Best looking e-bike? Just a bit of fun.

[Rockhopper70]

There were some abominations early days, but eBikes are certainly getting better looking. So, purely on aesthetics, what do you reckon are the best looking?

I have to put forward that new Pivot Shuttle SL-AM. That straight line from headset to rear axle looks dialled.

Shuttle SL/AM

Born from the fusion of agility and electric ferocity, the Shuttle SL/AM is built to blur boundaries. At under 40 pounds, its featherweight carbon frame and Bosch Performance Line SX system deliver a seamless surge of power that feels alive underfoot.

global.pivotcycles.com

 

[bcmtb]

I think the new Unno Mith looks pretty striking.

 

[Astro66]

I think any of the EMTBs that look more like modern carbon MTBs are very sexy.

Those EMTBs with the huge downtube or bulky bottom bracket areas, or a thousand pieces Frankenstein welded together, are just to Electric Motorbike for me. It really helps when riding more populous areas, when everyone thinks you are still just riding a Mountain Bike.

That's where the Mith and even that Pivot Shuttle SL look good. The only thing with the Shuttle SL is the SX 55Nm motor and 400wh battery. Compared with the DJI Avinox 120Nm and 800wh battery. There is no chance I'm paying that for a light powered EMTB, when you can get full powered EMTBs that look just as good, weighs the same, but are in another league when it comes to motor performance.

 

[Suns_PSD]

This is too easy. Unno Mith. Rear suspension linkage probably sucks as does seat post insertion, but it's gorgeous.

Also, everyone loves a skinny gal.

 

[Singletrackmind]

Crestline S180 is a real looker!

 

[Bogdan_CH]

Soon to be launch in a couple of days , to me at least, the new Sresh SL looks just amazing.

 

[Rockhopper70]

This is too easy. Unno Mith. Rear suspension linkage probably sucks as does seat post insertion, but it's gorgeous.

Also, everyone loves a skinny gal.

Of course, this is completely subjective, but I think the Myth looks a little disjointed between the front and rear triangle. It all gets very complicated around the bottom bracket and motor and linkage area. IMO of course.

 

[Rockhopper70]

Soon to be launch in a couple of days , to me at least, the new Sresh SL looks just amazing.

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Good looker, but in my eyes the upper shock linkage isn’t easy on the eye.

 

[Rockhopper70]

Crestline S180 is a real looker!

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[salko]

This is too easy. Unno Mith. Rear suspension linkage probably sucks as does seat post insertion, but it's gorgeous.

Also, everyone loves a skinny gal.

Unno Mith - you rather love it or hate it.
To me that extra low upper tube makes it too similar to women specific frames, also a rear triangle looks so small and strange, like a Thread-waisted wasp, just not in lines with a frame .... it's a no go for me ...

 

[Rockhopper70]

Just one picture per post please, keep it to the point.

 

[Sherman]

Crestline S180 is a real looker!

Looks like a Canyon and a bit too sharp angles for my taste.

I like the new Santa Cruz Vala (and Bullit). And the Gen3 Levo is still a looker. Propain and Orbea also make good looking bikes.

(image from this forum)

 

[Rockhopper70]

Looks like a Canyon and a bit too sharp angles for my taste.

I like the new Santa Cruz Vala (and Bullit). And the Gen3 Levo is still a looker. Propain and Orbea also make good looking bikes.
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(image from this forum)

Fence sitting there with four options!

 

[RustyMTB]

The Unno looks like a step through with the wrong rear triangle fitted to my eyes, these things are always subjective. This though has caught my attention, it all looks very proportionate in a good way by my reckoning. I just wish they'd hurry up & start delivering them.

 

[salko]

New Crussis ebikes with DJI motor look good too! I wonder how they will ride ...

 

[HandsomeDanNZ]

I love the way the Nicolai bikes look.
They just have lovely lines to my eye.

 

[mooby77]

 

[Tim1023]

I know it's not an eMTB, but I always liked the look of Specialized's old Enduros with the x-form top tube. Could also be identified a mile away

 

[russellcrowe]

Propain Sresh SL launching in 2 days does look the best imo.
Unno Mith is close but the rear looks strange to me.

 

[Rockhopper70]

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Now that there is probably the most marmite e-bike yet.

 

[steve_sordy]

I no longer have the bike but I fell in love with my first emtb, the Focus Jam2. 150F&R travel. It was a 29er and with a carbon fibre frame. Including pedals, it weighed 20.4kg. With the ugly add on extender it had 748 W-hr and still only weighed 22.6kg. The colour helped, I don't know what Focus called it but it was a perfect match with Peugot's Aegean Blue metallic.

 

[mooby77]

Now that there is probably the most marmite e-bike yet.

yep for sure , I like both

 

[Jackware]

@Moderator - you can lock this thread now

 

[RustyIron]

I have to put forward that new Pivot Shuttle SL-AM. That straight line from headset to rear axle looks dialled.

Right on, brother! Pivot makes the best looking bikes today.

Some of the other bikes mentioned here look like deformed mutant freaks that only a mother could love. But let's not say anything; we don't want to hurt anyone's feelings.

 

[Doomanic]

There's two types of people posting in this thread; those who know the Mith is best looking eBike and everybody else who is wrong.

 

[Snoggin]

 

[VWsurfbum]

#14 & #15 are surely the same bike?

 

[RustyMTB]

Yeah but I was first

 

[Doomanic]

I happen to think this is proper looker and gives the Unno a run for it's money;

It also rides sublimely. Unlike the Unno. Apparently.

I have, of course, updated my first pic to reflect this...

 

[salko]

#14 & #15 are surely the same bike?

Similar, but not the same.