Tim29
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I have have put just over 100 miles on Fantic in past couple weeks and thought i would share my review.
The bike i been riding is a heavily modified evo FS3.
My first impression on the bike was it was rock stable, just a crusher of chunk and bump, they did a fantastic job on suspension (so far the only bike i have enjoyed with stock suspension in ebike world)
But i read some online reviews by ebike and how they rated this bike and i have to say i can’t agree with most there review.
First, compared to the other ebikes I’ve owned and spent multiple days on this thing climbs incredible. I would have never guessed a 180mm bike could climb with 140/130 levo, but every strava climb I’ve done now this bike has either KOM or given me personal record. The 29/27.5 wheels did take a little bit to get accustomed to, but once i got used to the feel my 27.5 ebike doesn’t feel as settled and responsive.
I did find the bike to be a little slow turning and it really felt lacking of playfulness and pop, but after i got comfortable and started picking up the pace i quickly realized it’s only lacking in that area when being riden slow and conservative. I did replace steering stem with a 35mm stem and down sized to 31.8mm bars with 20mm rise and that seemed to solve my feel of slow turning in tight switch backs.
But in feature parks with big hits and fast corners this bike blew me away. So with only the stem and bars not being stock i was able to post top 20 times at Northstar on vertually every downhill section and even KOM a few sections. The bike is still setup tubeless ready and I’m looking forward to changing it to tubeless. The battery life is quite impressive as i did 37 miles on North Star and didn’t use one bar on the battery.
I have done 23 mile ride on a black diamond single track trail and used 1/2 the battery which is about the same as my bulls with 650ah battery but my climbs where considerably faster. On oso mesa climb which is 8% 1.7 miles in high power i beat My old ebike time by 23 seconds.
The bike has great balance in all around terrain, chunk, tight, fast, loose, soft, and hero dirt.
So far my only complaint is the wheel sets are a little light duty for full tilt DH runs with features if your one to try and set best timed runs or you not one to choose lines and just bulldoze.
The rear suspension is one of its most impressive features, it’s very tied to the ground at speed but yet still takes a good flat landing without whip lashing you. I was on the fence between jam2, kenevo, Haibike enduro and the new bulls ecore.
Really glad i stepped outside the box and gave this bike a shot, as it was the last one i spent the day demoing and i ended up canceling my order on my other bike.
The setup I’m running is
1-1/2 bottomless tokens in front lyric at 70psi setting me at 26% sag
35% sag in rear with the comp at 6 out and the rebound i run from 4clicks to 8 depending on jump faces or fast chunk. The bike came with 2 tokens for the forks. Oh and i installed CB E Mallet pedals removed the flats
The bike i been riding is a heavily modified evo FS3.
My first impression on the bike was it was rock stable, just a crusher of chunk and bump, they did a fantastic job on suspension (so far the only bike i have enjoyed with stock suspension in ebike world)
But i read some online reviews by ebike and how they rated this bike and i have to say i can’t agree with most there review.
First, compared to the other ebikes I’ve owned and spent multiple days on this thing climbs incredible. I would have never guessed a 180mm bike could climb with 140/130 levo, but every strava climb I’ve done now this bike has either KOM or given me personal record. The 29/27.5 wheels did take a little bit to get accustomed to, but once i got used to the feel my 27.5 ebike doesn’t feel as settled and responsive.
I did find the bike to be a little slow turning and it really felt lacking of playfulness and pop, but after i got comfortable and started picking up the pace i quickly realized it’s only lacking in that area when being riden slow and conservative. I did replace steering stem with a 35mm stem and down sized to 31.8mm bars with 20mm rise and that seemed to solve my feel of slow turning in tight switch backs.
But in feature parks with big hits and fast corners this bike blew me away. So with only the stem and bars not being stock i was able to post top 20 times at Northstar on vertually every downhill section and even KOM a few sections. The bike is still setup tubeless ready and I’m looking forward to changing it to tubeless. The battery life is quite impressive as i did 37 miles on North Star and didn’t use one bar on the battery.
I have done 23 mile ride on a black diamond single track trail and used 1/2 the battery which is about the same as my bulls with 650ah battery but my climbs where considerably faster. On oso mesa climb which is 8% 1.7 miles in high power i beat My old ebike time by 23 seconds.
The bike has great balance in all around terrain, chunk, tight, fast, loose, soft, and hero dirt.
So far my only complaint is the wheel sets are a little light duty for full tilt DH runs with features if your one to try and set best timed runs or you not one to choose lines and just bulldoze.
The rear suspension is one of its most impressive features, it’s very tied to the ground at speed but yet still takes a good flat landing without whip lashing you. I was on the fence between jam2, kenevo, Haibike enduro and the new bulls ecore.
Really glad i stepped outside the box and gave this bike a shot, as it was the last one i spent the day demoing and i ended up canceling my order on my other bike.
The setup I’m running is
1-1/2 bottomless tokens in front lyric at 70psi setting me at 26% sag
35% sag in rear with the comp at 6 out and the rebound i run from 4clicks to 8 depending on jump faces or fast chunk. The bike came with 2 tokens for the forks. Oh and i installed CB E Mallet pedals removed the flats
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