

 

[net wurker]

What’s Your sag Percentage? It seems like the spring is way to soft.

Yeah, it is way too soft. I can't screw this one down tight enough to get close to even 30%, it rides rock-hard like that. The 650 spring should solve my issues.

 

[Trail-Niels]

Yeah, it is way too soft. I can't screw this one down tight enough to get close to even 30%, it rides rock-hard like that. The 650 spring should solve my issues.

Plush like a marshmallow it seems it’s not a nice feeling always to bottom out on the landings. Hopefully you’ll get it suitable firm with the new spring

 

[Trickz]

Ive gone for a large and my riding weight is 175lbs so hopefully my pedals will last a little longer?

 

[net wurker]

These things can take a serious beating. Just hafta replace pins every now and again.

I kinda like the red, it's all matchy-matchy.

 

[Trickz]

Nice I’ve actually got a set of them in red on my Vitus nucleus,How you finding the bar height? Does not seem to be many spacers under that stem,is that stock?