I don't hate people who ride E-mtb or anything but I can bitch for days about the bike itself


you're adding 20 lbs to the frame, 75% increase in weight, that's heavier than strapping a roadbike to your actual mtb.

This means you NEED the system to work for it's own weight. When battery die, how much fun are we having?

a 5lb motor is cool. 7 lb is ok. but 20 lbs and permanently changing the frame? no way. there has to be better ways.

Also, the pricing is fucking nuts. comparing the tag on that E-bike, you could get the elite components on the same model minus the pedal assist system, and it'd weigh like 30lb not 55. FFFFFUCK