Whyte's E-180 Works Offers Bosch's "Race Only" Motor To Anyone
Whyte is launching what they describe as a "gravity race eMTB" and "the ultimate Super E-Enduro race bike". It's called the e-180 Works MX.
It's the first e-bike we've seen available to buy with Bosch's brand-new "race-specific" and snappily-named Performance Line CX Race Limited Edition Motor. This drive unit offers more punchy assistance (up to 400% of rider input compared to 340% in the regular motor) and a more aggressive overrun (the time the motor keeps spinning after you stop pedalling) to help get up and over obstacles. It weighs 150 g less than the regular motor too.
The all-new bike features 170 mm of rear travel with a 180 mm fork, mullet wheels in all sizes and a huge 750 Wh Bosch battery. "More is more" would be a good summary. The weight is officially described as "TBC".
The aluminium frame boasts a low battery placement for greater agility, plus a battery guide rail, co-developed with Bosch, to make fitting and removing the battery easier. The RockShox suspension is custom tuned in-house.
The Race motor has the same form factor as the regular version.
With the flip chip in the low setting the head angle can be as slack as 62.5 degrees.
Whyte offer a four-year frame warranty and a lifetime warranty on bearings.
The e-180 Works MX is the flagship model which will go for £9,799 (international pricing is set locally). The range also includes the e-180 RSX MX (£8,799) and e-180 S MX (£6,799), which lack the race-tuned motor but share the same frame and 750 Wh battery.
All models are available to pre-order now at whytebikes.com. Whyte expect the RSX model to arrive on the 12th of December; the other two are TBC.
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I'll likely grab an e-trials moto or an e-motocross bike at some point (because that's genuinely an awesome upgrade from motocross bikes that require constant top-end motor maintenance), while I keep my mountain bike a mountain bike.
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The fact they still call them "bicycles" and you need to spin the cranks to let the motor run is just for regulations/insurance matter.
Gee, ya think?
It's the same with my wife.
She's ugly and I turn off the light !!
A pretty thing makes you want to use it.
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Im not gonna lie, I have 3 of the biggest UK bike shops within driving distance (merlin cycles, winstanleys and leisure lakes, plus leisure lakes main warehouse is literally the next town over to me, delivery from them is same day if I ring them and they have it at the warehouse instead of in store) which is clearly a big big big advantage, and I know not everyone is that lucky, but to some degree, I don't understand buying from a shop that doesn't offer the back up. My missus had to take her levo battery in on the recall, it had a red light on it too, they couldn't diagnose it in store, so they sent it specialized who also couldn't diagnose it, new battery sent out. 4 days later it had arrived but they couldn't find it, so they pulled one out of stock and gave it her. That's a £700 battery, in stock. No excuse to not have all drive train parts, brakes, maybe a couple of wheel sets, a few dozen sets of tyres, etc. Maybe I'm spoiled because I've got such good lbs', but still, it seems like your saying bike shops are just portals for ordering from distributors?
there is just no way, anyone outside of a Spesh or Trek concept store(inventory cost isn't carried by the LBS, but by spesh and trek), is doing anything remotely close. It's like asking your local ford dealer to have a back up engine and transmission for every car and truck they sell, in a crate in the back. LOL
I am glad you are this self aware.
Shimano NZ wouldn't supply them.
The average wait time on an accepted warranty from shimano NZ was 6 months.... some pushed out to 7 months before Shimano would send a replacement.
At the same time as they didn't have enough for warranty stock, they wouldn't supply shops to just keep in stock which is what we were trying to do (hence the motors on back order that will never be delivered).
Specalized for all it's myriad of motor faults would get you a new motor in days.
Bosch inside a week.
Shimano....... 6 months on average was my experience as a shop owner.
Also, what if your e-riding buddies don't want to pay a premium for racing-level motor features? You'll leave them in the dust, and soon enough you won't have e-riding buddies anymore.
Racing them or even chasing Strava segments just seems pointless.
As for the racing... racing is awesome. Period. Lawnmowers, exotic cars, Miatas, electric cars, electric bikes. As long as the rules create a skill based balanced... go for it.
On the other hand, racing that promotes self-centered glory, where the challenge is beating other people or battling over something scarce (e.g. prize money, points, etc.), is quite a turn-off to me.
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Today's article: nah! you can buy one.
What does that even mean. Should we read this as they picked a standard tune from the catalogue, I would expect some more fact based journalism from a pinkbike author and not a copy paste from the folder
Will escape the stench of poverty and envy much quicker.