Recent content by ntm95

Molicell m65a most likely. The 700wh variant they came up with is an evolutionary dead end due to the cell size. Most likely they went that way for ease of manufacturing. The 600wh format (10s3p) with molicell m65a’s I what I want to see. Comparable capacity/charge/discharge to the 700wh in a...

You’d be surprised how biased older racers are. If they had their best results in 2017 on relatively unbalanced geo of the day, they will build a bike that emulates that. Also, local terrain and usage for testing plays a large role.

This. Or at least ride an a170 first to get a taste for the general geo.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder... :p

I'm pretty biased, but an e-dreadnought would be the top of the list for me if I were either shopping for a small or xl, due to the their properly proportional f/r ratios. And the bike rips. Hard to find them though.

At your height, I wouldn't be looking at either of these bikes, as they're both quite compromised in the xl sizes for balance.

The orbea has a vastly superior f/r ratio in medium. The atherton in size 8 is close to 1.9, those are 2017 numbers...

My experience has been that there's not much difference between the current model 38, zeb, and rxf38. Slower speed comfort it's zeb, 38, then rxf. For pushing the pace, it's the opposite, as one would expect. It's shades of gray though. My old avalanche hybrid zeb still kicks all their asses...

Most important thing is good dropper post insertion to allow a reasonable stroke dropper, and size specific chainstays. My wife is 5'2", 110 pounds, and 48 years old. She rides a santa cruz heckler sl in size small and likes it alot. The extra mass of the e-bike actually makes her feel more...

Not a bad thing, the bosch wild was quite good, but certainly not the best rear kinematic I've rode in terms of descending performance. A more active mid stroke would be an improvement.

Longer reach has gone out of fashion as manufacturers have started to figure out f/r ratios and their importance. It was always a bandaid to get weight on the front wheel with ratios above 1.85. This is more of a generality as opposed to being specific to the kenevo sl though. It's not that bad...

Your mileage may vary, but there are modern geometry options that are dramatically faster down and up. It was a great bike for it's time, but specialized has been coasting pretty hard for the last six years.

I think you'll find at some point here that your derailleur is either bent or defective.

Which ext shock ? The older storia's have a bottom out spacer that people commonly used an adhesive to attach to the foam pad. It'd rattle around a bit on the shaft. Other than that, you should only be able to hear the squooshy noises.

The cells currently used in most e-bike/e-moto batteries are at least one, if not several generations behind. Simply changing to molicell 65's would result in a capacity and charge speed upgrade for every current battery, including the avinox's. And they drop right in to the existing battery...