With the advent of this new type of lightweight, lower power emtb, I've been having an argument with a mate. He's convinced that Skinny emtbs will take over and FullFats are a thing of the past. All things being equal, you win the lottery for example, what will your next emtb be? MegaPower are...
We've seen teasers about this before, it is starting to look viable. Not much of a gear range compared to Eagle, but it's still ridable, especially with those peak numbers and torque. You can program in as many gear steps as you'd like, interesting....
"The drive unit weighs 4.7kg and provides...
While it's not the system that will cause us to all toss our current drivetrains, it's a start and it's going to be on bikes this year.
https://bikerumor.com/2020/01/21/revonte-one-drive-system-combines-e-bike-motor-automatic-transmission/
Revonte
Not sure where this should go, it's legal sort of in the US, but not anywhere else. Interesting to see the Bafang motor in something though.
Luna unleashes its affordably insane 2000-watt X-1 Enduro ebike
I could see this as a replacement for SRAM EX, and at these prices, pretty much perfect for an ebike if you're burning through chains and cassettes.
https://bikerumor.com/2019/02/19/microshift-advent-delivers-enduro-worthy-wide-range-9-speed-mtb-group-for-125/
Could we have one? I couldn't find it if there is already one.
It's a very small thing, but the banner endlessly sweeping down the Merch window thing is annoying to me.