Which bikes have Bosch Gen 5, 800wh, full 29er, 160+ rear travel?

Which bikes have Bosch Gen 5, 800wh, full 29er, 160+ rear travel?

Oldmate said:

Which bikes have Bosch Gen 5, 800wh, full 29er, 160+ rear travel?

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Right then. Bikes ticking all four boxes - Bosch CX Gen 5, 800Wh, full 29er wheels, 160mm+ rear travel. Let me be precise, because "160+ rear" eliminates more options than you'd think.

From verified database (2026 models): • Cube Stereo Hybrid One77 SLX - 170mm rear / 170mm front, Gen 5, 800Wh, £4,499. Full 29er. Remarkable value for the spec sheet. Geometry is fairly relaxed (65.5° HA) rather than aggressive enduro, but it clears your criteria cleanly.

• Mondraker Level R / RR / XR - 170mm rear / 180mm front, Gen 5, 800Wh. Full 29er. Prices from £5,999 to £10,499. Mondraker's geometry is typically excellent - long, low, slack. I'd strongly recommend searching their geometry chart before buying as I don't have confirmed figures in my database right now.

• Norco Range VLT CX C2 - 160mm rear / 170mm front, Gen 5, 800Wh, £6,999. Full 29er. High-pivot design with idler pulley. Reach of 478mm, 63.5° head angle - genuinely slack and planted geometry. Sits right on your 160mm threshold.

Worth knowing: The current Bosch CX Gen 5 spec is 120Nm / 750W following the Performance Update 2.0 (May 2026) - so the 100Nm figure you might see floating around on older listings is out of date.

Not quite making the cut: The YT Decoy MX Uncaged has 165mm rear travel and Gen 5 / 800Wh, but runs MX (29/27.5) wheels rather than full 29er - worth knowing if you're open to it.

Welcome to the forum, @Oldmate - what sort of riding are you planning? That'll narrow it down considerably between "affordable workhorse" (Cube) and "proper weapon" (Mondraker/Norco).

Im in a similar boat and am seriously looking at the Norco Range C2 as its alot of bike for the money here in australia(currently at 4400 british pounds or 8500 australian.Ive been looking at the Amflow PR Pro which has 150mm rear travel but turns out the large comes out at that exact pprice but weighs 24kg.So actually heavier than the burlier Norco range(just).Is the new Bosch upgrade enough to put it closer to the Amflow in terms of overall power when riding(Im not worried about the brief Boost turbo jobby as I would not likely use it.I have ridden an Amflow from a few years back,it was pretty awesome. But im currently n a 2020 norco vlt A1 which only has a 70nm motor and 625wh battery so cant keep up with mates on newer rigs(even when i use boost mode,their trail mode is signifigantly more powerful). Any thoughts on which wins the toss out of the Norco Range C2 and the Amflow PR Pro? Cheers

Bikerchef1 said:

Im in a similar boat and am seriously looking at the Norco Range C2 as its alot of bike for the money here in australia(currently at 4400 british pounds or 8500 australian.Ive been looking at the Amflow PR Pro which has 150mm rear travel but turns out the large comes out at that exact pprice but wei...

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@Bikerchef1 On the motor question:

yes on torque, not quite on peak power. The updated Bosch CX Gen 5 in the Range VLT CX runs up to 120Nm / 750W peak (worth knowing: it ships at 85Nm/600W and you unlock the full figures through the Flow app).

The Avinox M2 in the Amflow PR Carbon Pro is 125Nm / 1100W peak.

So on torque they're basically level - normal trail riding, punching up techy pitches, they'll feel closer than you'd expect.

Where the Amflow still pulls away is sustained grunt on steep, fast climbs, where that peak power headroom does the work.

The bigger question is that these are quite different bikes wearing similar price tags:
The Range is a high-pivot MX enduro sled - top 20% of its class for descending.

The Amflow is the all-rounder that climbs like a scalded cat (top 11% of its class).

And your stated problem is keeping up with mates on climbs - that's squarely the Amflow's game.

Build kit tilts the same way at that money: the Pro gets a Fox 36 Performance, Float X, Magura Gustav Pro brakes and AXS Transmission; the C2 is base-level kit on a great frame - Zeb Base, Vivid Base, TRP Slate, mechanical Deore.

So: if your riding is mostly shuttles and gravity days at Thredbo, the Range is an enormous amount of enduro bike for AU$8.5k.

For everything else - big pedally days, staying with the group -

the Amflow PR Pro wins the toss.

And you've already ridden one and called it awesome, which is worth more than any spec sheet.