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The 3rd iteration of the Merida eOne-Sixty was recently released, and we’ve finally gotten our hands on a Merida eOne-Sixty LITE 675. LITE is Merida’s way of telling us this is the heavier aluminium model. 675 means the bike is the second most expensive model with a big 750 Wh battery. More...

I think the Bosch Performance CX Race has been doing okay, I haven’t seen a huge rush of people reporting bent cogs and broken chains. But I suspect that’s because this limited-edition motor has only been sold on expensive bikes with top-of-the line drivetrains. It seems the Sram Transmission...

The small and light Bosch Performance SX is rated at 55 Nm of torque. It’s obviously been designed to be less powerful than the Performance CX. The SX is made for the mild and lightweight embs, often referred to as Super Light emtbs. Still, Bosch claims it has a peak power output of 600 W...

Not too long ago, we tested how the motor overrun worked on the Shimano EP801. Shimano never really had motor overrun. But that changed at some point. We found there was some, but only in the Boost mode. And it could be a bit difficult accessing the overrun. Shortly after, Shimano released the...

Shimano just dropped the 4.3.0 update for the EP801 and EP600 motors. I usually don't do articles about software updates, unless it’s something very interesting. The Auto Shift ver. 2.2 might be big news, it remains to be seen. The carry over settings definitely seem interesting. Motor overrun...

I've been excited to see if Orbea would finally make a full-power bike weighing about 21 kg at around €5k. The answer is finally here and it's ... complicated. The entry level model, the 2025 Rise SL H30 has the old, weaker Shimano EP6 RS 60 Nm motor and the old 540 Wh battery. So, it's not the...

When interviewing Nick Murdick, a Shimano MTB product manager. We briefly talked about motor over-run, or carry-over. He told us the EP8 does in fact have over-run and it's only available in Boost mode. So, we tried to find it, and we compared the EP8 to the Bosch Performance CX. This video...

We’ve tested and ridden both motors several times before. But we decided to do a new comparison of these motors as they’ve changed quite a bit since they were launched. Changes to the Bosch Performance CX Our first ride on the Bosch Performance CX gen 4 happened well into 2019. This nice and...

BESV is out with a refreshed line of full suspension emtbs. The cheaper TRS models come with an alloy frame and two options of suspension travel. Then there’s the longer travel TCE and shorter travel TCA, both with carbon frames. We’ve tested the top-of-the-line BESV TCA 1.1. It’s a 29er bike...

A few months ago, I wrote an article about a great bike that didn’t exist and how the Orbea Rise could be that bike. The new Orbea Rise is here, did they hit it out of the park with this one? The Shimano EP801 RS+ motor and bigger batteries Let’s start with what’s possibly the most...

It’s still winter and snow around here, so we decided to test a fatbike. We’re used to riding full suspension emtbs with 2.6 to 3” wide studded tyres. How much better is the Rock Machine Vyöry with 4.8” tyres on snow? About the Rock Machine Vyöry This fatbike is supposed to come with wide...

Launched back in 2017, the original Merida eOne-Sixty was a revolution to me. New, compact motor designs allowed manufacturers such as Merida to design a frame with sensible chainstay length and bottom bracket drop. This did wonders for handling on the trails. The new eOne-Sixty isn’t as...