Thanks for posting,
Atherton S.170E eMTB
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Rockhopper70
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My sons has the composite version and they are very good.
ericandrew
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I tried the plastic ones and wasn’t the biggest fan, the wife likes them…
I’m used to and like vaults, so that’s what I’ll use when not clipping in
I’m used to and like vaults, so that’s what I’ll use when not clipping in
Highland Wheels
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One of the best flats about imo. Nice and grippy, super strong and fairly thin to help with ground clearance
Have always been my go to flat even since the originals
A glued together frame,yuk,looks very 90,sThe other thread seems totally convoluted and presently full of none relevant conversation.
Original thread : Atherton Dyf-E bike coming soon...
Therefore, here's a thread relevant to the actual bike.
Tidied up image from @GatorXman
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Launches April 2026. Pre-orders are open now for the first 50 bikes (Total £8999 - S.170E.1 / S.170E-2 - £7799 / £6999 - S.170E.3), with delivery scheduled for April and May. (Deposit £1000, Balance due 30/03/26) - Example Pre order S.170E.1 bike : Fox Factory suspension and SRAM X0 Eagle Transmission
Atherton bikes direct link :
S.170E.1
Full-power Avinox drive. Fox Factory suspension. A bonded 7075 aluminium chassis built for big mountain riding and self-shuttling your favourite enduro tracks.Our EMTB's are only available to UK and European customers. We plan to expand distribution in 2027...www.athertonbikes.com
Basic Specs :
Avinox drive unit
Full-sized battery inside downtube
DW4 suspension with 170mm rear wheel travel, 180mm fork, and MX wheels
63.6° head angle, 75.6-77.6° seat angle, 435-445mm chainstays
Machined lugs and 7075 alloy tubes
12 sizes, 405-515 mm reach
Mavic E Deemax mullet wheels, Hayes Dominion A4 brakes, and FSA Gradient cockpit
All sizes will have the same size battery - battery size yet to be confirmed.
Geo :
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Horrid looking thing
Looks like it’s worth the wait then
They have resolved the head tube entry ports so we can run with left hand rear brake. CoolBike is here and together, I'm away for the weekend so first ride will have to wait ,View attachment 186518
Thought they all came with conti tyres. Did you swap them?Bike is here and together, I'm away for the weekend so first ride will have to wait ,
Yeah it's much betterThey have resolved the head tube entry ports so we can run with left hand rear brake. Cool
Yeah it's the spare wheel set for my other bike.
Just thought I'd try it on familiar tyres first thing
Congratulations! I'd have mine in the house till the first ride so I could amireBike is here and together, I'm away for the weekend so first ride will have to wait ,
Anyways, enjoy
First ride out on the bike was great. I've been worried it was just to much bike but that doesn't seem to be the case at all. Very easy to manoeuvre and jump around on the trail. I didn't go mad, I deliberately went out with a bag full of tools and forgot my pads.
Setup the suspension to the recommended settings and changed auto to 3 to 11 after watching a couple of videos. Everything else as it was..
I think I normally ride a bit over the front fork but found I don't need to put as much weight on the front of this bike.
I dropped about 10 psi out of the fork (137 down to 127) and reduced lsc 2 clicks, added 5psi to the shock upto 230 , rolled the bars fwd a tiny bit then it felt really balanced. I'm about 83kg for info and this is a size 8. Rebound on the shock is just a bit too quick so I'll be adjusting that but the trailhead rockshox app seems pretty accurate.
The motor is pretty much ridiculous in that auto mode. The 12 mile loop took me under an hour, I'm sure it's normally 1.5 to 2 hrs
I set Strava to public briefly, think I had a KOM, several top 5s and that was just auto, I did drop it into turbo on one of the road climbs we call alp d'huez and it was bouncing off the speed limiter.
Even the saddle seemed pretty comfy despite not looking it to me
Anyway extremely happy overall
. It did flash up a motor power restricted warning after about 20 mins, on off cleared it and didn't come back so I'll keep an eye on that.
edit - Battery usgae for this was 38%, so by my calcs 38% for 1473 ft would be 3880ft for 100% or about 1150m. I'll definetly be turning it down for day to day rides though.
Setup the suspension to the recommended settings and changed auto to 3 to 11 after watching a couple of videos. Everything else as it was..
I think I normally ride a bit over the front fork but found I don't need to put as much weight on the front of this bike.
I dropped about 10 psi out of the fork (137 down to 127) and reduced lsc 2 clicks, added 5psi to the shock upto 230 , rolled the bars fwd a tiny bit then it felt really balanced. I'm about 83kg for info and this is a size 8. Rebound on the shock is just a bit too quick so I'll be adjusting that but the trailhead rockshox app seems pretty accurate.
The motor is pretty much ridiculous in that auto mode. The 12 mile loop took me under an hour, I'm sure it's normally 1.5 to 2 hrs
I set Strava to public briefly, think I had a KOM, several top 5s and that was just auto, I did drop it into turbo on one of the road climbs we call alp d'huez and it was bouncing off the speed limiter.
