Opinion on a trek fuel+ or norco fluid vlt c2

[Zuninet]

I’m really torn on these two bikes, I have an opportunity on a demo fluid vlt c2 performance for 6500 Canadian or wait it out for a sale in the fuel+ next year. Has anyone ridden both and have an opinion?

Most of my rides are 15-25k and 500m of vertical

Thanks!

 

[Bogdan_CH]

If 500m vertical are your rides , you can go for the outgoing exe, thay 360wh battery would be enough. Still, the new Fuel+ is really sick

 

[mtnrider]

I have not ridden either but If I was in your shoes I think I would wait for the Fuel+, it's got some pretty impressive stats and a little larger battery. It just won the loam Wolf lightweight EMTB shootout, you might want to watch that on youtube.

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[F4Flyer]

Fuel +...likely I will get that and get ride of my Shuttle AM next year.

 

[JP-NZ]

I’m really torn on these two bikes, I have an opportunity on a demo fluid vlt c2 performance for 6500 Canadian or wait it out for a sale in the fuel+ next year. Has anyone ridden both and have an opinion?

Most of my rides are 15-25k and 500m of vertical

Thanks!

Well thats a Sharp price on the Norco, and I doubt you could get a carbon Fuel+ EX for similar money.

IMO its Bosch SX vs TQ HPR 60. The Bosch will get you up the hill much faster, I don't think for $6.5k you could get much close to that Norco

 

[Cyclopath1000]

As an exe owner, the real deciding issue is the durabilities of both motors. Tq 30 has some serious issues with clutch/possible water intrusion of the right sided main bearing which according to reports does in the clutch(spragg). Whether the issue is resolved by the new version remains to be seen. Also they added a bracket with cooling fins.

I am unaware of Bosch cooling issues.

I currently own two e mountain bikes. These 2 year warranties are the issue here. Trek kindly got me a new engine post warrenty by 1-2 months and I hope they continue with coverage of new engines.

When I replaced my COMMENCAL meta e8000 at 5k miles I didn’t bother with a warrenty claim and paid $1200 direct from COMMENCAL for a new one. At the time I replaced all bearings, rear hub driver, drive train etc etc which was over $3k. The bike has 1400 miles since and basically runs perfect with the fact that this early Shimano version lacks engine tuning so I can’t easily add power to trail via a simple tuning app like tq provides as well as later Shimano versions so I basically ride it in boost. It’s a damn powerful item in boost vs the tq which really works best with everything maxed on the tuning app but maybe that’s why my first tq30 had such a short life(1500 miles). So the unknown is durability. My advice on buying a $6k and above is to make sure you can buy a new engine post warrenty for approx $1k and simply plan on it will the pinion or other actually demonstrate durability is an open question. If tq is the epitome of German engineering and manufacturing then it’s unfortunately a two wheel version of a 2 liter Audi. Works great until it’s impossible to fix.