When will YT integrate the EP8?
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It should fit fine. It has all the same mounting.
Thats what i was thinking. If anything there would just be more empty space under the frame guards. I dont think the motors tilted either so the torque sensor shouldnt need reprogramming. I didnt have the bike in front of me when i was talking to him though. Id just pay extra for the ep8 wiring harness and display if that was necessary to secure an ep8 warrantee replacement.
They've only just released a few bikes a couple of months ago, so I am sure they need to shift that stock first. I doubt they want to discount them in favour of new offerings.
Not sure I would buy an EP8 with that rattle in any case, I couldn't live with it long term.
Not sure I would buy an EP8 with that rattle in any case, I couldn't live with it long term.
Frame design constrains companies a bit but motors are fairly small now. It wouldnt be too far fetched for a company to design adapters that attach to their bikes so they could offer the same bike with bosch, shimano or brose much like a sram/rockshox or fox/shimano equipped bike. A universal bike mount for a motor adapter to the motor of choice. It would certainly ease their headaches when one of these products has problems(motor or supply).
One ski manufacturer i worked at had a side business(actually the bread and butter end of it) where we would refurbish old skis for resale. We would grind of the top sheet and reapply fancy colors and graphics, tune the ski and binding check and resale at a huge 2nd hand sporting goods chain.
Every ski company back then had a sister company. Rossignol and dynastar , atomic and dynamic, k2 and pre and so on. I would grab a k2 and grind the top sheet off only to find it had a pre top sheet underneath. Tje "pre" brand didnt sell as well as "k2" so when they sold out of k2's they would take the remaining "pre" stock and retopsheet the "pre" skis as "k2" and sell the remaining stock.
With emtb if riders soured on shimano ,and the bike companies didnt over commit on motor purchases, they could plug in bosch motors and capitalize on market popularity
One ski manufacturer i worked at had a side business(actually the bread and butter end of it) where we would refurbish old skis for resale. We would grind of the top sheet and reapply fancy colors and graphics, tune the ski and binding check and resale at a huge 2nd hand sporting goods chain.
Every ski company back then had a sister company. Rossignol and dynastar , atomic and dynamic, k2 and pre and so on. I would grab a k2 and grind the top sheet off only to find it had a pre top sheet underneath. Tje "pre" brand didnt sell as well as "k2" so when they sold out of k2's they would take the remaining "pre" stock and retopsheet the "pre" skis as "k2" and sell the remaining stock.
With emtb if riders soured on shimano ,and the bike companies didnt over commit on motor purchases, they could plug in bosch motors and capitalize on market popularity
Exactly, make one frame with simple adapter mounting plates for each motor. Maybe a cheap plastic cover to take up any extra “spaces”.
Would most likely be very popular.
Beekeeper
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I don’t think anything on a bike should be designed to rattle around. A hum or whine from a motor under load is understandable but what is it with this rattling thing in the new Bosch and Shimano motors? I understand it’s because the crank decouples from the motor to reduce drag above the limiter. Surely there must be a way to do this without the bike sounding like a bag of nails
I'm sure if there was they would have found it.
Stage is set for a new super high end " pro race" or "elite" creating a greater point of difference between the two models .
Or just a new " pro race " and " elite" dies off .
Does going from a 36 to 38 fork in the 38 launch year specifically targeted at "enduro " really warrant a new model name ? no .
I think because of supply chain issues the "elite" is really the pro race that was to be realised late 2020 and the "pro race" models are the. " pro race" bikes left over and that didn't make shipping . I waited nearly 7 months for a pro race .
Lucky models names isn't written on the bike anywhere .
Capra and Decoy only models to have "elite" with only the forks as a point of difference .
Or just a new " pro race " and " elite" dies off .
Does going from a 36 to 38 fork in the 38 launch year specifically targeted at "enduro " really warrant a new model name ? no .
I think because of supply chain issues the "elite" is really the pro race that was to be realised late 2020 and the "pro race" models are the. " pro race" bikes left over and that didn't make shipping . I waited nearly 7 months for a pro race .
Lucky models names isn't written on the bike anywhere .
Capra and Decoy only models to have "elite" with only the forks as a point of difference .
Problem is you also dont know if it will switch on
Just wait, it'll make the death rattle at some point.
Nasty Nick
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All my buddies with levos have had broken belts. That's like 6 out of 6 bikes...
ebnash
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Same here. Broken belts for 4/5 people I know with Levos. and then 3 of them had to go back again to have a wiring harness replaced a month or 2 later. Most likely damaged when the motor was swapped. These were on bikes less than a year old. Luckily they all had other bikes to ride during all the down time waiting for parts.
Nasty Nick
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We made them take the tow with a rope like little kids on a leash
