Rail to Rise ?
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I have had both. I sold my Rail 9.8xt. Hard to say if a good option for anyone else other than myself. The Rise is a unique bike in that you can have a 140/140 trail bullet, a 150/140, 160/150, or 170/160 set up and all different levels of those builds. You can also find hardware and apps which allow you to run the EP8 at full power if desired. The suspension layout is drastically different than the Rail. Rail is much better for "uphill flow". They are not quite apples to oranges. More like apples to Asian Pears. Good luck with the decision. Both are great bikes.
hilbil-E-bikr
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That’s exactly the route I went. I like the Rise so much better. The Rise fits me way better than the Rail did and the lower weight and geo make it feel like a normal mountain bike, just with extra power.
hilbil-E-bikr
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Which one did you order?
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Thanks !, just waiting for the bike to arrive now. Have you changed anything on the Rise ?, I am going to move the nice bits from the rail over, AXS transmission, dropper, carbon wheels
hilbil-E-bikr
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I haven’t changed much. I dropped down to a 35 mm stem and put on the alloy Renthal 35 mm rise bars from my Rail. I was going to upgrade to carbon bars but I’m happy with the ride and weight of the Renthals. I did have to get a shorter dropper. The 170 that came with the XL was too long. I went with a 150 PNW Loam. I also replaced the stock tubes with Tubolitos to take off some rotating weight.
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In the end I got a M20 as I will change out quite a few parts it meant the M10 was paying extra for nothing.
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High Rock Ruti
Please expand on hacking the motor, I'd love that bike full power
Warm Regards Ruti
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It's worth noting that the rise is not an Enduro bike. It is a light weight trail bike.
If you try to build it into a 160/170mm bike and then hit proper enduro tracks at speed don't be surprised when stuff starts flex and break.
Unfortunately, the Rise doesn’t have UDH, so it is not compatible with SRAM Transmission.
Unfortunately, the Rise doesn’t have UDH, so it is not compatible with SRAM Transmission.
STunlocker works on the 2022 model. I unlocked mine but TBH I never use it at full power as it kills the battery without feeling much different.
Allegedly some dealers will unlock it as well, which would avoid warrenty issues.
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Without feeling different, did you also unlock the output power (at the top of torque)? It's completely different motor after that. Best thing is you can setup to standard ep8rs output for eco and trail and then get the fullfat power only on boost. So barely use more battery on standard riding but then when you need the power is there. This transformed my riding with friend who had normal fullfat bikes.
hind-corners
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Thats a good point if you have 360wh battery. And maybe to OP here I would consider either 540wh or 360wh with extender. I have Rise H with 540wh battery and I have no issues with FF bikes with 630wh batteries.
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i did consider battery capacity, but the reason to go for the Rise was about it being lighter so the 360 was important for me, also i tend to prefer a harder workout than riding all day on even Tour on the Rail. So 360 with possible range extender if i embark on longer rides.
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In case anyone is interested, I have completed the build of my M20 (I chose m20 as I wanted the 140 fork as starting point and was going upgrade all the driveline anyway).
The bike (size medium) now weighs 17kg, I have tweaked the power and torque slightly with emax for the couple of extreme technical climbs I ride and make it a. It more fun. Rest of the time I am in eco/trail - In summary it rides so much better than the rail, climbs better feels less stiff and overall pretty much like a analogue bike. I can complete a 3 hour ride and come back with around 40% battery remaining. I am sure the rail would be better on very demanding downhill or jumping, but that's not the sort of riding I do. Super impressed with the rise.
The bike (size medium) now weighs 17kg, I have tweaked the power and torque slightly with emax for the couple of extreme technical climbs I ride and make it a. It more fun. Rest of the time I am in eco/trail - In summary it rides so much better than the rail, climbs better feels less stiff and overall pretty much like a analogue bike. I can complete a 3 hour ride and come back with around 40% battery remaining. I am sure the rail would be better on very demanding downhill or jumping, but that's not the sort of riding I do. Super impressed with the rise.
