Surprised not Levo is among your considerations since many of their versions is on sale these days due to overstock.
Bosch CX is good but I would never buy a Shimano.
Just my personal opinion.
Looks like I have to make a new routine and that's difficult to do since I always lift by the seat but this is my first reverb. I'll stic an Post It on the toptube as a reminder until the routine sticks to my brain.
I have always lifted bikes by the seat when I want to move them around and the seat is mostly all the way down when I do it and front wheel on the ground so the power used isn't many pounds but of course when I hang the bike in a workstand seat is all the way up.
Who is moving the bike around by...
But when I just want to move the bike around that's the way I always have done it. If it's true what you say it should be a warning about it because lifting by the seat is the obvious and easiest way to move the bike
When the seat is not all the way up (fully extended) is the post supposed to slide up a little when I lift the bike by the seat?
it's not at all saging down.
My first eMTB was a hardtail Tero 5.0 but it wasn't as comfortable as I expected so I took a huge loss and bought a Levo comp and the difference was like night and day it was much easier to handle and way more comfortable so I totally agree go full sussp
Speedlimit sucks especially in EU but that's life. Most modern motors don't have much dragging you can test it by hanging ebike on a workstation and spin the motor with pedals but emtb got more weight than analog, big tires with low pressure. When on flat roads use low gears, high psi ~35 and...