Hi Reed, Trials (motor) bikes are much heavier. They're much lighter than motocross bikes but still very heavy machines. You're still talking 2-3 times heavier than this bike. [https://www.redbull.com/ca-en/8-crazy-facts-about-trial-biking](https://www.redbull.com/ca-en/8-crazy-facts-about-trial-biking). And parts, while needing to be at the upper end of the of reliability and strength don't need to be that heavy, you'd still gotta pedal it and throw it around. There's a balance and I do think that putting what's already considered wimpy parts for 'regular' mountain bikes on ebikes is a bit of a miss. Hence why this has 27.5-inch version of the DH rims that the Syndicate race on, 4-pot brakes, 200mm rotors and a Fox 36, for example. Scrimping anymore in these departments might get the weight into the realm of gimmicky marketing but it won't help the ride quality.
Feb. 15, 2020, 8:09 p.m. - Seb_Kemp
Hi Reed, Trials (motor) bikes are much heavier. They're much lighter than motocross bikes but still very heavy machines. You're still talking 2-3 times heavier than this bike. [https://www.redbull.com/ca-en/8-crazy-facts-about-trial-biking](https://www.redbull.com/ca-en/8-crazy-facts-about-trial-biking). And parts, while needing to be at the upper end of the of reliability and strength don't need to be that heavy, you'd still gotta pedal it and throw it around. There's a balance and I do think that putting what's already considered wimpy parts for 'regular' mountain bikes on ebikes is a bit of a miss. Hence why this has 27.5-inch version of the DH rims that the Syndicate race on, 4-pot brakes, 200mm rotors and a Fox 36, for example. Scrimping anymore in these departments might get the weight into the realm of gimmicky marketing but it won't help the ride quality.