Well the bike is finally a roller. 8)
Wheels arrived yesterday from Dengfu in a timely manor. Added the Stans rim tape in prep to run tubeless. I have fitted tubes for now just to get rolling. The Maxxis DXF tires went on nice and easy and with a bit of soapy water, the beads popped in with very little effort. I am keen to remove the tubes a go tubeless sooner then later as the tubes add a kg to the bike's weight. Will be interesting to see if I have the same problem as Wayne with breaking the bead to remove the tubes.
Setup the suspension with the correct sag and generic rebound for my pressures. Downloaded the latest firmware for the Di2 components and set the shift modes to my preferences.
Time to ride:
First impression:
The bike is around 20kg with my light weight battery and pedals really well for a bike of this weight. A flat battery certainly wont be a disaster on this bike.
Fired up the motor on level 1 assist. After riding my friction drives for so long, even level 1 feels a little over assisted. That being said, the torque sensing is excellent and drive activation very reactive.
The motor noise is a little louder then what i was hoping for. It is certainly louder then my BBS02 setup. I am hoping it will quieten down after a bit of running. That being said, even as it is, it is still quieter then a Bosch.
I am running a 38 tooth up front. I hope this will be a good compromise between low speed climbing max speed.
On power level 5, the bike has got some good bunch but certainly not a wheelie machine which for me is a good thing.
Still to finish off the battery cover but I should have this done by the end of the weekend. I have found the battery mounting is super secure even with just one support rail. I may just leave it with one rail and use the remain posts to attach the battery cover.
You can see the plug for the throttle protruding out the side. I am not that keen to use the thumb throttle but want to test it just to see if it will work without the battery interface.
Custom decals arrived today. All the mat black I think makes the bike a bit drab looking. I am hoping the the Decals give the bike a bit of a lift. I have used the color pallet from the Fox suspension so hopefully it will have a nice OEM feel about it.
Let me know what you think of the decals good or bad. You won't hurt my feelings
I deliberately left the rear decal off on the right had side as a comparison.