Great review. This bike somehow manages to pull all the unnecessary stupidity of modern mountain biking tech into one complete package. 900 different batteries, headset cable routing, flight attendant (who needs a fork lockout these days?), crappy spec tires, and the inability to deal with actual trail conditions (stream crossings). All this for the low price of $16k which btw is about the same price as a BMW S1000rr. I'm definitely an old grouch but this just seems insane.
Side note: I may also be bitter at modern mountain bikes because I spent 4 hours this morning trying to get an internally routed hydraulic cable through a new frame.
July 26, 2022, 7:37 a.m. - Zombo
Great review. This bike somehow manages to pull all the unnecessary stupidity of modern mountain biking tech into one complete package. 900 different batteries, headset cable routing, flight attendant (who needs a fork lockout these days?), crappy spec tires, and the inability to deal with actual trail conditions (stream crossings). All this for the low price of $16k which btw is about the same price as a BMW S1000rr. I'm definitely an old grouch but this just seems insane. Side note: I may also be bitter at modern mountain bikes because I spent 4 hours this morning trying to get an internally routed hydraulic cable through a new frame.