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When you say ‘work in the industry’, can you say in what way? The guys in my big local LBS tell me all sorts of stuff when I’m sitting having a coffee, but I take it with a big pinch of salt as they’ve always got their own perspective/agenda on things. I’m pretty confident they don’t have the...

Perhaps they don’t want to and prefer to stay within the market they’re in? I don’t think they are, they’re pointing at the tanks parked on their lawn and asking whether they should be there. Beat Bosch up for what they’re actually selling by all means, but not for what they aren’t nor for...

Crikey, sounds bad, but at least you’re still here! All the best for the recovery. 👍

Come on, like me, you probably purchased it for the monster 35Nm torque?! 😂

Now now, don’t go putting words into my mouth! Whilst every annoying member seems to have an Avinox, not every Avinox owner is annoying… 👍

Honestly, if people are that bothered that they think somebody has a better motor than them, then they need better things to worry about.

I kind of see what the OP is saying, there’s a ‘noisy majority’ of Avinox fans who are very keen to sniff out any less than awesome praise and stamp on it. There’s also been a massive uptick in vocal US cousins many of whom seemingly don’t like any kind of talk about power restrictions...

Is it? And are they? Besides, so what if they are? And why is that any different or worse than a company lobbying or pressuring for restrictions to be raised? People need to put the tin foil away, and buy and ride whatever EMTB they want to.

The answer is wait and see what Orbea actually release, and if you don’t like it go buy something else. 🤷‍♂️ Why is everything always such a drama with some people?

Can’t find a Merida E160 675 for under £3999 here in the UK, so not sure it translates across continents. I wonder if it’s the retailers who carry the can here, from overstocks, or distributor discounts on the table, ie sale or return? E-bikes of all sorts have been overpriced for a long...

Good on you Steve for arranging this, I’ve not been to Pines for years (as you know) and I couldn’t make your last organised ride due to work and family commitments. Unfortunately, I can’t make this next one either, it’s my birthday that weekend and so have other plans. I will get on one...

I’ve got a Bosch SX powered EL1 in my ‘fleet’, really nice bike. The thumbnail in the video is a Trail E1 isn’t it? I have no insight as to what they’re releasing anytime soon, but I’ve had a few Marin bikes over the years and I’ve enjoyed them.

Perfect, easy to search all bikes by exact motor type now. Just searched TQ50 and Bosch SX and got some results I’ve never heard of, so doing the job I think! 😊👍

It’s also pretty warm at the moment, warm temps can temporarily increase capacity and lower resistance. The dry trails also help with range etc.

Sure, and this is me probably me wanting the ‘moon on a stick’ but if I select Bosch and want to see all the SX bikes rather than the CX? I know you can go into the advanced filter and select the torque, and I know they’re all less than 60Nm so it finds them then. I was just thinking if in...

I know you can filter motors by torque number, but how about being able to filter models within a range like the different TQs or the Bosch CX vs SX? On the advanced filters there’s also duplicates like ‘Full Power eMTB’ but you’re probably on with that!

You could be right, and I’m pretty sure policing would be rolling their eyes at the prospect of trying to enforce things as well. That said, the CAA here didn’t want to take on the regulation and enforcement of drones and model aircraft flying, but the DfT told them to get on with it anyway...

Good tool, lots of bikes and brands I’ve never heard of! 👍

Just to say here, the UK wouldn’t need a new DVLA, they’d just use the DVLA like they already do for e-mopeds/motorbikes, it would be easy to pull e-bikes over certain power/speed into that net. Unfortunately, having better things to do has never stopped suffocating legislation from being...

I think we can talk about whether we think having a faster e-bike via de-restricting (note, not more powerful) annoys trail users more all day long, but my own experience is that some other trail users just seem annoyed at bikes on ‘their’ trail full stop. Getting back into the meat of the OP...