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Irrelevant of any known issues, If you ride regularly you should be checking your crank bolts (on top of everything else) pretty frequently - if you ride hard on any bike cranks will loosen up over time, and if you have a pedal strike or similar you should always check the cranks.

SR Suntour are like every other major suspension company, they make everything from cheap OEM spec entry level forks to super high end kit for WC racers - they make some very good products. At a more budget price point some of their forks are better than the Fox/RS equivalents, where you are...

I think when my original post was made 5 years ago it might just have been a new feature ;)

If you want to support your LBS just pay what they are asking - people are running on empty, inflation is rampant, and trying to make a LBS financial viable is nigh on impossible. I also suspect the margins on the frame set a lot less, so more likely to get a discount on a whole bike.

nearly time to start a New Levo SL 2025 thread

I don’t think it will be that hard to get hold of one in the UK, the lightweight EMTB segment isn’t exactly a big seller for most stores, so supply is likely to be limited by whether or not stores think they will sell any more than demand. from What I can see at the moment it seems a lot of...

They are definitely in UK, I know Balfes bikes has a load in the warehouse and my local one said they should hopefully have some built up when it launches, but they don’t know when they are being delivered to the stores.

https://m.pinkbike.com/news/crestline-bike-co-announces-new-emtb.html Really like the look of this - rare to see a bike where so much common sense has been deployed in the design process in terms of thinking about where to locate all the e-bike elements, especially like to see the charging port...

The supply chain is not as straightforward as it my appear - don’t take the following as verbatim but it is something I have been told before. A lot is smaller brands do not necessarily buy parts directly from Shimano - instead they often buy them off the likes of Canyon. My understanding is...

Historically (and with some exceptions) shimano will supply/sell a smaller amount of units to brands, whereas Bosch you need to order a shitload - this is one of the reasons a lot of brands go with Shimano. The other is that the shimano ecosytem is far more flexible than the Bosch one in terms...

SRAM have bought Amprio, a German motor manufacturer. Not much news apart from that, but will be interesting to see what comes. Various brands including Nukeproof have been seen testing an unknown motor in adapted existing frames, which many suspected to be a SRAM product. Looks like it was one...

I still ride normal bikes more than the emtbs, the DJ bike gets a lot of use on the pump track, and at this time of year I put in a fair few miles on the gravel bike as I can jump on it from the house, go fro a quick blast, and when I get back it only needs a 10 minute clean vs the hour it...

@Tankboy that Foes is pure filth! What a machine

A modern XC bike can be pushed harder than most people think, just look at the current World Cup courses.

Some cracking deals, one day only https://foxracing.co.uk/sale/mtb/flash-sale/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NL_23102022_MTBHelmetPromo_UK&_kx=kV9gHu9Fa8iSVCP_N_ybTvl0xUaTKt248S4e8zo_U6s%3D.RCZLjv

Some decent discounts at the moment https://www.sportsshoes.com/products/?q=cycling%20shoes#page-1

I actually rather like the BMC - I would slap a 130mm fork in though. Whilst I totally agree that the motor on an EMTB means you can go straight to full on enduro with little consequence unlike a regular bike, for a lot of my local riding which is effectively mellow blue trails a bike like the...

BMC https://www.pinkbike.com/news/first-look-bmc-fourstroke-amp-lt-downcountry-motorized.html SIMPLON https://ebike-mtb.com/en/exclusive-first-ride-simplon-rapcon-pmax-tq-2023/ I am sure we will see some more over the next few months - the above two bikes very different approaches so clearly...

Looks like Simplon went and built their own version - been a flurry of TQ equipped bike released over last few days

Thanks so much for posting this, great insights into the bike - would be interesting to see your own personal ride, and how you have the bike set up?