paulcanadian
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Since it is very hard to find any info on the Devinci E-Troy or E-Spartan, I will start this up.
I bought a 2022 E-Troy, size large (I am 180cm), Deore build (for $8200 CAD). I rode it with the 160 36 for a week, then swapped to a 170mm 38 which really brought the bike to life. The bike also came factory with MT7 brakes, which was a nice bonus! The bike totally rips! Longer chainstay and WB make it very stable. Why Troy over Spartan? The Troy was in the shop and I could ride it around to test it out. The Spartan was not, and I was worreid it would feel much too cumbersome with 180-170 travel. That is a lot of fork!
I was looking at the Troy frame though, and the Spartan frame... and I am very convinced that they are the same frame but with different forks (180- vs 160)and more shock stroke (65 vs 57.5) to bump the rear travel up to 170mm. All the geo numbers are the same, except for anything that would be effected by the suspension changes (HA, reach, STA, ect). So I pulled the air can off the 57.5mm stroke Float X shock and removed all the spacers to make it a full 65 mm stroke shock (FYI- the float X stroke is adjustable with spacers. 57.5 stroke shock is the same shock as the 65 stroke). With the spacers removed, the bike can fully compress without seatstay contact or binding. Is it now a spartan? What I ended up doing is making it a 62.5mm stroke, calculating to about 163mm rear travel.
I have dubbed it the Devinci Centaur - half Troy half Spartan. A 170-163 beast!
FYI - Check engine mount bolts... add threadlock if not already applied (mine had none and the bolts backed out).
These are good e-bikes.
I bought a 2022 E-Troy, size large (I am 180cm), Deore build (for $8200 CAD). I rode it with the 160 36 for a week, then swapped to a 170mm 38 which really brought the bike to life. The bike also came factory with MT7 brakes, which was a nice bonus! The bike totally rips! Longer chainstay and WB make it very stable. Why Troy over Spartan? The Troy was in the shop and I could ride it around to test it out. The Spartan was not, and I was worreid it would feel much too cumbersome with 180-170 travel. That is a lot of fork!
I was looking at the Troy frame though, and the Spartan frame... and I am very convinced that they are the same frame but with different forks (180- vs 160)and more shock stroke (65 vs 57.5) to bump the rear travel up to 170mm. All the geo numbers are the same, except for anything that would be effected by the suspension changes (HA, reach, STA, ect). So I pulled the air can off the 57.5mm stroke Float X shock and removed all the spacers to make it a full 65 mm stroke shock (FYI- the float X stroke is adjustable with spacers. 57.5 stroke shock is the same shock as the 65 stroke). With the spacers removed, the bike can fully compress without seatstay contact or binding. Is it now a spartan? What I ended up doing is making it a 62.5mm stroke, calculating to about 163mm rear travel.
I have dubbed it the Devinci Centaur - half Troy half Spartan. A 170-163 beast!
FYI - Check engine mount bolts... add threadlock if not already applied (mine had none and the bolts backed out).
These are good e-bikes.
