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    Hob Nob replied to the thread Forbidden DreadNought E.
    Yeah doing ‘hot’ battery swaps wouldn’t be the quickest, not the worst either but I wouldn’t want to do it regularly. My 10spd setup so...
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    My office is about 50m down the garden, so it’s a bit pointless 😆 My physical offices are in London, Tokyo or California, so also not...
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    Hob Nob replied to the thread Forbidden DreadNought E.
    That’s the one thing I will miss. I won’t miss much else about it though. Keeping it on my Fuel+ & naturally aspirated bike though...
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    Hob Nob replied to the thread Forbidden DreadNought E.
    I’ve just got the bits for my 10spd setup. XTR M980 shifter XTR rear mech with Saint M820 short cage SRAM XG 1080 cassette. KMC E10...
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    Honestly. What’s a load of of guff. We have bikes in our garage with G5 Bosch motors, Avinox M1’s & and M2S & I can’t think of one...
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    Still haven’t changed my view on this bike, the TQ system & its versatility. Happy to rate it as one of the top 5 bikes I’ve ridden...
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    Hob Nob replied to the thread Forbidden DreadNought E.
    Hoping for a modern version of EX1 (really don’t need anything bigger than a 36T cassette on a modern EMTB groupset). I’d even given up...
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    Hob Nob replied to the thread Forbidden DreadNought E.
    It was either this one or the base spec colour for me, but given I was using up some favour tokens, I didn’t have a lot of choice. I...
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    Hob Nob replied to the thread Forbidden DreadNought E.
    Yep will be keeping the Druid as my other half mostly rides that & I just steal it as & when I feel like it.
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    Hob Nob replied to the thread Forbidden DreadNought E.
    I have both. They are very different beasts. The Druid is a very capable bike, and in the builds they did (Zebs / Vivid) it’s probably...
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    I guess I put my money where my mouth is & have a Dreadnought. But equally I would have the new Whyte Karve. I’m not super driven to...
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    Hob Nob replied to the thread Forbidden DreadNought E.
    It’s almost a like for like build against the Mith I had & it’s heavier than that (giving some away on the motor & clearly the frame is...
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    I’m not an owner of a Mith but I have spent a lot of time riding one over a couple of periods in the last 7/8 months. It is undoubtedly...
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    Hob Nob replied to the thread Forbidden DreadNought E.
    So my frame arrived yesterday & I spent the evening building it up. Ended up at 22.8kg as it is. Went for a quick shakedown ride today &...
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    Hob Nob replied to the thread Forbidden DreadNought E.
    That’s the beauty of the bike market now, it’s not just cookie cutter designs with a different logo on the front of the head tube. If...
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