Even the saddle seemed pretty comfy despite not looking it to me
Anyway extremely happy overall
. It did flash up a motor power restricted warning after about 20 mins, on off cleared it and didn't come back so I'll keep an eye on that.edit - Battery usgae for this was 38%, so by my calcs 38% for 1473 ft would be 3880ft for 100% or about 1150m. I'll definetly be turning it down for day to day rides though.
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The main climb to the top of Hawes trail system here in Arizona is also named Alpe d'Huez!First ride out on the bike was great. I've been worried it was just to much bike but that doesn't seem to be the case at all. Very easy to manoeuvre and jump around on the trail. I didn't go mad, I deliberately went out with a bag full of tools and forgot my pads.
Setup the suspension to the recommended settings and changed auto to 3 to 11 after watching a couple of videos. Everything else as it was..
I think I normally ride a bit over the front fork but found I don't need to put as much weight on the front of this bike.
I dropped about 10 psi out of the fork (137 down to 127) and reduced lsc 2 clicks, added 5psi to the shock upto 230 , rolled the bars fwd a tiny bit then it felt really balanced. I'm about 83kg for info and this is a size 8. Rebound on the shock is just a bit too quick so I'll be adjusting that but the trailhead rockshox app seems pretty accurate.
The motor is pretty much ridiculous in that auto mode. The 12 mile loop took me under an hour, I'm sure it's normally 1.5 to 2 hrs
I set Strava to public briefly, think I had a KOM, several top 5s and that was just auto, I did drop it into turbo on one of the road climbs we call alp d'huez and it was bouncing off the speed limiter.
Even the saddle seemed pretty comfy despite not looking it to me
Anyway extremely happy overall
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Love the Atherton. Good luck with it.
With regards to Motor Power warning, I had this on my Pro go into advanced settings and turn off the “ extreme elevation setting” Basically if it detects the bike angle is to steep itFirst ride out on the bike was great. I've been worried it was just to much bike but that doesn't seem to be the case at all. Very easy to manoeuvre and jump around on the trail. I didn't go mad, I deliberately went out with a bag full of tools and forgot my pads.
Setup the suspension to the recommended settings and changed auto to 3 to 11 after watching a couple of videos. Everything else as it was..
I think I normally ride a bit over the front fork but found I don't need to put as much weight on the front of this bike.
I dropped about 10 psi out of the fork (137 down to 127) and reduced lsc 2 clicks, added 5psi to the shock upto 230 , rolled the bars fwd a tiny bit then it felt really balanced. I'm about 83kg for info and this is a size 8. Rebound on the shock is just a bit too quick so I'll be adjusting that but the trailhead rockshox app seems pretty accurate.
The motor is pretty much ridiculous in that auto mode. The 12 mile loop took me under an hour, I'm sure it's normally 1.5 to 2 hrs
I set Strava to public briefly, think I had a KOM, several top 5s and that was just auto, I did drop it into turbo on one of the road climbs we call alp d'huez and it was bouncing off the speed limiter.
Even the saddle seemed pretty comfy despite not looking it to me
Anyway extremely happy overall
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my pro did the same. You can go into the advanced settings and switch off the elevation mode. This fixed the issue. Hope this helpsFirst ride out on the bike was great. I've been worried it was just to much bike but that doesn't seem to be the case at all. Very easy to manoeuvre and jump around on the trail. I didn't go mad, I deliberately went out with a bag full of tools and forgot my pads.
Setup the suspension to the recommended settings and changed auto to 3 to 11 after watching a couple of videos. Everything else as it was..
I think I normally ride a bit over the front fork but found I don't need to put as much weight on the front of this bike.
I dropped about 10 psi out of the fork (137 down to 127) and reduced lsc 2 clicks, added 5psi to the shock upto 230 , rolled the bars fwd a tiny bit then it felt really balanced. I'm about 83kg for info and this is a size 8. Rebound on the shock is just a bit too quick so I'll be adjusting that but the trailhead rockshox app seems pretty accurate.
The motor is pretty much ridiculous in that auto mode. The 12 mile loop took me under an hour, I'm sure it's normally 1.5 to 2 hrs
I set Strava to public briefly, think I had a KOM, several top 5s and that was just auto, I did drop it into turbo on one of the road climbs we call alp d'huez and it was bouncing off the speed limiter.
Even the saddle seemed pretty comfy despite not looking it to me
Anyway extremely happy overall
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Thank you for taking the time to write this up! How was battery consumption?First ride out on the bike was great. I've been worried it was just to much bike but that doesn't seem to be the case at all. Very easy to manoeuvre and jump around on the trail. I didn't go mad, I deliberately went out with a bag full of tools and forgot my pads.
Setup the suspension to the recommended settings and changed auto to 3 to 11 after watching a couple of videos. Everything else as it was..
I think I normally ride a bit over the front fork but found I don't need to put as much weight on the front of this bike.
