Hello from Melbourne Australia

[DJRumble]

Hello all

I watched Robs video on building the Cheeb and it hooked me in to get back into mountain biking. Been road riding for a while.

I am trying to decide between the M500 or M600 motor on the dengfu frame. I am 6.2 and 94 kg. Never ridden an ebike so not sure what I will need.

Will ask in the forums for some advice..but hit me up here as well if you have tried both and have any advice.

Mainly after trail/enduro riding. Some neck surgery a couple of years back ended my downhill days.

Thanks
Chris

 

[Zimmerframe]

Keep in mind the M600 won't be legal for "public" use in many places, which is why they make the M500.

If you've not ridden an emtb, I suspect the M500 will be more than enough and a revelation after leg power alone up a hill ..

Remember that many people ride their Shimano,Bosch,Brose, SL - whatever - in Eco for much of the time, which is only 15-30% of the motor power anyway.

 

[urastus]

Yep, I'm one of those eco dudes. Not only that, I knocked eco mode down to med, from the standard high (shimano). It's still a huge amount of assistance. As zimmer said, if you can ride legally it will pay you to do so, esp. on the road. If you have an altercation with a registered vehicle and it is their fault you are covered by MAIB, which can make life so much easier if you need help with medical / income / retraining etc etc as a result of the accident.

 

[DJRumble]

Yep, I'm one of those eco dudes. Not only that, I knocked eco mode down to med, from the standard high (shimano). It's still a huge amount of assistance. As zimmer said, if you can ride legally it will pay you to do so, esp. on the road. If you have an altercation with a registered vehicle and it is their fault you are covered by MAIB, which can make life so much easier if you need help with medical / income / retraining etc etc as a result of the accident.

Realy good point on the car/insurance side of things thanks...