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[Oddjob]

Lost me at cvt lol. But I would have thought that one of the first things to go with a decent mid drive ebike would be the derailleur. Single pivots are the other thing that I would think match an ebike well. When you have more power, you don't really care for pedal bob. It also allows you to run a carbon belt making the back end much cleaner and ditching any sort of tensioning all together.

Assuming the belt holds up. A motorbike style o-ring chain would be better.

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[Calvin27]

Assuming the belt holds up. A motorbike style o-ring chain would be better.

The bearings are more the issue. Belt drives require higher tension but from my experience on a commuter, I rekon they'd do ok on a mtb.

The point was however that ebikes haven't really explored what the benefits could be. Simple benefis like getting rid of the rd for example.

 

[Nambra]

Sort of where I was going @Calvin27, but why restrict this to ebikes only? Ok, on a non -ebike you might need a battery to run the electronics that governs the gearbox ratio, but that's no different to etap / di2 etc. It's whether the CVT functionality can be separated from the motor that I was speculating on. If so, then it could be an alternative to fixed gear ratio pinion gearboxes on bikes like @Zaf's Nicolai. Instead of rigid mechanical gearing, the CVT plus electronics could give you any virtual gearbox setup you like.

 

[Zaf]

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[Calvin27]

I'm sure a self powered CVT would be possible.

That would be like a nuvinci. Defniately do-able. My read is that the electronics are there to sell their 'maintain cadence' stuff (effectively like and auto trans?!!).

 

[Tubbsy]

Can't be bothered starting a new topic for this as I'm not really interested, but I think Liteville have managed to make the best looking eBike I've seen:

 

[hifiandmtb]

Close but no:

 

[fatboyonabike]

That Liteville is shitloads sexier than the Snapierre!
#eyespaintedonhead

 

[mas2]

Close but no:

Both are hotness. What I like about the Lapierre is that it was 18kg with a smaller battery. Most Ebikes are going the opposite way with integrated lights and dual battery packs which sucks I reckon.

 

[kten]

Can't be bothered starting a new topic for this as I'm not really interested, but I think Liteville have managed to make the best looking eBike I've seen:

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Have you seen how the rear suspension works? Turns into a bloody guillotine!

Liteville - Federbeinanlenkung - TECH 301 Mk15 - TECH

Federbeinanlenkung - TECH 301 Mk15 - TECH

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[Tubbsy]

Have you seen how the rear suspension works? Turns into a bloody guillotine!

It's what makes @Oddjob the man he was today...

 

[Oddjob]

It's what makes @Oddjob the man he was today...

I've got 2 boys. They were redundant anyway.

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[hifiandmtb]

USD$1500 for this - and it's a nice looking bike!

 

[Hey]

USD$1500 for this - and it's a nice looking bike!

I don’t know why there are not more of these getting about.
instead they will by a eMtb, hack the speed restrictions and ride it all round town like a wanker.

 

[Nerf Herder]

Anybody know of ebike demos going in Sydney ... absolutely no intention of buying one right now ... but I wanna know if I can eat cake and still ride up hill

 

[T-Rex]

Merida had a heap of them on demo at the mini enduro at Terry Hills a few weekends ago. I had a spin on one, sure beats using your legs on the climbs. I think the shop was based at St Ives...

 

[Sethius]

This new crop with the lightweight motor is interesting. My arthritic body is intrigued.

 

[fatboyonabike]

Travis Pastrana's new bike

 

[rextheute]

Wild Paint - i like it !

 

[Mr Crudley]

Guess the MX folks will slowly move to on eBikes in future since Travis Pastrana is onboard.