I dropped about 10 psi out of the fork (137 down to 127) and reduced lsc 2 clicks, added 5psi to the shock upto 230 , rolled the bars fwd a tiny bit then it felt really balanced. I'm about 83kg for info and this is a size 8. Rebound on the shock is just a bit too quick so I'll be adjusting that but the trailhead rockshox app seems pretty accurate.
The motor is pretty much ridiculous in that auto mode. The 12 mile loop took me under an hour, I'm sure it's normally 1.5 to 2 hrs
I set Strava to public briefly, think I had a KOM, several top 5s and that was just auto, I did drop it into turbo on one of the road climbs we call alp d'huez and it was bouncing off the speed limiter.
Even the saddle seemed pretty comfy despite not looking it to me
Anyway extremely happy overall
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Sorry I should have said, that was 38% used
Was hoping to take mine to the Alps end of next week but just had a message saying it will be ready on 3rd July so just too late 
SkullDuggery
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Would have been nice, always next time though.Was hoping to take mine to the Alps end of next week but just had a message saying it will be ready on 3rd July so just too late
What batch was your order in?
I’m in batch 3, I was previously told mid July - although I still haven’t received any specific ETA yet (likely going to be delayed also).
Cheers
Unlucky man. Have a nice time anyway. Some of us are stuck in the UK (a flat bit).Was hoping to take mine to the Alps end of next week but just had a message saying it will be ready on 3rd July so just too late
Am batch 2 #75. Was told built 18th June for collection the week after so not delayed by too much, just enough!!
Was hoping it would be ready based on the date given a month ago.
It will be something to look forward to when I get back.
Nothing wrong with my current Decoy so will have a blast in that regardless.
Mine is batch 2 #75 and I am collecting it week today.
SkullDuggery
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I'm in batch 3, I still haven't gotten a fixed ETA.
First it was mid July, now it's approx end of July / August - but they still cannot commit to a date yet... Busting to have it for the summer
I was miffed when mine slipped a week. Currently in the Swiss Alps on my Decoy. Picking the new bike up on my way home.I'm in batch 3, I still haven't gotten a fixed ETA.
First it was mid July, now it's approx end of July / August - but they still cannot commit to a date yet... Busting to have it for the summer
They seemed pretty keen to get it out of the door so hopefully they are ramping up production.
SkullDuggery
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I'm considering fitting a EXT, but I'll ride it as is first then decide.
With it being the DW4 link I think it a coil will only improve it IMO..
Although interested to hear anyone's first hand experience..
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Have a Telum coil to go on mine.
Had the bike a couple of weeks now.
It's my first emtb and I chose the bike not the motor, not going lie though I was happy it was coming with the m2s.
Started mountain biking in 2000, mainly XC due to my local area being pretty flat, although lots of enduro in Wales over the last 10 years, was worried about the weight of a full power bike but so far I been able to throw it round no problem, and the handling is excellent so felt comfortable on the bike from the first ride.
The power is mad, but I'm loving it, rode scramblers in the 90s and this is bringing it all back. I'll definitely be winding it in, probably copy the new orbea wild settings as far as possible, hopefully the new parameters trickle down to the non RS versions. For now I've got enough to get my head around getting used to having a motor at all. And, being used to the weight of a motorbike the Athy weighs nothing.
I was on the fence for many years, I accepted eebs as a different sport and just thought I'd join in when I turned 60, but recently a mate who's 10 years younger reminded me you only live once, so here I am smashing round on a grin machine.
V. quiet, both up and down, could ride with a friend on an MTB and they wouldn't noticeably hear the motor. Seems silent except at 120nm and above. No noise downhill, long may that last, my mate still complains about the rattle on his gen 4 Bosch motor every other ride I see them...
Safe to say, whilst I have no comparison, the bike is amazing. The Atherton team know how to make a bike, and now I get to enjoy that on the way up as much as the way down.
It's my first emtb and I chose the bike not the motor, not going lie though I was happy it was coming with the m2s.
Started mountain biking in 2000, mainly XC due to my local area being pretty flat, although lots of enduro in Wales over the last 10 years, was worried about the weight of a full power bike but so far I been able to throw it round no problem, and the handling is excellent so felt comfortable on the bike from the first ride.
The power is mad, but I'm loving it, rode scramblers in the 90s and this is bringing it all back. I'll definitely be winding it in, probably copy the new orbea wild settings as far as possible, hopefully the new parameters trickle down to the non RS versions. For now I've got enough to get my head around getting used to having a motor at all. And, being used to the weight of a motorbike the Athy weighs nothing.
I was on the fence for many years, I accepted eebs as a different sport and just thought I'd join in when I turned 60, but recently a mate who's 10 years younger reminded me you only live once, so here I am smashing round on a grin machine.
V. quiet, both up and down, could ride with a friend on an MTB and they wouldn't noticeably hear the motor. Seems silent except at 120nm and above. No noise downhill, long may that last, my mate still complains about the rattle on his gen 4 Bosch motor every other ride I see them...
Safe to say, whilst I have no comparison, the bike is amazing. The Atherton team know how to make a bike, and now I get to enjoy that on the way up as much as the way down.
