Articles by Knut Nes

Finally, Canyon is out with their first mid-assist, lightweight emtb, the Canyon Neuron:ONfly CF. I expected Canyon to introduce a completely new...

How many full-power emtbs have been launched this year? Yeah, Merida did one. Norco is here to fix this by introducing two bikes, the new Sight...

Dune, that’s a cool name. And just like the movie, the Mondraker Dune is out in it’s second iteration. The first Mondraker Dune was an enduro...

The Bosch PowerPack 800 has been out in various online stores for weeks, and now the official Bosch press release finally reached us. The new...

It’s still winter and snow around here, so we decided to test a fatbike. We’re used to riding full suspension emtbs with 2.6 to 3” wide studded...

Launched back in 2017, the original Merida eOne-Sixty was a revolution to me. New, compact motor designs allowed manufacturers such as Merida to...

The lightweight Superior iXF was introduced a while ago, but it didn’t materialize. Not until now. We were lucky enough to ride a pre-production...

The age of mild and relatively lightweight, I mean Superlight emtbs, is truly upon us. So many electric trailbikes are being introduced, and most...

Finally, we're getting more bikes with the great Bosch Performance SX lightweight motor. Let me start with the name of the new bike. The...

Do you find emtbs are too similar? A full-power emtb usually has about 160 mm suspension travel. A mild, lightweight bike usually is at about 150...

I haven’t ridden all the 2024 emtbs. And all 2024 emtbs haven’t even been launched yet. So, I am of course not able to say which bike is the best...

Some people suffer from cold hands more easily than others. I can ride lightly insulated gloves even in a few negative degrees Celsius. Fredrik on...

We picked up the Marin Alpine Trail E1 towards the end of 2023. But thanks to both covid and snow, we barely got to ride it on bare trails...

There’s been much talk about the Canyon Strive:ON CFR that was launched in May this year. It ended up taking months for Canyon to ship a demo bike...

The Norwegian company Kindernay was founded in 2010. It takes guts to start a company manufacturing bike parts in Norway, a country not known for...

Whyte has finally released the details of the mild and lightweight E-Lyte. This bike was first seen on Eurobike this summer, so we already knew it...

Specialized was among the first to make a mild, lightweight full suspension emtb, the Levo SL. I very much enjoyed riding this bike. But I liked...

The Orbea Wild caught a lot of attention when it was updated for 2023, mainly because the top-of-the line model was a sub 21 kg bike. That’s very...

The new Canyon Torque:ON CF was introduced earlier this year. But, as opposed to the new Spectral:ON CF/CFR, the Torque:ON was equipped with the...

We've ridden mid-travel bikes before that were very similar to the more common 160mm travel bikes. Comparable weight, similar geometry, same...