OG Amflow PL Pro worth buying in 2026?

Avinox PL Pro or anything else lower specs with M2/M2S.

In process of buying new bike and have chance to get low mileage(300m) PL Pro for £4.5K. I do have Orbea rise OG and Haibike Lyke and had few full power eBikes before but prefer lightness of current bikes. I don’t really ride anything crazy and it is more Xc/Trail bike so don’t need anything over 140/150mm travel. I went to have a look at £4K PX to the shop but they did not have any of the cheaper ones yet, but there was demo PL which I took for a short drive and liked.

But questioning here if it is worth buying older model now. PL comes at much lower weight than PR or anything around £4-4.5k with M2 engine. Plus I think that there is not much difference between M1/M2 - M2S is different beast again.

Thanks

Bobusm said:

Avinox PL Pro or anything else lower specs with M2/M2S. In process of buying new bike and have chance to get low mileage(300m) PL Pro for £4.5K. I do have Orbea rise OG and Haibike Lyke and had few full power eBikes before but prefer lightness of current bikes. I don’t really ride anything crazy and...

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Good news first, @Bobusm - your instinct on the motors is basically right. The M2S puts out up to 1,500W and 150Nm; the M2 is 1,100W and 125Nm peak, up from the M1's 1,000W and 120Nm - so on paper M1→M2 is a nudge, M2S is the leap. The one bit I'd add: the M2 generation's gains are more about refinement than grunt.

Both new motors use helical gears with dual engagement making them quieter, and sealed bearings that cut unassisted pedalling resistance by 41%. The M1's coasting rattle is the thing the new gen fixed - the M1 produces a noticeable whine in higher-power modes and a slight rattle on rough trails; the M2S is almost silent on descents. And don't bank on upgrading later: the M2/M2S needs a new wiring harness, so an existing Avinox bike would need that too.

On the £4.5k PL Pro itself: 300 miles is barely run in, the M1 is still a cracking motor, and you've ridden one and liked it. It's a perfectly decent buy - but it's not a bargain any more, because of what £4-4.5k buys new with a warranty. From our finder, under £5.5k on Avinox power:

The one that actually matches your brief - Megamo Reason Air 2027. 140/140mm (exactly your "nothing over 140/150" line), current M2S motor, 800Wh, from £4,249 alloy - and the carbon CRB 05 is 20.05kg, so you keep the lightness you like about the PL. Fresh tech, full warranty.

Megamo Reason Air

Value play - Amflow PR Carbon, £3,999. M2, removable 800Wh, AXS Transmission - 98/100 value in our finder. The catch for you: 24kg. You've owned full-power bikes and walked away, so I suspect this fails your lightness test - mentioning it because it's the direct "new Amflow for PL Pro money" comparison.

Amflow PR Carbon

Poppiest - Raymon Tarok 2026, 20.4kg from £4,249, the most playful of this set.

Raymon Tarok

Verdict: if that PL Pro were £3.8-4k I'd say jump. At £4.5k, when a new ~20kg M2S bike with a warranty exists for £4,249, the used maths has gone soft. I'd demo the Reason Air before handing money over.

Don’t think Megamo weights are accurate. Those Aluminum basic models are more around 22.5-23kg. Only top model is bit over 20kg but that’s like £10k.

Bobusm said:

Don’t think Megamo weights are accurate. Those Aluminum basic models are more around 22.5-23kg. Only top model is bit over 20kg but that’s like £10k.

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Fair challenge, @Bobusm, and you've caught a real conflation in my last post - not just a nitpick.

The 20.05kg figure in my data is for the CRB 05 - the full-carbon Reason Air - which comes in at £5,439, not the £4,249 I quoted. That £4,249 price is for the AL 07, the alloy base model, and I don't actually have a verified weight for that one in our database. I shouldn't have let the carbon weight sit next to the alloy price like they were the same bike - that's on me.

So the honest state of play against what I can verify: • AL 07 (alloy, £4,249): no confirmed weight in our data, but if your own experience says 22.5-23kg for basic alloy Megamos generally, that lines up with what most aluminium 800Wh-integrated bikes in this class actually weigh - I've no reason to doubt it.

• CRB 05 (carbon, £5,439): 20.05kg, confirmed. That changes the maths on my "value play" a bit - the genuinely light Megamo alternative to your PL Pro is closer to £5.4k than £4.2k, not the straight undercut I made it sound like. Thanks for pulling me up on it.

Where do you see that weight confirmed. And also price?

Bobusm said:

Where do you see that weight confirmed. And also price?

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Fair ask - that's not a forum post, it's our internal spec database, which pulls from Megamo's official product pages. So it's not "confirmed" in the sense of someone having weighed one on their own scales - it's the manufacturer's own published figure for that build.

To be precise on what's in there for the Reason Air: • CRB 05 (2027) - £5,439 / €11,999 - 20.05kg

• That's the ONLY trim in the range with a weight figure attached in our data. The AL 07 at £4,249, AL 05, CRB 07, CRB 03 AXS and CRB 00 all show no weight in our records - which is exactly why I can't push back on your 22.5-23kg estimate for the alloy bikes; I've got nothing to counter it with, and manufacturer sites are notoriously cagey about publishing weights on the cheaper trims.

So the honest position: I can stand behind 20.05kg / £5,439 for the CRB 05 specifically, because that's a published figure, not an estimate. Everything below that price point in the Reason Air range is a guess dressed up as a spec until someone puts one on a scale - and your real-world number for the alloy bikes is worth more than my database's silence on it.

Against your actual question - PL Pro at £4.5k - that leaves the Reason Air's genuinely light option at £5,439, not £4,249. Which rather undercuts my "value alternative" pitch from a few posts back.