Nbd...Whyte ELyte EVO RS

[Mikerb]

Just bought the above and had my first ride on it so thought I would give some feedback.
I am 6ft (183 cm) and I am about 70kg rider weight kitted up and the bike is size large.
Firstly in terms of aesthetics the bike is immaculate and very eye catching in a gloss aquamarine and black colour scheme. It has the latest Bosch CX motor and all the latest updates were installed....so 120nm/750w max.
My preparation work included fitting RRP Proguard mudguards, setting up the suspension, converting to tubeless, fitting my Ergon SME Mountain Sport saddle and using Flow to tune the modes.
Converting to tubeless was easy as the WTB wheels are ready taped and the Maxxis tyres easy to remove and refit.
In terms of tune I like to just use emtb for the majority of any ride offroad and tour for any road sections I have ride. That is how I set up my Whyte E160 RSX which has the gen 4 motor. So on the ELyte with the Gen 5 motor these are my current settings (assist/ dynamic/ nm/ watts)
Turbo 5/3 ,120nm/750w
EMTB 5/3, 95nm/ 600w
Tour 3/2 , 90nm / 450w
ECO 1/1 90nm/ 400w.

So to the ride review. This was a country ride so no drops or jumps but plenty of non technical climbs and fast twisty single track in the mix. Suspension was super plush ( the Lyric is a great fork) handling superb and DB8 brakes plenty powerful enough. The 2.5 Maxxis DHF/DHR combo set at 23f/25r) added to the comfort and performed predictably well. Manual T Type transmission was also good. I had both main battery and extender fully charged, covered 18.55 miles with 1350 ft of climbing and used EMTB for the majority of the ride with just one short climb against a stiff wind in turbo, and used 50% battery.
The only change I intend to make is to reduce the bars from 800 to 770.
A great bike in my opinion certainly as a trail bike and feels capable of handling more than this ride required........how much more is yet to be discovered!

 

[jpgell70]

Just bought the above and had my first ride on it so thought I would give some feedback.
I am 6ft (183 cm) and I am about 70kg rider weight kitted up and the bike is size large.
Firstly in terms of aesthetics the bike is immaculate and very eye catching in a gloss aquamarine and black colour scheme. It has the latest Bosch CX motor and all the latest updates were installed....so 120nm/750w max.
My preparation work included fitting RRP Proguard mudguards, setting up the suspension, converting to tubeless, fitting my Ergon SME Mountain Sport saddle and using Flow to tune the modes.
Converting to tubeless was easy as the WTB wheels are ready taped and the Maxxis tyres easy to remove and refit.
In terms of tune I like to just use emtb for the majority of any ride offroad and tour for any road sections I have ride. That is how I set up my Whyte E160 RSX which has the gen 4 motor. So on the ELyte with the Gen 5 motor these are my current settings (assist/ dynamic/ nm/ watts)
Turbo 5/3 ,120nm/750w
EMTB 5/3, 95nm/ 600w
Tour 3/2 , 90nm / 450w
ECO 1/1 90nm/ 400w.

So to the ride review. This was a country ride so no drops or jumps but plenty of non technical climbs and fast twisty single track in the mix. Suspension was super plush ( the Lyric is a great fork) handling superb and DB8 brakes plenty powerful enough. The 2.5 Maxxis DHF/DHR combo set at 23f/25r) added to the comfort and performed predictably well. Manual T Type transmission was also good. I had both main battery and extender fully charged, covered 18.55 miles with 1350 ft of climbing and used EMTB for the majority of the ride with just one short climb against a stiff wind in turbo, and used 50% battery.
The only change I intend to make is to reduce the bars from 800 to 770.
A great bike in my opinion certainly as a trail bike and feels capable of handling more than this ride required........how much more is yet to be discovered!

I do like Whyte bikes, had a few acoustic over the years. I've got a Karve on order, currently Jan27 for delivery, I might look at one of these instead. Anyway enjoy your NBD, and let us know more

 

[irie]

So to the ride review. This was a country ride so no drops or jumps but plenty of non technical climbs and fast twisty single track in the mix. Suspension was super plush ( the Lyric is a great fork) handling superb and DB8 brakes plenty powerful enough. The 2.5 Maxxis DHF/DHR combo set at 23f/25r) added to the comfort and performed predictably well. Manual T Type transmission was also good. I had both main battery and extender fully charged, covered 18.55 miles with 1350 ft of climbing and used EMTB for the majority of the ride with just one short climb against a stiff wind in turbo, and used 50% battery.
The only change I intend to make is to reduce the bars from 800 to 770.
A great bike in my opinion certainly as a trail bike and feels capable of handling more than this ride required........how much more is yet to be discovered!

Agree about the Lyrik (I prefer Lyrik to Zeb). I remember reading this:

https://nsmb.com/articles/2023-rockshox-forks/

"RockShox claims the Zeb is 21.5% stiffer torsionally than the previous Lyrik chassis and the new MY23 Lyrik is 20% stiffer torsionally than the same fork. With the focus on torsional stiffness, I think this is a solid reason for anyone weighing performance v. weight to purchase a 35mm stanchion 160mm travel Lyrik over a 38mm stanchion 160mm travel Zeb."

Also use 23f/25r for our Assegai/DHR2 tyres.

Suspension is coil shock and 160mm coil Lyrik.

Edit: have a black Zeb A2 160mm (with spare 170mm air shaft), didn't like it. (For sale if anyone wants it with spare 170mm air shaft).

 

[Mikerb]

I do like Whyte bikes, had a few acoustic over the years. I've got a Karve on order, currently Jan27 for delivery, I might look at one of these instead. Anyway enjoy your NBD, and let us know more

I will! Let me know any info you need if you decide to go for this bike.
I ride a large E160 RSX and the reach is about the same but because my body form is long legs and a compartively shorter torso I use 50mm riser bars at 770 wide on that bike..........but on the Elyte stack is bigger and seat tube steeper so I am comfortable with the stock bars also cut to 770. I am not that interested in ride stats etc so perfectly happy with the basic controller and uncluttered bars. There are of course options to add a screen if you want....Kiox 400c with surround or bar mounted Kiox 300 with a bit of cabling and probably a change of left side grommet to handle 3 cables. One other mod I intend doing is to add some protection to the front of the down tube....probably a rubber one rather than 3m etc.