Any experience with Moterra SL out there?

[GeordieDownSouth]

Hey Geordie, yeah, hopefully we can get some info on range extension options. I was following your posts here regarding your underperforming battery, and just wanted to mention that I was talking to my friend, who is a Cannondale dealer here in the US, and he just bought himself a Moterra SL 1. I was checking out his freshly built bike today, which passed my highly technical parking lot slalom test with flying colors and it "stuck" my rear wheel drop test! His bike, for the record, was about 45.5lbs in stock spec, and 48lbs with Doubledown tires, Cushcore, XT enduro pedals, and a fork swap from a Fox 36 to a 38. He happened to mention that the early models they'd received all had battery issues, but they were able to warranty the batteries and they've had no problems since then. He didn't know how or what they had changed, and I'm not sure what date your battery was made relative to any changes, but it might be worth perusing a warranty swap if you have one of the early ones off the production line.

Thanks man that’s very helpful, I’m ignoring it for now as it gets me around what i do at the moment and I’ll be interested to see if it just doesn’t like winter temps when the UK finally warms up, i know my wifes car is currently about 25% less on range due the temperature, it’s a great bike, i just want to be able to do big days out on it also!

 

[GeordieDownSouth]

Just a heads up, the last two rides i’d had a creaking develop so went around the bike with a Torque Wrench today for once i washed off all the slop, turns out my lower pivot was very loose, all torqued back up now but worth keeping an eye on.

 

[Rhitter]

I had a few suspension bolts that were very loose after 2 to 3 rides.

Worth checking.