Ridgydidge
New Member
3 rides in on the silver pl and I’m very happy. It’s a perfect trail bike for typical blues with moderate jumps.
Pros in no particular order:
. 21kg for XL does not feel porky at all - it rides pretty much like a regular mtb - reminds me of my old Spec x wing enduro in the air and with its sleddy (read under steering) handling
. It’s ‘relatively’ well priced with ‘good’ components - the fox ‘performance’ front and rear shock are excellent and all you could want for - the fork in particular is super floaty on the chatter and solid in the hits - the Magura 5’s are powerful but do look to have close brake disc/pad tolerances so discs might be a consumable if they warp/get bent
. The dji system is fab - lovely to ride, quiet uphill and down, flexible in the app, eats your mates’ for lunch on the uphill if you want, or will wander gently along at anologue pace if you are out with your hold out mates - the ‘auto’ setting gives all this and more - brilliant
. Has excellent range and super fast charging.
. It speaks kiwi!
Some cons in my experience thus far:
. The stem is a bit wimpy, but easy to change out from the box of bits in the garage
. The alloy bar is an rsj with no compliance at all - I’ve ordered a One Up carbon bar to replace it
. The head tube design is a bit of a head scratcher - I’ll be putting in an angleset - looking for 66 degrees as a means to eliminate the understeer - but this will require some time on the lathe to fabricate a work around given the ‘funky’ head tube design
. On todays ride I got the creak - only happens pedalling out of chundery corners so I figure it’s the motor/mounts in combination with some torsionally flexed carbon around that area - I will be dropping the motor to grease all these points… hoping to eliminate that, as others have.
So far, so good. All up, it’s 8/10 from me. Good work dji!
Pros in no particular order:
. 21kg for XL does not feel porky at all - it rides pretty much like a regular mtb - reminds me of my old Spec x wing enduro in the air and with its sleddy (read under steering) handling
. It’s ‘relatively’ well priced with ‘good’ components - the fox ‘performance’ front and rear shock are excellent and all you could want for - the fork in particular is super floaty on the chatter and solid in the hits - the Magura 5’s are powerful but do look to have close brake disc/pad tolerances so discs might be a consumable if they warp/get bent
. The dji system is fab - lovely to ride, quiet uphill and down, flexible in the app, eats your mates’ for lunch on the uphill if you want, or will wander gently along at anologue pace if you are out with your hold out mates - the ‘auto’ setting gives all this and more - brilliant
. Has excellent range and super fast charging.
. It speaks kiwi!
Some cons in my experience thus far:
. The stem is a bit wimpy, but easy to change out from the box of bits in the garage
. The alloy bar is an rsj with no compliance at all - I’ve ordered a One Up carbon bar to replace it
. The head tube design is a bit of a head scratcher - I’ll be putting in an angleset - looking for 66 degrees as a means to eliminate the understeer - but this will require some time on the lathe to fabricate a work around given the ‘funky’ head tube design
. On todays ride I got the creak - only happens pedalling out of chundery corners so I figure it’s the motor/mounts in combination with some torsionally flexed carbon around that area - I will be dropping the motor to grease all these points… hoping to eliminate that, as others have.
So far, so good. All up, it’s 8/10 from me. Good work dji!
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