A £10 side entry cage, like this from eBay, works perfectly with a 550ml Elite Fly water bottle, it fits snuggly in my "small" E150 frame.
The Elite Fly bottles have a very shallow top.
XLC Bike Cycle Side Entry Bottle Cage. Reversable LH or RH. 7 Colours Available 4055149094416 | eBay
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Although I didn't have any problems with the rear free hub, when I changed to Shimano Deore I needed a Shimano compatible freehub body and thought it would be appropriate to put new bearings in, while I was at it.
New freehub body £50, bearings £25 to fit to an otherwise cheap wheel with 3000...
Two years on
Well my £3.3k Whyte e150S is now two years old and out of warranty.
3,300 miles utterly fun packed miles. (£1 a mile, so far ;))
Warranty Issues - NONE ✅
Breakdowns - NONE ✅
Faults - NONE ✅
Issues - NONE ✅
Upgrades.
Original rear shifter cable...
then add battery age ? battery use/abuse ? where battery is in its charge/discharge cycle? most likely just relative rider effort ?
With so many potential variables 5% is relatively insignificant.
A pink bell, otherwise pretty standard
It is the 2020 mk2 mega-bell XTR with improved spring progression and new textured thumb grip design.
But sadly now obsolete, replaced by the 2021 "40", much stiffer model with improved tone, hopefully it will transform my ride.
Okay, I improved the...
See RockShox thread in General section regarding upgrading to 2021 Debonair Air Spring.
My fork is well overdue a lower leg service, now well over 100 hrs, but not a concern (I think 50 hrs is over the top).
Gearing up to do it at the weekend if raining.
New SKF low friction seals etc.
But the...
Here is my third and hopefully final shifter cable re-route on my 2020 E-150.
The original route exiting the motor casing below bottom bracket was way too vulnerable.
The first re-route, using the same hole as the brake hose was too restricted on my frame, not happy.
The second re-route via a...
Don't you just love marketing?
And it is not just the manufacturers hype, in faithful fashion the media laps it up, and in turn, so do us punters.
To quote EMBN show "Whyte have announced the arrival of the all-new E-160 with it's fresh new geometry".
Got me intrigued :unsure:
Here is a...
My Whyte 150-S, now with 2021 Gen4 85Nm firmware upgrade and rerouted gear cable.
Oh, and 1,400 bloody epic miles since late March. It just gets better and better.
My gear cable re-routing
The first image shows my initial attempts to route the gear cable though the same opening as the brake hose.
I attempted this twice, however the space in the frame behind that silver motor housing bracket was too restricted.
I got the outer cable in, and looked good...
Sam (E180)
How is your re-routed cable going?
I went for the cable re-route last night.
I had a real challenge getting the new outer between the hose hole and the bracket that secures the motor cover.
Managed it eventually, looked really neat, but when I came to fit the inner cable, it would...
I am new to this forum and thanks for all the invaluable information in this thread.
Decided emtb is the way to go so have my eye on the Whyte so far.
What’s the crack here? Sounds too good to be true ?
A new E-150 S for £3,325, looks like they only have limited size availability, but would...