It's always good to hear something like this. All of my e biker friends here in Hungary are Specialized fanatic, so they bitchin' about me when I purchased my Merida. Of course I was also thinking to get a Kenevo, but 1, it was more expensive, 2, for some reason out of 7 specialized at least 4-5 of them had already engine problem (it's weird), 3, I feel the whole geo is better for me. The high handlebar and low seat position and the low centre of gravity makes it so much fun, and here, I don't think I need 180 mm travel. The merida has enough.Picked up my brand spanking green e160 900e on Saturday. I took the stock Maxxis DHR IIs off and fitted Specialized Eliminator 2.6s in the Blck Dmnd casing tubeless, swapped the shifter paddles around to the normal positions, downloaded the fox manuals and setup the suspension, fitted my pedals and was good to go. I had my heart set on a Specialized Kenevo, but after a demo day ride on the Merida, and looking at value for money, I could not go past the 900e. Cost me $7000 AU with the absolute top of the line components everywhere. The Kenevo Comp is $7200 AU, and the Expert costs $9500 AU. Went for my first ride on sunday through Glenrock which was wet as f*#k, got myself and the bike completely covered in mud, but did 30km and ran out of energy before running out of battery. I have never had so much fun on a mountain bike. Consider me an ebike convert/fan