Firstly, great choice on wanting to get involved. One of the best purchases I’ve ever made was my emtb. I doubt you’ll be disappointed! Agree with others comments, but the key is setting your budget. It’s so easy to have your head turned with so much variety. And with an oversupply of bikes now...
I’ve used the upride for my emtb but to stick to the 20kg weight maximum defined by Thule, I removed the battery, pedals and chain. Didn’t have any issues but certainly took corners slower than usual to reduce lateral weight transfer. Went through considerably more fuel on a long motorway trip...
Yes Tassie! One of the world’s great wonders. A very special place indeed. I would love to ride there. I live in the UK now but my family are in Smithton. Where are you based?
@RustyMTB whilst I didn’t suffer pins and needles, I’ve found the Spank Vibrocore bar to have completely eliminated my arm pump.
SPANK SPIKE 800 Vibrocore™ Bar...
To answer the OP, I’ll happily hire anywhere that has decent bikes. Couldn’t get my Whyte e-150rs up to Scotland for a work trip so I hired a Trek Rail and toured the Kirroughtree area. Whilst I wasn’t a fan of the Trek when comparing to my Whyte, for £60 it provided 4hrs of mountain bliss
I also have an e-150rs and found rerouting the rear brake hose rather difficult, even using a cable routing tool. I had to take the motor housing cover off to help the hose through. It’s very tight in there and the hose has to bend sharply around the motor and it snags easily
Real shame that. Not only are you dealing with the loss itself, but knowing someone has broken in to your home/garage etc is terribly unsettling. And the fact that the cops have little to zero interest given they know the bikes are almost impossible to recover rubs salt into the wound. With cars...
I have the Leatt Aiflex Stealth, great fit, breaths well and has proven to protect on impact. I prefer to have individual elbow pads rather than integrated due to better range of movement. Really rate the fit of Leatt gear in general
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Pardon my ignorance with bearings, but does the warranty cover defects only or does it also provide for service/replacement at certain intervals, therefore leaving me only to pay LBS labour?
Whilst I don’t have a solution, I have the same set up (RSC, HS2) on my Whyte/RS Lyric with no issues. Also self installed. Levo/Fox issue maybe given others with the same problem?
Yes it’s a big layout, but with all the research you’ve done and some advice from users here, head down to your LBS and have a good chat. With the huge rise in popularity, they don’t need to “sell” you a bike in order for it to sell. Some LBS’ can’t keep up with demand. There’s no benefit to you...
Don’t get me started on the cable route! Was impossible on my Whyte e-150 using a cable routing tool but removing the motor cover was the key to success. Amazingly tight behind there!
We carry 2 full fat eMTB’s on this easily. Can also fit a 3rd analogue MTB in the middle with its bars aligned along the top tube
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I’m a novice home mechanic, but am enjoying the learning curve. I watched SRAM’s bleed video, as well as GMBN and other pro mechanic vids to compare the process.
I recently upgraded to the RSC’s and HSC rotors and after following the process from the vids and using SRAM’s bleed kit (much better...