Bike / Product Year: 2018
Manufacturer: Orange
Model: Alpine 6E Pro
Asking Price: 3500
Description: List price was I think £6200 when new. Bought from bike scene Guisborough. Have added a comfier seat (original is kicking about somewhere). Burgtec pedals. Renthal Bars, Leyzene light which...
If you changed the gearing to 1.61:1, then you would be able to set your bike to kilometers but it would show the speed and KM's covered in actual miles and MPH.....only really of interest in countries like US/UK as most places use KM, but a very nice bonus for those that do.
Owned my Orange Alpine 6E pro about a year now, was 172kg when i bought it.....currently 158ish kg. Ive always been a big lad, but back in the day i could still pretty much keep up with my skinny mates (when i was 16, now 39) couple of years ago treat myself to an Orange crush Pro.....always...
i'm a heavy rider, and when i first got my ebike id use the highest gears a lot, trying to get the motors to do the work for me. eventually the two highest gears got to the point where they would just constantly slip (less than 100 miles from new) I knew i needed to take it back and be checked...
I'd hazard a guess that the 'average' ebike rider is heavier than the 'average' none 'e' bike rider too. (i realise there are plenty of extremely fit people now using ebikes now, and many people who are heavier using normal bikes.....but i also think there are a lot of people who consider...
luckily its been a few months since i last connected to the official shimano app and updated the firmware. i was still on 4.6.1 which i think is the latest compatible firmware
Had my e bike over a year now and not used it anywhere near as much as I had intended....mainly due to the fact I bought it to ride with friends on non electric bikes. Me being the wrong side of 160kg, and them being at a decent fitness level, their flat riding speed seems to be around 17mph, so...
I bought my Orange alpine 6E Pro when I was 172kg. Not sure what the manufacturer rating is, but I’m sure it will be a lot less than that. Had the forks and shocks pumped up to max at the shop when I bought it. On really rutted ground I was banging my pedals a lot due to too much sag (also...