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I really feel it on my M1 Avinox on flat-ish trails. If I'm going downhill the momentum I'm carrying makes it mostly a non factor. It's also a helpful sign to check my speed bc I'm not a pro and have to go to work tomorrow to earn money to support my family.

Bummed to see this

I always thought the small rotor on the back was to reduce power so you don’t over-brake.

Reduction in vibration at your hands and feet. Pretty noticeable on short-travel and HT, hence their increased use in XC over the last several years.

If the tire is ridden on an inclined frictionless plane in vacuum ;-)

Hey @schwalbai, did the revised tread pattern for the tacky chan include the diagonal version or was it just the radial casing?

New avenue for digital doping - feed your HM a generated signal at your max heart-rate in order to force the motor to provide max assistance.

You might find some answers here, not all the latest Motors on the market but still a very interesting deep dive beyond that specific topic: Deep Dive: Vertical Range, Range and Efficiency: Which Motor System Gets the Most Out of Every Watt-Hour?

I'm a pretty big Bafang motor fan. Have 2 Vitus E-Mythique bikes that have the M510. Both have over 1500 miles on them. The best thing is the ability to repair them yourself. They make them super easy to work on and parts are readily available (although you have to wait on them from overseas). Both of my motors have been through at least 1 if not 2 power distribution boards in the motor (all because of water ingress, not entirely their fault). The board is 15 bucks and takes about an hour to change. I keep one on the...

The "recency bias" in the legs is definitely real. But there's another important point to make here, and that's frame design. A lot of brands will run less antisquat in their e-bikes than they would in a regular bike, because the motor helps combat the bobbing (by making the pedal stroke smoother), and a few watts lost are worth it to gain suspension performance/comfort when descending. The TQ bikes you mention likely have better pedaling characteristics built into the frame because they were designed to run with much less motor support.

Well I've got experience of pedalling a Levo with the motor off, and a Fuel+ with the motor off, and there was a massive difference in resistance, the TQ feels exactly like pedalling a manual bike.

Probably true of countless bike setup tips yet here we are

How long before we go full circle to Penny Farthings again?

Not looking to put a stop to the brake discussion… but here’s a new shimano saint rumour. There’s a DH being released in about a month. When it’s released the full range of build kits won’t be available until spring of 27’ because of certain drivetrain and brake components.

Ok you dingleberries. Rather than debating the merit of which way to mullet your rotors, why not just run 220 front and back?