Rubble
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Is no one buying? Can't find many users on FB, YouTbe or here.
Interested in people's experiences so far. Hoping to get one when £ allows. TIA
Interested in people's experiences so far. Hoping to get one when £ allows. TIA
As I've said on MTBR, I agree. The Relay is an amazing bike and I wouldn't switch if I were in your shoes but for others my personal experience has gone like this:I'm a huge Mondraker fan (have owned 2) and the Neat is a pretty special bike. However, I have to admit after riding my Relay F60 for a year, I just would not want a reduction in power and especially battery life.
Unfortunately, the TQ HP50 is very inefficient with its limited battery watts due to its unique design.
Francis Cebedo did climbs and measured how much battery juice was used with the different e-bikes and a quick calculation showed that the Fazua 60 models could have made the same climb about 6.5x more than the TQ HP (going off memory honestly). This is because of the smaller battery and the lower efficiency of the TQ.
I ran my Fazua down to 18% last weekend (most ever) and I just would not want a reduction in range and power. Unfortunately, power corrupts. I started off being adamant that my Relay would remain in the lowest setting and I was content like that for a long while. But as time went on, I began wanting more and more power and now use the middle and rocket setting much more.
It doesn't feel that way to me but that may explain why my XC bikes without a motor have been just as fast or faster on similar trails. I've spent most of my time riding it on trails that have a high level of tech climbing and rock gardens on the descents.Lots of detail there, thank you for sharing. Some say the bb is quite high which makes the handling good in chunky stuff but sub optimal on flow trails. Is that well founded?
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