Lets see your Giant ebike pics..

NicoMTB · May 19, 2022

The Reign getting put through its paces....

Rubinstein · May 19, 2022

NicoMTB said:
The Reign getting put through its paces....

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Rockingsilver · May 19, 2022

Loving my Reign E+1, all of our mtb parks locally are closed due to flooding and rain damage so I only ride trails atm. Still setting the suspension up. I have a Aeroe spider rack for trail rides, 4 quick Allen keys to put on and off.

NicoMTB · May 20, 2022

Rockingsilver said:
Loving my Reign E+1, all of our mtb parks locally are closed due to flooding and rain damage so I only ride trails atm. Still setting the suspension up. I have a Aeroe spider rack for trail rides, 4 quick Allen keys to put on and off.

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nice find with the rack. how does it behave on real rooty rocky rough trails can you still ride fast or do you need to slow down

DaveMatthews · May 20, 2022

NicoMTB said:
nice find with the rack. how does it behave on real rooty rocky rough trails can you still ride fast or do you need to slow down

Good question. I ended up with a Topeak Tetrarack, but this looks a lot sleeker.

Rockingsilver · May 20, 2022

NicoMTB said:
nice find with the rack. how does it behave on real rooty rocky rough trails can you still ride fast or do you need to slow down

It handles great! I haven’t tried it on real single track as our tracks are all closed to save them from damage.
I ride kilometres on trails that have been stabilised with grapefruit and orange sized gravel (see photo of some small stuff), it shakes the heck out of you but the rack is sound. The fitting to the swing arm never comes undone and is so easy to tension even if it did. I feel super confident in it's ability to handle. Probably only done a couple hundred km's with it but I'd load it up with all confidence. I have the dry bags to suit and have fitted the tent on one side just to check and it was great.
I've bruted my way through fallen trees and foliage as you can do on a Giant E bike lol and still haven't had an issue. Was smashing over drift wood on the beach and as I can't bunny hop for shit it's a good bump, no worries. No sway at speed, I lift the bike using it.

I like it that much we plan on replacing our other bikes system with this and getting handlebar cradles too.

Rockingsilver · May 20, 2022

DaveMatthews said:
Good question. I ended up with a Topeak Tetrarack, but this looks a lot sleeker.

It was a birthday present, I didn't want to ruin my bike with a rack but like this one, it's very sleek and so fast to fit on and take off. In this photo it's got one side cradle on and the top one.

DaveMatthews · May 21, 2022

Here's the Topeak for comparison...

Rockingsilver · May 21, 2022

I think that the Topeak looks really versatile. The flat rack over the cradle seems super useful. But I love the simplicity of the Aeroe spider rack

DaveMatthews · May 21, 2022

Rockingsilver said:
I think that the Topeak looks really versatile. The flat rack over the cradle seems super useful. But I love the simplicity of the Aeroe spider rack

Yeah agreed. The Aeroe is totally built for simplicity and function for bikepacking etc.
The Topeak kinda looks more SUV multifunction.
For hardcore I like the Aeroe, for SUV the Topeak might be preferrable.

Jackware · May 21, 2022

DaveMatthews said:
Yeah agreed. The Aeroe is totally built for simplicity and function for bikepacking etc.
The Topeak kinda looks more SUV multifunction.
For hardcore I like the Aeroe, for SUV the Topeak might be preferrable.

What's the wrap at the bottom of the battery for?

Is it to keep the battery dry?

@ironmanalishi

DaveMatthews · May 21, 2022

Jackware said:
What's the wrap at the bottom of the battery for?

Is it to keep the battery dry?

@ironmanalishi

There's a gap between the bottom of the battery and the frame where the connecter is. I like to keep water and mud/muck/grit out of there. I bought a 2-pack of calf braces.