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Great question: Bought my first ebike in 2018 online for $4.5k, motor died early 2022 requiring a new motor for 1k. Completely missed the the timing of the crazy high prices post COVID, tried selling early 2023 with all new components, no buyers, just updated the ad today trying to do "frame only" (with motor+battery+cranks) for under 2k, not holding my breadth. Would be happy to keep it, but it is too similar to the new bike and no space in the garage. Bought my new bike at the start of the year for 5k at the local shop. I...

Right to repair. I don't see it mentioned here other than sorta in @TEAMROBOT comment about dumping it before repair is an issue. I've got a mid-drive e-kit on my family hauler cargo commuter and I've been into it several times to repair it, I can order all the individual parts from China to repair it. These things aren't rocket surgery, it's an electronic board, a motor, some bearings and gears. Sure the average joe might not have an arbor press and the dies but it should be possible for a competent shop to repair these things. Make the electronics...

@TEAMROBOT and @PeteHaile these are really good points and questions and a large part of the reason why I'm not in the market for an e-bike currently (the other factor being cost). I'm not a new bike every year kinda guy, more like 3 years. I see 2-3 year old e-bikes for sale around me for a fraction of the original sticker price. The used bike market is jacked for anyone trying to sell a bike right now, but the hit on e-bikes seems even bigger. Back on the topic of range - I want all the battery built into...

Glad you liked the bike! I was the lucky mekanik to build that very bike earlier this summer while working at Commencal! Glad my stack height and general setup were pretty close to yours! Wish I had gotten to take it out for a ride before boxing it up, that was the first production large frame we received so I couldn't really get a feel for the bike before heading back to school.

Whatever other features it has i just want to see an extra $1000 added at the point of sale, $500 to the purchaser’s local trails and $500 to the eventual disposal of the worn parts and environmental remediation. ‘Internalize externalities.’

Where I live now there are a ton of moto trails that'd be great on an e-bike. But I won't even consider one until the aftermarket support improves significantly. In my mind a used E-bike is worth essentially nothing, because if you have motor or battery issues you are SOL. Which also makes buying a new one less attractive because it's difficult to sell. I want to be able to tear into it and replace individual components in the motor if they go bad or wear out from normal use. I don't send my stuff anywhere and I'm not willing...

I have very limited experience with e-bikes so far, but my takeaway has been that the range isn't where I want it to be. At least yet. I rode a Canyon Spectral On with the giant ass 900wh battery and went from fully charged to one bar remaining over the course of a 18 mile ride with about 3,500 feet of climbing in 2 hours. Trail conditions were slippy and I'm a big dude, but I was also toggling between modes and didn't use full power until the last gravel climb out. It was fun to ride, but for how...

Sheesh, I hope you're right. But they are saying this is literally the plan for most of Europe, if that saw the plan for NA, why not just say that? Unfortunately, I think we're about to lose a ton of access to bike racing in NA, and I see no reason that WBD thinks that is a loss. who is to say that WBD just said "nope." Do they even need a reason? this is such a small problem for them, and they have some many other ways they are trying to print money, in a year with so many...

So I have owned and ridden quite a number of full suspensions throughout the past 6-7 years. I've had a few rockys, a few specialized bikes, GTs, had a Canfield as of recent, and I've ridden countless others (forbiddens, slashes and sessions, megatowers) as demos, rentals, small test rides, whatever you may call them. Of them all, I really enjoyed the Canfield the most, although the megatower and dreadnought bikes were extremely good- forbidden being the best in the chunk. To my point; I'm rather insatiable, so I made my own. My pivot point is about a foot above the...

This is kinda my area of expertise. With automotive tires +/-4% is achievable. The issue you run into with MTB tires is the web (topped cord) thickness is so low. You'll inevitably have material from the calender start up or some other event where the gauge deviates .05 mm or more. Which doesn't seem like a lot until you start producing topping material specced close to .50 mm or so. Then you're looking at large percentage changes. Similar concept with extruded material. It's challenging to precisely manufacturer rubber products and that gets harder the more you scale down. My guess...

This guy gets it. Sounds like @TEAMROBOT should REALLY push for that new water bottle idea...

Sick frames that tick all the boxes (except one)! But since I've spent most that frame's price in a few 230x65mm shocks that I really like, the trunnion mount makes me sad.

If it wasn't trunnion, it would be the holy grail. Hopefully frame alignment will be good and it's a non-issue. Rocker sure looks solid. Nice to see a reasonably priced 4 bar alloy frame these days.

we asked and the response was basically "not yet" for whatever reason. geo the most important piece of detail to release when announcing a bike. they hinted at spring '24 release, so maybe something is going to change between now and then?

Looks like a Fast Ride-E: https://www.fast-suspension.com/en/mtb-shock/173-616-ride-e-shock-endur…