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Mr Scooter

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Waiting for me to pick iy up. But we are flying to Rotorua to ride this week so it will have to be Monday I reckon

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Mr Scooter

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NZSpokes said:
That sounds like some terrible planning. LOL

But guess you cant fly with it.
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wasn't expecting it until late december - bumped into the sales guy in Bunning yesterday and he told me it had shown up! Apparently Merida shipped a bunch of bikes without motors and the EP8s have landed in NZ now
 

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Mr Scooter

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NZSpokes said:
Really like it. I have a level of arthritis and the better suspension is a game changer in my pain levels.

And short chainstays make it easy to manual off drops etc.
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nice! I didnt have a choice on model - it was the full monty or wait until march. I was going to go either 8k or the one I got which may sound perverse but I was weighing up grades vs none necessary. In the end I have ridden a 38 and really liked it so you only live once
 

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The bike rips. I am so glad I waited for the E160. Handling was my 100% main thing....I have raced downhill and own a very sorted enduro bike.
This thing handles beautifully.....I will go out on a limb and ay I didnt really like the Levo, Trek Rail and Commencal 29 nor the Pivot....thay are all 29 but I think its more than that. I am very lucky as the Fact X2 and 38 are top drawer but I was alway disappointed in the 36 Factory on my Zerode. The 38 feel absoluelty like Fox 40's I have had on various DH bikes. I could tell the moment I jumped on the bike that this was the right choice for me. Re motor etc. I was surprised that I wasn't too bothered by the clutch rattle - I am super fussy about noise...thing is the rest of the E160 is so quiet.
Standouts.

Handling handling handling. Its the first E bike I have ridden where I haven't felt like I was fighting it at some point in a descent
Quiet (apart from EP8) XTR brakes are sensational.
Tyre selection on the stock bike is perfect.
All the nice little details - the 10Kmodel basically as good or better than an S works Levo for a ton less cash.
Light for what it is
Colour... very Buck Rogers purple and silver....it will probably get a lot of attention
Trail Mode on the EP8 seems to be exactly what I wanted... a tuneable version of the Bosch EMTB mode

Not so fabulous.

Merida saddle is very hard..shame as it has the tool built in.
EP8 Rattle - but I can live with it
Motor roll off when you ease off the torque is quite pronounced so you do get a bit of a yo yo action if your pedalling isn't super smooth...perhaps dialling in the profile will help
Access to light and profiles ought to be better - its buried in the menu a bit.
I thought you could create more profiles on the app and up[loade to the unit but it seems not.
E Tube app seems to have some maps stuff but I can't figure out how to use it


For me its the best that I have ridden out of Commencal, Trek Rail, Levo and Pivot Shuttle - those are the bikes I tested....Brose Bosch and Shimano.
 
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Matt_Rider

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Jul 13, 2020
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Mr Scooter said:
The bike rips. I am so glad I waited for the E160. Handling was my 100% main thing....I have raced downhill and own a very sorted enduro bike.
This thing handles beautifully.....I will go out on a limb and ay I didnt really like the Levo, Trek Rail and Commencal 29 nor the Pivot....thay are all 29 but I think its more than that. I am very lucky as the Fact X2 and 38 are top drawer but I was alway disappointed in the 36 Factory on my Zerode. The 38 feel absoluelty like Fox 40's I have had on various DH bikes. I could tell the moment I jumped on the bike that this was the right choice for me. Re motor etc. I was surprised that I wasn't too bothered by the clutch rattle - I am super fussy about noise...thing is the rest of the E160 is so quiet.
Standouts.

Handling handling handling. Its the first E bike I have ridden where I haven't felt like I was fighting it at some point in a descent
Quiet (apart from EP8) XTR brakes are sensational.
Tyre selection on the stock bike is perfect.
All the nice little details - the 10Kmodel basically as good or better than an S works Levo for a ton less cash.
Light for what it is
Colour... very Buck Rogers purple and silver....it will probably get a lot of attention
Trail Mode on the EP8 seems to be exactly what I wanted... a tuneable version of the Bosch EMTB mode

Not so fabulous.

Merida saddle is very hard..shame as it has the tool built in.
EP8 Rattle - but I can live with it
Motor roll off when you ease off the torque is quite pronounced so you do get a bit of a yo yo action if your pedalling isn't super smooth...perhaps dialling in the profile will help
Access to light and profiles ought to be better - its buried in the menu a bit.
I thought you could create more profiles on the app and up[loade to the unit but it seems not.
E Tube app seems to have some maps stuff but I can't figure out how to use it


For me its the best that I have ridden out of Commencal, Trek Rail, Levo and Pivot Shuttle - those are the bikes I tested....Brose Bosch and Shimano.
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Oh boy I cannot wait for my E160 9000 now even more!!! Great feedback especially against the Meta Power and Levo which I was looking at too.
 
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NZSpokes

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Mr Scooter said:
The bike rips. I am so glad I waited for the E160. Handling was my 100% main thing....I have raced downhill and own a very sorted enduro bike.
This thing handles beautifully.....I will go out on a limb and ay I didnt really like the Levo, Trek Rail and Commencal 29 nor the Pivot....thay are all 29 but I think its more than that. I am very lucky as the Fact X2 and 38 are top drawer but I was alway disappointed in the 36 Factory on my Zerode. The 38 feel absoluelty like Fox 40's I have had on various DH bikes. I could tell the moment I jumped on the bike that this was the right choice for me. Re motor etc. I was surprised that I wasn't too bothered by the clutch rattle - I am super fussy about noise...thing is the rest of the E160 is so quiet.
Standouts.

Handling handling handling. Its the first E bike I have ridden where I haven't felt like I was fighting it at some point in a descent
Quiet (apart from EP8) XTR brakes are sensational.
Tyre selection on the stock bike is perfect.
All the nice little details - the 10Kmodel basically as good or better than an S works Levo for a ton less cash.
Light for what it is
Colour... very Buck Rogers purple and silver....it will probably get a lot of attention
Trail Mode on the EP8 seems to be exactly what I wanted... a tuneable version of the Bosch EMTB mode

Not so fabulous.

Merida saddle is very hard..shame as it has the tool built in.
EP8 Rattle - but I can live with it
Motor roll off when you ease off the torque is quite pronounced so you do get a bit of a yo yo action if your pedalling isn't super smooth...perhaps dialling in the profile will help
Access to light and profiles ought to be better - its buried in the menu a bit.
I thought you could create more profiles on the app and up[loade to the unit but it seems not.
E Tube app seems to have some maps stuff but I can't figure out how to use it


For me its the best that I have ridden out of Commencal, Trek Rail, Levo and Pivot Shuttle - those are the bikes I tested....Brose Bosch and Shimano.
Click to expand...

Agree on the light and profiles. Its a bit of a faff.

I like the seat. Seems to work for me. i dont think about it at all.
 


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Mr Scooter

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NZSpokes said:
My 9000 comes with fox 38s.
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Got 38s on the 10k and they are fantastic, first fork I haven't wanted to fiddle with...but its early days! 106PSI....tunning 10 clicks out LSR and 1 click out HSR.....so v similar to running 10 clicks out with only one rebound control.. base settings on comp. If you have the bleeder valves you can compress fork slightly them push bleeders-- give a small suck down that increases small bump
 
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mharlow

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Anyone in Australia have a E160 Saddle (Comp CC) that they are willing to part with?
 
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