Recent content by Mr CRUD

I’m in turbo all the time. I ride ebikes for the speed.

I will stay FF thanks. If raw speed is your thing, FF wins every time. Plus, if you go for a "light" e-bike and take a range extender, you are nearly right back to the weight of a FF. The Orbea is a beautiful-looking bike though. Great proportions. Just way too slow for me.

My solution... 2 x 504 batteries (a spare in the backpack) and loads of flat out boost riding. Lots of fun, no battery angst!

Going by prose and technical detail of your posts, this may well be the real Zak. ???

One reason why my e-bikes run flawlessly might well be that I sponge-wash only, straight after every ride, and always keep them in my heated man-cave. A wet bike sat in a cold shed is a recipe for problems.

And less troublesome??? And it's really not noisy, unless you are a pedant.

But... I excessively use turbo (90% of the time) and don't add any extra water protection. And seriously have not had any probs with my Shimano 8000.

I have had nothing but 100% reliable fun out of my 3 heavily-abused Shimano motors. To such an extent that I will not buy another make. The Shimano is perfect. They are only upgrading it next year for marketing reasons, I would imagine. I am also sticking to external 500 batteries. So easy to...

Same here. had 2 bikes with Shimano motors. Bullet (and water) proof. So good all-round I would be very reluctant to buy a non-shimano bike. My current commencal has 2,000 HARD miles, always turbo, and battery-motor are like new.

Shimano motor on full boost at all times. I take a spare battery if I'm going out for over 1 hour. I like going as fast as possible.

I had Di2 on another e-bike and loved it, but would MUCH rather have a cable rear mech as I have at the moment, simply because it's so much more fixable than e-shifters. And cheaper to replace! Go Di2 if you ride modest trails and want to spend money, but stay with cables if you ride hard.

No Clunks or Pops on my Shimano 8000 setup after 1,200 km. Still as sweet as new, and also no play in the crank. And I run it on turbo mode 90% of the time. I'm sure other systems are good, but I will stick with what I know. Took the side cover off yesterday. Absolutely caked in mud from 6...

My bike came with Di2. Works great and has done for 500km off-road, but I'd still prefer a cable system. So fixable!

Perhaps we should have a general "Manufacturers Support" thread, calling out bad service. I have a Commencal and a Lapierre. Small niggles on both bikes were fixed by the manufacturer (Commencal) and Importer (Raleigh-LaPierre) IMMEDIATELY. I was delighted with the response from both companies...

I urge @Rob Hancill to take the hint and do a review of trackers and location devices very soon. That would be a very useful service. There seems to be a lot of experience already on this site, so he'd be off to a flying start. (y) Go for it Rob! I ride almost always on my own, flat-out, and...