Rod B.
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The Rise is such a good bike. Mine had close to 3,200 miles on it when I sold it to my brother. It's still going strong, I just got tired of riding it and wanted to try something different. I bought a Pivot Shuttle SL, which promptly broke after five rides. Fazua was having issues with sourcing a new warranty motor. I didn't want to wait a month for a new motor shipped from Germany. I traded the bike in for a new Levo Carbon Comp with Rockshox ZEB 170mm Ultimate fork and I9 Enduro S alloy wheels.Thanks again for the parts list- I'll give the it a go myself. My Rise is my first E-bike as well and I have learned how to fix things - through trail and error ( the hard way). My LBS and my wife ( wife not so much ) gets a good laugh when I try to fix something but end up at his shop anyway. But my trips top the repair shop have become way less frequent - I totally agree with you - if I don't try to fix my Ebike - I'll never learn.
The only part about nervous about it having to drop the motor IF I loose tension on the cable. Time will tell. Live and learn .
I'm sure I can ride my Rise as is but the dropper post will get annoying quickly. However I'm in NorCal - the rain has been epic lately - the trails are as bad as I've ever seen them. Can't see riding my Rise in the muck. Love my Rise and put 2000 mikes on it since bought it 1 year ago - although I do enjoy riding my 28 pound Stump Jumper on occasion - up hill on it not so much.
There will come a time where you will need to drop the motor whether to check for wire chaffing, replace a shifter/dropper cable housing etc. I would suggest buying a Shimano lockring nut tool. Park Tool sells the LRT-2 which works well. Have the tool on hand in case you screw the pooch on the dropper cable installation. It's not a difficult process to drop the motor.
A 1/4" newton meter torque wrench is nice to have when working around carbon frames and light allow components. I suggest buying a low range 2-20 Nm torque wrench because they are more accurate at the smaller torque levels used on the Rise. A 200 Nm 1/2" drive torque wrench won't be as accurate at four or eight newton meters. I've been happy with the Pro Bike Tool, 2 - 20 Nm, 1/4 Inch Torque Wrench which is sold on Amazon. It comes with good quality hex and star sockets.