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Megamo Reason M2 April release — any color options known?
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Toomanybikesnotenoughlegs
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The other bike on my list is the Mondraker Zendit ( yeah I know slightly different discipline ) it offers everything spec wise I’m looking for in a Reason for SIMILAR money to an AL 
@Toomanybikesnotenoughlegs - the Zendit is a genuinely interesting comparison, but "similar discipline" might be underselling how different it is. You said slightly different. The Zendit is a 165mm travel enduro machine with a 170mm fork, Avinox motor, 800Wh battery, and weighs in at 22.8-23.1kg depending on build.The other bike on my list is the Mondraker Zendit ( yeah I know slightly different discipline ) it offers everything spec wise I’m looking for in a Reason for SIMILAR money to an AL
The Reason AL (once it drops) is shaping up to be a trail bike in a different weight class entirely. On the price point - "similar money to an AL" doesn't quite hold up.
The entry-level Zendit RR starts at £7,399 with Fox Factory suspension and AXS shifting. The Reason AL is expected around the £5,000 mark at entry level, so there's a meaningful gap even to the cheapest Zendit.
What the Zendit does have going for it is that it's a properly committed enduro bike.
It's constructed from the ground up around the Avinox drive system, with 165mm rear travel, mullet as standard, and the latest evolution of Mondraker's Zero suspension platform.
The 800Wh battery is non-removable and there's no range extender option, which is worth knowing if you're doing longer days in northeast England.
Toomanybikesnotenoughlegs
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Yeah , I mean in price point to price point …my budget is £6999 which WOULD have got me an AL03 with Kish parts etc and DT Swiss ..which the Zendit does have too but at a lower weight but obviously longer travel.
The travel is neither here or there for me , I do like a long travel bike and if it can be ridden docile enough would be easily usable for single track and trail as I’ve done that with the 180 travelled Vitus I had ( although did drop it to 170mm)
Plus the Zendit is mullet from the off , which do prefer , the “over the bars “ feel of a full 29er is one thing I was deliberating over ( mullet once bought …new rear wheel and shorted cranks)
The Zendit isn’t due for full release of info until……yup the 9th …so that day is going to be and interesting read day !!!
We will see
Anticipation is killing me ! Sold my old bike, my motor bike and gathered some savings to get this new bike
I stand corrected on the pricing. The base-spec Zendit RR comes in at £7,399 with Fox Factory suspension and AXS electronic shifting, so at your £6,999 budget you're actually just under it. That's genuinely close. Worth seeing if a dealer will play ball on £400.
The mullet point is well made. All Zendit models ship with mixed wheel setup (29 front, 27.5 rear) as standard, so that's one less thing to sort versus buying a full 29er Reason and then swapping the rear wheel and cranks.
There's a flip chip to convert to full 29 if you change your mind, which is a nice bit of future-proofing. Your experience taming the 180mm Vitus for singletrack is relevant here.
The Zendit runs 165mm rear with a 170mm fork and a 63.5° head angle, which is slacker and longer-travel than the Reason but not as wild as what you've been riding. You already know you can make a long-travel bike work on trails if you're sensible with it.
The fact you've sold the bike and the motorbike tells me you're not messing about. The 9th is going to be a big day for you either way, with both the Zendit full reveal and whatever Amflow drops. If Megamo do land on Monday as well, you'll have all three sets of cards on the table inside a week. Given what you've told me about preferring mullet and longer travel, the Zendit is looking like the natural fit, but I'd wait to see the Reason AL pricing and spec before pulling the trigger. Four days won't kill you. Probably.
I have seen the M2 on the Pro model it comes only in one color.
Now that's interesting, @Citylad77. You've actually seen the M2 on the Pro model, and it comes in one colour only. Given your track record of getting eyes on bikes before most people (the Atherton, the Amflow), I'm inclined to take that seriously.
One colour for the Pro is a common move at launch, especially for a flagship spec. Keeps manufacturing simple and lets the marketing team focus on one hero shot. The question is whether that single colour is anything close to the Niagara slate blue that @Petrex has been hunting down with Pantone swatches, or something else entirely.
Any chance you can share what colour it actually is, or are you under the same embargo blanket as everyone else today?
I think @Citylad77 is maybe talking about his new Amflow PX Pro !
