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Or it provides a more level playing field for those who race, rather than the current situation (fat wobblers on derestricted Avinox bikes doing 50kph down fire roads, linking up stages)…. As a side point, I’d actually say the M2S is ‘too powerful’ anyway, in Turbo when racing (overall power &...

Not really a ‘story’ is it? Still waiting to see how an ebike can rival a days lift assisted riding, but all I keep hearing is Avinox has turned you into the EMTB Australian Uphill World Champion 😆 Also - So far one manufacturer, with a motor released in the last 6 months & one possibly...

Complete strawman argument. 🤦‍♂️ Yes, factoring in lift time, you ‘might’ be able to elevate yourself up to 1000m and complete it faster than lift assisted, but who on earth goes to Whistler and rides only 1000m of vert? 😆 Last time we went, we did the Reverse Everest. We actually ended up...

Agree. Unless they are using these ‘edge cases’ as an excuse to just ramp up power more and more. At the end of the day however, I don’t actually care as 99% of the time it doesn’t impact me. The rare occasions it does (racing) the bigger issue is the ease in which you can now derestrict...

With the EU speed limit, I’d say we’re already at fairly pointless levels of power now. Side effect is we now also have drivetrains which are by proxy, absolutely not fit for purpose. I understand the predicament manufacturers are in now, as apparently power output is one the biggest influences...

I thought Avinox have already said it’s not backwards compatible - it’s quite a bit bigger than the M2S platform. I can’t imagine it’s going to impact anything, they have also said it’s a couple of years away if it goes into production. Given my views on pointless T-Type setups on full power...

SRAM EX1 was almost as pointless - why are we obsessing over the same range cassettes as solely human powered XC bikes have. 🤦‍♂️😆 You can ride up heinously steep stuff in Trail / Auto (turned down Avinox) and Tour+ / EMTB on Bosch with a 36T cassette.

I use an XTR shifter & XTR mech with a lower Saint cage. I think the Saint mech will do a 36T cassette in the ‘FR’ setting. I have a Linkglide Deore mech I was going to see if it would work at some point as well as they are super cheap. The other option is SRAM X01 10spd DH with the medium...

Rides usually average about 500m of elevation to 10km of distance where I live, average rides are somewhere between 20-30km & somewhere between 1000 & 1500m of elevation. Average speed is between 17-23kph (depending on bike/effort/mood) 😆

Nope, it’s completely not fit for purpose on a high powered ebike, and I’d even argue it’s fairly pointless on the current generation of mid powered bikes. My full powered bike I run 10spd (XTR/Saint) with an 11-36T cassette & a thick ebike chain. I still don’t need all the gears. The only...

Moved to a flex stay, as it’s taken them 8 years to work out how to stop them from endlessly cracking seat stays & they are worried about going bankrupt with warranty claims 😆

Yeah doing ‘hot’ battery swaps wouldn’t be the quickest, not the worst either but I wouldn’t want to do it regularly. My 10spd setup so far is spot on - haven’t missed anything more than the 32T on the back, I even think I could run a slightly bigger chainring on this. I forgot just how good...

My office is about 50m down the garden, so it’s a bit pointless 😆 My physical offices are in London, Tokyo or California, so also not feasible, although I do still enjoy a C2W bike 😎

That’s the one thing I will miss. I won’t miss much else about it though. Keeping it on my Fuel+ & naturally aspirated bike though, much more suitable.

I’ve just got the bits for my 10spd setup. XTR M980 shifter XTR rear mech with Saint M820 short cage SRAM XG 1080 cassette. KMC E10 chain. Saved a huge amount of weight on X0 T-Type & have a stronger, more suitable & more reliable drivetrain.

Honestly. What’s a load of of guff. We have bikes in our garage with G5 Bosch motors, Avinox M1’s & and M2S & I can’t think of one occasion where I’ve hopped on the latest & had to ‘relearn & upskill’ riding up hills 😆 If all people are interested in is riding up hills of varying technicality...

Still haven’t changed my view on this bike, the TQ system & its versatility. Happy to rate it as one of the top 5 bikes I’ve ridden (motor or not). Running it in stock EX mode as I have a FF long travel bike as well, although I’m curious to put a 65mm stroke shock on it as I plan to use it in...

Hoping for a modern version of EX1 (really don’t need anything bigger than a 36T cassette on a modern EMTB groupset). I’d even given up the auto shift & go back to cables (really not that bothered by wireless either on an EMTB). If it’s too much range for the Saint mech, my second plan was one...

It was either this one or the base spec colour for me, but given I was using up some favour tokens, I didn’t have a lot of choice. I don’t mind the raw / black with the orange writing, but the orange forks, Kashima gold & then other colours just seems to clash horribly. I went the other way...

Yep will be keeping the Druid as my other half mostly rides that & I just steal it as & when I feel like it.