G'day all. Thanks for all the info shared on this thread, it's been great to read.
Short story long, I picked up my Large Reign E+ 1 yesterday. I'd never ridden an emtb before so I wasn't sure what to expect. The brakes need to bed in, so I rode an easier trail, XC but with some decent chunk rock.
A few thoughts from my first ride.
* Heavy to bunny hop and pop, UNTIL I started using the motor to help, when I gave a pedal stroke to initiate the hop/pop it propelled it forward and up - it felt much like back wheel hopping in trials. Need to play with this now, but I think it will be great fun. Same for power wheelies out of corners, learning to use the motor seems key. Lots to learn.
* Climbing - nuts. Tech climbing was too much fun, it carried speed up rocks that normally require careful entry speed, weighting, and power application to get up. The Reign E+ was getting me up techy sections so much faster and easier. I can see it will change what I will want to ride, tech climbing will be awesome. I was actually breathing harder than normal because it gives you incentive to hit stuff faster (and spin more). Road and fire-road climbs were just awesome. The motor was much happier when my cadence was up, so I am re-learning to spin.
* Singletrack with mild techy bits - I kept arriving at the usual slower flat and uphill corners MUCH faster than normal, which totally changed the feel of the trail. It was much more intense than usual, and huge amounts of fun, flat and mild uphill became more like dh - drifties everywhere. Surprisingly, it steered better than my normal (160r/180f 650b) bike, and I didn't notice the weight being an issue even at slower speeds on tighter sections of track. That said, if they build a sub 20kg version one day, of course it will be more agile, but this bike is agile - I was worried when I first picked it up that it would be a ship and not change direction, but once I was pedalling it was great.
* Drops - rode one 6ftish drop, was stable and smooth.
* 29er front - amazing, the wagon wheel just smoothed out the trail, and made steep tech rock roll downs much much easier than on my normal mtb.
* Only one jump, a faster gap, not steep, the bike was noticeably heavier than usual, but was far more stable than my normal mtb, and cleared the gap fine.
That's all I can think of for now, hoping to bed the brakes in properly and then get it on some steeper, faster local trails next week to test it properly.
Any questions please ask.
Cheers
Short story long, I picked up my Large Reign E+ 1 yesterday. I'd never ridden an emtb before so I wasn't sure what to expect. The brakes need to bed in, so I rode an easier trail, XC but with some decent chunk rock.
A few thoughts from my first ride.
* Heavy to bunny hop and pop, UNTIL I started using the motor to help, when I gave a pedal stroke to initiate the hop/pop it propelled it forward and up - it felt much like back wheel hopping in trials. Need to play with this now, but I think it will be great fun. Same for power wheelies out of corners, learning to use the motor seems key. Lots to learn.
* Climbing - nuts. Tech climbing was too much fun, it carried speed up rocks that normally require careful entry speed, weighting, and power application to get up. The Reign E+ was getting me up techy sections so much faster and easier. I can see it will change what I will want to ride, tech climbing will be awesome. I was actually breathing harder than normal because it gives you incentive to hit stuff faster (and spin more). Road and fire-road climbs were just awesome. The motor was much happier when my cadence was up, so I am re-learning to spin.
* Singletrack with mild techy bits - I kept arriving at the usual slower flat and uphill corners MUCH faster than normal, which totally changed the feel of the trail. It was much more intense than usual, and huge amounts of fun, flat and mild uphill became more like dh - drifties everywhere. Surprisingly, it steered better than my normal (160r/180f 650b) bike, and I didn't notice the weight being an issue even at slower speeds on tighter sections of track. That said, if they build a sub 20kg version one day, of course it will be more agile, but this bike is agile - I was worried when I first picked it up that it would be a ship and not change direction, but once I was pedalling it was great.
* Drops - rode one 6ftish drop, was stable and smooth.
* 29er front - amazing, the wagon wheel just smoothed out the trail, and made steep tech rock roll downs much much easier than on my normal mtb.
* Only one jump, a faster gap, not steep, the bike was noticeably heavier than usual, but was far more stable than my normal mtb, and cleared the gap fine.
That's all I can think of for now, hoping to bed the brakes in properly and then get it on some steeper, faster local trails next week to test it properly.
Any questions please ask.
Cheers
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with 11-speed on the Trance SX e+ in the highest gear because of too much torque. Shouldn't happen so easy on 12-speed anymore. E+ 1 doesd have OEM DT-Swiss
I guess you can't have it all....