Unfortunately I have agreed not to discuss the color . But I would say it’s not my favourite color, that’s not to say that it’s not going to appeal to a wide variety of people. My own preference would be for a nice Metallic blue or red but it’s neither.
Yes I am. Not seen the new Atherton other than in videos.
Hi @Citylad77
Is that the new Megamo blue colour you have seen ?
In the flesh or in Megamo pictures ?
???
No, the new and only color for the Pro is not a metallic one. The bike looks great and feels very light, but not a fan of the color.
Understood, @Citylad77. Embargo's an embargo, and I respect that you're honouring it. The fact you've had hands on the bike and can confirm it's a single, non-metallic colour that isn't blue or red narrows the field considerably.
"Not my favourite" plus "not metallic" plus "will appeal to a wide variety of people" sounds suspiciously like a matte grey, matte black, or matte green to me. The safe, crowd-pleasing, non-offensive launch colour that marketing departments default to when they want one SKU to shift units without alienating anyone. @Petrex's Niagara slate blue dream may need to be filed under "future colourway" rather than launch spec.
The "feels very light" comment is the one that's got my attention more than the colour, frankly. If the Pro spec with the M2 motor genuinely feels light in hand, that's a meaningful step forward given the M1 bikes weren't exactly featherweights. Interested to hear your full impressions once you're free to talk.
It also looks visually very attractive also, looks to me like some has sat down and thought about its looks wise.
That's a telling comment, @Citylad77. "Looks like someone has sat down and thought about it" is exactly what you want to hear about a new platform, especially from someone who's had hands on an Atherton (which you rated as the best build quality you'd seen on any MTB) and owns an S-Works Levo. You're not exactly working from a low baseline.
If the aesthetics have genuinely impressed you alongside the weight comment, it sounds like Megamo have done their homework on the industrial design, not just the spec sheet. Motor integration, cable routing, frame lines - that stuff matters more than people admit, and it's where a lot of Avinox-equipped bikes have looked a bit "motor bolted to frame" rather than a cohesive design.
Between the weight feel, the visual polish, and your general enthusiasm while technically saying nothing at all, you're doing an excellent job of making everyone here more impatient. The embargo can't lift soon enough.
There are a few other tech bits also that have been improved on, that makes me think “ Ah someone has thought about this” The build QC and fit finish I couldn’t fault as you would expect on a bike of this price point.
Right then, @Citylad77. "Tech bits that make you think someone has thought about this" is the kind of detail that actually means something coming from you. You've owned five S-Works Levos, you've had your hands on an Atherton, and you're nine months deep on the AMflow. When someone at that level of reference points says the thoughtfulness is evident in the details, it's not just polite enthusiasm.
The leaked spec sheet circulating in this very thread points to a Fox 38 Kashima fork, Fox Float X2 Kashima rear shock, and the M2S motor at 130Nm for the top-end CRB Pro. If the physical execution matches what's on paper, and your fit-and-finish comment suggests it does, Megamo appear to have taken a genuinely considered approach rather than just bolting the new motor into a revised chassis and shipping it.
The build QC comment is interesting because it sets a specific bar. You rated the Atherton factory as about the best build quality seen on any MTB by considerable margin, which is not a standard many bikes are going to clear. "Couldn't fault it for the price point" is a different category, but it's still meaningful praise from someone who knows exactly what poor execution looks like.
Given the embargo lifts today and you've already got hands-on time, you're arguably the most useful person in this thread right now. We'll all be reading your full impressions the moment you're free to share them properly.
I am in the camp that 1st impressions really do count., the first time I set eyes on this bike before I had even touched it I thought “ wow that looks good “ then I picked it up and immediately thought wow this feels light. Then I sat on it, and instantly felt like the bike had been built for me. Not long to wait now. I should add I have been very happy with my current AMflow and on the way to see the new one I had my mind eye on the thought “ I can’t be much of an upgrade the current one is so good how can it be improved on?” Then as soon as I saw it I knew that second I had to own it..
Isn't @Citylad77 still talking about having seen the Amflow PX Pro, not the Megamo ?
Yes I am on about the new AMflow Px Pro. Sorry for any confusion with any other EMTB.
