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That speed sensor ring makes a significant difference. The others are only getting a speed reading every 2m + you ride. Avinox get that every 5cm. Their screen and software and integrations (GPS and upload to Strava seems so obvious ) are a big step ahead. - spesh and Bosch both missed a trick...

It’s somewhat surprising that some manufacturers managed to maintain a cachet for so long given Horst link suspension arrived in 1985 (and the patents expired in 2014), most frames are made in the same few factories in Taiwan, and so much of the value of a bike comes from Fox/Shimano/Sram and...

Orbea's blue paper manual for the Rise is superb - it lists every bolt and gives you the hex/torx size, whether to use grease or thread lock and what it should be torqued to. Diagrams give you a break down of how the parts go together. Really good. But on the Rise 25 it's basically...

It's a £139 cost option on the order customisation and I'm guessing dealers will be able to supply what you want on their stock. Fast charging is definitely a bonus for me but I get what you're saying. It's a shame they didn't go the whole hog and make the charger switchable so you only fast...

it looks like the same Orbea bar as on the Rise. The centre hole is bigger than the one in the Shimano/Pro bar because it needed to fit the cable connector on the Rise and not just the plug on the end of the Shimano shifter cable. Position was different too as it came out behind the stem...

The mechanical Orbea Droppers have been decent enough. They go up and down, they're user serviceable and the parts are all available at a reasonable price (more so than any other dropper I've had except brand X stuff) No-one makes really bad bikes any more. Avinox got a lot of reviews by...

Strong/light/cheap. Avinox with 800 system weight is 6.26kg. it's about 300g lighter than the equivalent Bosch.

It’d be nice to know the frame weight. Are there any 180mm bikes at that weight? Just reading about the new Nomad frame with shock is c3.2kg. The new suspension design saved 80g and there’s about 200g between a C and the fancier CC frame. Ie if you want to save kg it’s very expensive build kit...

It does look like most of the Avninox bikes announced on the motor release are not really 2026 bikes as they're not going to be delivered until after summer.

maybe. It's been an interesting reminder on the relationship between power and torque for me. The RS+ already had 85nm torque. I'm actually finding in full power mode I'm using Boost *less* - I used to use boost to try to catch up with people on full fat on stuff like road climbs (boost on...

What are people trying to achieve? I've known loads of people have motor issues with e bikes across all manufacturers but I've never heard of a failure coming from a rock strike to the motor. it's always been internal failures from water ingress, crank impacts or parts failures internally). I...

I've unlocked mine with the free PC version of EMax. I don't see how it would affect the warranty as all it is doing is allowing the standard Shimano settings. Even better, I've not got two profiles. One is the Orbea RS+ which gives me about 1600m of vertical on Trail (which is 42nm/250w)...

Dropped in on a demo day at the weekend. Interesting that the Zendit lowest spec is basically the same kit as the RSX Karves (although the Zendit only comes with the slow charger at that level).

Shorter travel (trail bike end of enduro but can be used with longer fork /shock) British Shock position (dislike pierced seat tubes and shocks mounted in an area that will fill with mud) Build kit and price are near enough the same

I don’t consider it trolling. There seem to be a lot of people out there who really are that thick or sociopathic. They might genuinely have never thought about it or seen what’s possible in civilized cities. The internet is full of Americans visiting Europe for the first time and having their...

If you’re mountain biking in a private bike park or on completely private land fill your boots. But most Mtb in Europe is on public land where people have a right to walk as well and trails are effectively all bi-directional and shared use. There’s a logic and justification for limits here in...

We sort of already have that. The European e bike limit was set at the sort of speed people ride at. I don’t know what your fitness level is like but I’ve a 300w ftp and I’d struggle to keep at 20mph on the flat for any real length of time.

you would, but Helsinki has shown you can achieve zero road deaths without doing that with sensible policies and infrastructure while still having decent mobility...

because 20mph is the point where you shift from most pedestrians surviving to most ending up dead. But in areas where pedestrians should absolutely have priority and don’t have their own safe space that’s a good idea. It’s the supposed limit in a lot of car parks. This stuff isn’t controversial...

I'm actually thinking the fact that it's the same frame on both is a bonus (rather than a missed weight saving for the 160). Buy an end of line 180 fork and shock and you can convert your trail bike to an uplift bike in half an hour for less than £1000 (quick search found a Zeb Ultimate 3.1...