Alienaddy
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I've just ordered a Whyte E-160 S in burnt orange this morning, my 1st e bike, excited is an understatement, hopefully collecting it this weekend!!
Show us your Whyte bits
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And all weekend you will be grinning from ear to ear. Enjoy
Dale Pollard
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I bought a second battery in the 500 flavour as I eat the battery on a day in the peaks. On Sunday I was there and got 20 miles in a mix of eco/tour/emtb out of my 625wh (I weight 18st and I had a backpack on with spare battery and supplies also). Hence why I need another.
Dale Pollard
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Amazing you've gone through 2 cassettes and 4 chains but only one rear tyre in 1800 miles! I have just change my rear on 700 miles with one chain change also (It snapped on Sunday!) and the cassette is still mint.1,800 epic, and utterly trouble free miles now on my Whyte, since April.
Just gets better and better.
Mods so far.
Charger 2.1 RCT damper
Debonair C1 upgrade and took it to 160mm
SRAM lock-on foam grips
Selle Italia SMP TRK saddle for my perineum and prostate
Cable re-route.
85Nm software upgrade.
Raceface Atlas stem
Worn through 2 cassettes, 4 chains, 2 sets of pads, one rear tyre and replaced the chainring for good measure.
40 miles across wet and windy moors on Saturday, and the lights are out ready for winter nights.
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My mileage is going to drop, I have a Trek Procaliber XC hardtail on order to replace my 20 year old hardtail
I love my E-150 in grey, it looks so sleek and minimalistic, but those burnt orange bikes are the absolute bomb ?
hi to fit the 500 battery do you have to remove the bolt in downtube to the lower hole as i am thinking the same as a 500 might be easier to carry then the 625 .is battery classed as a vertical or horizontal cheers
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Yes and I only know that because of this forum, I thought I had lost a bolt but that’s what that second hole is for.
Dale Pollard
Member
I bought a plastic extender to bolt on to the end of the battery so I didnt have to mess about with moving bolts bit ride. I got it from a french supplier for Moustache bikes.
jamesgarbett
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Local ride this time
lantern pike in Derbyshire
lantern pike in Derbyshire
I was up on top of lantern pike last night, not with a whyte though
jamesgarbett
Member
Cheeky footpath 
Meh, walkers got access through breaking the rules as part of the kinder trespass, I'm just doing the same for bikes ?Cheeky footpath
Alienaddy
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Here it is, picked it up yesterday, only had a quick ride round the block, a combination of kids football and the p*%&ing down rain here might stop me going out today!!!!!
MitchF
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Mate , are you tubeless with the pro core ?
Mr President
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do you carry it on the roof rack? you must be very strong
Mr President
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Rahr85
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this thread makes me sad. i got an email saying the supplier has a week delay on the order so it's likely i won't get my 160 rs until november. i'm just so desperate to get out on it already 
Yep 100ml in each end. So far it works a treat. It will be tread wear that kills the tyres now.
Jamze
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Hang on in there, worth the wait! My 160 ended up being 6 weeks late. LBS mentioned a reduction in air freight availability, so fewer bikes are getting here than normal.this thread makes me sad. i got an email saying the supplier has a week delay on the order so it's likely i won't get my 160 rs until november. i'm just so desperate to get out on it already
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Another shot of my bike today at Coed Y Brenin
Markwright1983
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Here’s my Whyte E-160 S.
Changed the WTB tyres after first ride. Next up is upgrading the forks to a Charger 2.1 damper and possibly 170mm air shaft.
Changed the WTB tyres after first ride. Next up is upgrading the forks to a Charger 2.1 damper and possibly 170mm air shaft.
Mr President
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hi Markwright1983 can you tell me which front mudguard you fitted? presume it is Zebb specific?
Looks like an rrp proguard
Mr President
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Ah thanks. I know that RS machined threads onto the Zebb arch to take a specific fender, but from what I saw that was a short fender only. I was wondering if the one shown was also RS specific and if not, would it fit the bolt pattern on the arch?
Jamze
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My LBS thought the bolt pattern looked the same as Fox, Ohlins, Marzocchi etc. If so, other bolt-ons would work in theory. I ordered the RS short fender on backorder, just shipped so will see how I get on with it. RRP do a bolt-on.
Rahr85
E*POWAH Master
So my bike shop's supplier finally have stock of the bike so i might yet get it this month. It's getting invisiframed and tubeless before i pick it up as i'd rather wait a bit longer and have it 100% ready to go.
But the biggest dilemma (slightly sarcastically) i have is trying to find anything that will match the yellow on the e160-rs. Any ideas? I think i'll have to keep some of the stock bits until i can justifiably replace them. Long term i think a few purple hope bits will be finding their way onto the bike.
if Slik graphics get the go ahead from fox to do custom decals again then i might just cover up the yellow on the frame and go green/purple or orange.
But the biggest dilemma (slightly sarcastically) i have is trying to find anything that will match the yellow on the e160-rs. Any ideas? I think i'll have to keep some of the stock bits until i can justifiably replace them. Long term i think a few purple hope bits will be finding their way onto the bike.
if Slik graphics get the go ahead from fox to do custom decals again then i might just cover up the yellow on the frame and go green/purple or orange.
Jamze
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I'm finding the Verdicts pretty impressive TBH. Very wet, slippery ride on chalk last night. No issues at all (until I got off the bike and immediately slipped over ??Don't chuck those crappy worthless
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Jamze
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Know someone with an Ibis with similar greeny-yellow decals. He plays safe and sticks to black components.
I'd love to hear how you go about upgrading the forks?
Also if anybody has recommendations on tyres it would be great to hear them. I almost slipped off the edge of a trail on my list ride, the tyres grip just gave out on me in the loose mud.
Tribey
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I went out around the green lanes of South Devon yesterday and stopped at The Clipper at Shaldon for a bacon bap.
I met two other eMTB riders on the lanes, which is a first in this area, one who'd picked up a puncture and didn't have any repair kit. I run tubeless, and carry a tube, but this chap had a Levo running 29s. Hope you got home OK Richard.
I met two other eMTB riders on the lanes, which is a first in this area, one who'd picked up a puncture and didn't have any repair kit. I run tubeless, and carry a tube, but this chap had a Levo running 29s. Hope you got home OK Richard.
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