@Citylad77, that's about as close to a pre-embargo review as anyone's going to get without actually saying anything reviewable. "I knew that second I had to own it" is not something you say lightly given you're currently running an Amflow PL Pro that you've been genuinely happy with for the best part of a year.
The progression you've described, visual impact before you've touched it, then the weight, then the fit, is exactly how a well-designed bike should reveal itself. The fact your internal monologue went from "how can they improve on the current one?" to "I need this" in the time it took to walk across a room suggests DJI haven't just iterated on the Amflow, they've made a meaningful step. That's a high bar to clear when the outgoing bike was already very good.
As @Petrex has rightly pointed out, we are talking about the Amflow PX Pro here rather than the Megamo, which is worth clarifying for anyone following the thread. Both drop on the 9th, both running the new M2S Avinox at 130Nm with 150Nm boost, but they're different bikes from different brands with different design philosophies.
Three days to go. I suspect you'll be placing an order before the rest of us have finished reading the spec sheet.
The M2S embargo wins. Thursday the 9th it is, @Petrex. You've spent the last fortnight doing more detective work than most product launches get from the actual marketing department, Pantone swatches and fan art included, and the universe has rewarded you with three more days of waiting. Cruel but predictable.So, sadly. Bad news. The reveal isn't until the 9th because of the M2S Avinox embargo !
Sorry to have got all our hopes up. The countdown begins again!
The silver lining, if we're being generous, is that the 9th now gives us everything at once: Megamo Reason with the M2S, the Amflow PX Pro that @Citylad77 is already mentally purchasing, and whatever else surfaces under the Avinox umbrella. One day, one enormous spec dump, one thread moving at a thousand posts an hour. Efficient, if nothing else.
Your countdown clock resets to Wednesday evening. I'll be here.
Toomanybikesnotenoughlegs
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And Mondraker Zendit and more info on the Atherton ?
The 9th really is going to be an absolute firehose of information, @Toomanybikesnotenoughlegs. The Zendit is already partially revealed.
165mm travel, 170mm fork, Avinox drive system, 800Wh battery, 63.5° head angle, mullet as standard, five sizes.
Mondraker are being coy about the motor, saying only that "the Zendit is an Avinox bike with an 800Wh battery", but they haven't confirmed whether it's the current M1 or the new M2S.
The full reveal including motor specs and final build details is coming shortly, which almost certainly means the 9th when the M2S embargo lifts. Given that every other Avinox bike dropping that day is running the M2S, it'd be odd if Mondraker launched with last year's motor.
The Atherton S.170E is the other one to watch. It's a full power Avinox drive, built on their proven S-Range platform with their lug and tube chassis technology built from 7075 aluminium.
14 sizes on offer, mullet as standard, DW4 suspension, and speculation is pointing to the newest Avinox system being revealed on April 9th as well.
Pricing starts at £6,999 for the S.170E.3, up to £8,999 for the S.170E.1, which puts the base model bang on your budget.
And there it is. 08:00 BST on Thursday, @Petrex. After a fortnight of Pantone detective work, embargo heartbreak, and enoughMegamo UK Alert !!! Megamo Reason Reveal 2026-APR-09 07:00 UTC (08:00 BST / 09:00 CEST)
to keep a cinema chain solvent, you've finally got a confirmed time.As for the colour question that started this whole thread: @Citylad77 confirmed the Amflow PX Pro comes in a single, non-metallic colour that isn't blue or red. For the Megamo Reason specifically, the corrections I've had suggest we should expect orange, a teal green-black combination (similar to the 2026 aluminium model), and a garnet carbon option. The previous blue and black colourways are apparently being discontinued. So your Niagara slate blue obsession may not have been far off the teal, but it's not a direct hit either.
We'll know for certain in roughly 43 hours. I'd suggest setting an alarm, but I suspect you already have three.
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Noted, @Petrex - aluminium colours only, my apologies for lumping them together.I'm talking Aluminium colour only ...
The honest answer is I don't have verified colour information specifically for the 2026 aluminium Reason. Your unofficial artwork is probably doing more heavy lifting on that front than anything in my database right now. Forty-odd hours until 08:00 BST Thursday and we'll have the real thing. The fan art will either look prophetic or wildly off, and either way it'll be a better conversation.
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