SAM2 2023

The 2023 Focus SAM2 was the brand's aluminium e-enduro, rebuilt around the F.O.L.D. linkage with 170 mm of travel front and rear on 29in wheels and a Bosch Performance Line CX motor (85 Nm) fed by an integrated, removable 625 Wh PowerTube. Focus kept the cockpit deliberately simple, specifying Bosch's pared-back Purion display across the whole range. The geometry was firmly descent-focused, with a slack head angle, a long wheelbase and a FOCUS Flip Chip that switches between a 64.1 degree high setting (29in, 450 mm chainstays) and a 64.8 degree low setting (430 mm chainstays) and also allows a 27.5in mullet rear wheel.

The 2023 launch range ran three aluminium builds, all on the 625 Wh Purion package. The 6.7 was the value pick with a RockShox Domain R fork, RockShox Deluxe Select shock, SRAM NX Eagle shifting and SRAM Guide T brakes at a claimed 25.3 kg. The mid 6.8 stepped up to a RockShox ZEB fork with a Super Deluxe Select+ air shock, SRAM GX Eagle and SRAM Code R brakes on Schwalbe Magic Mary rubber. The flagship 6.9 added a FOX 38 Factory Grip 2 fork in Racing Orange, a FOX Van Performance coil shock, Shimano XT shifting and XT four-piston brakes, weighing a claimed 26.2 kg.

At UK launch the SAM2 started from 4,699 GBP for the 6.7, with the 6.8 at 5,199 GBP, undercutting much of the direct-sales competition for a full-power 170 mm e-enduro. It is now discontinued. It was superseded within the same model name by a revised SAM2 that moved to Bosch's Smart System, gained a 180 mm fork and 750 Wh battery option, switched the Flip Chip for an angle-adjust headset, and later added a Bosch CX Race flagship.