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That's a decent range and not far off what I'm getting with the haibike with a 400wh battery around south hams (quite hilly). I'll get a Bafang ordered tomorrow and have a word with BGA to see what's possible battery wise. Luna do a 52v 14s4p 13.5ah "shark" pack, if you could replicate something like that in a saddle bag that would be perfect. I wouldn't really mind if it was backpack mounted in a camelback mule or similar.

Wow, excellent idea on the battery..what kind of range do you get with the saddlebag? I assume that's 48v rather than 52v? Think I may give that a go with my Foes and a BBS HD..may have some more questions for you if that's OK

I assume that will be with a backpack battery? If so do you make the battery packs yourself or purchase them from somewhere? I've been tempted to try a Bafang on one of my regular bikes but the lack of somewhere to mount the battery has always been the issue.

I like the look of the specialized bikes but I'm not convinced with the motors or Ui. I'm also too heavily invested in the Bosch system as I've bought a spare 500 powerpack for my existing bike which gives me loads of range.

I'm also really liking the look of this years Cube's, very tempted by the C62 SL but it's a toss up between one of those and a new road bike

I have a Haibike AMT Pro also, I hadn't considered the suspension settings so i'll take a look at that and reduce the pressures on the tyres to see if it makes any difference. Thanks for the input

I've been struggling with front end grip over the past few weeks to the point where last Friday I did a great superman impression over the bars 1/2 way round my local trail centre. I'm not sure if this is down to tyres or the weight of the bike or where the weight is on the bike. I'm currently running the Schwalbe hans dampf tyres that came on the bike which i'm going to swap to see if it makes any difference. I just wondered if anyone else had suffered with front end grip on their Bosch powered bikes? It only tends to happen when i'm stood up cornering, the front end will start to wash out in dry/dusty or muddy conditions - it's a bit unnerving to say the least

Whilst I agree with the vast majority of your post my Strava stats say the opposite. At my local trail centre i'm 6 mins faster per lap with the dongle than without, each lap is just under 10 miles and I generally do 2 laps per ride. Having said that without the dongle I could easily do 3 possibly 4 laps without needing to charge. Like you say it depends if you're just exploring the trails or trying to do them as fast as possible but the dongle certainly helps with the latter in my experience.

Ignore the above as I've seen you've mentioned this in a different post.

Check your linkage bolts are all tight and present. Read a few reports of them becoming loose over time on the German forum. I check mine after every other ride.

Yes that's the one

You will need a headset reducer, Chris king or hope would be my choice. It's a nice idea but will effect the handling quite a lot. You'll also have 2 inch more travel at the front than the rear. DVO make some nice upside down forks with a tapered steerer but very expensive. You also need to see if Crank Bros make a 20mm through axle conversion kit for the hubs. You will also need the 27.5" version forks if you're going with Fox 40's which are the most recent model.

I've fitted a shorter stem (Thomson 4x) and slightly wider bars to my haibike (Renthal fatbar) which are 780mm wide. I get off, put the bike on the rear wheel and turn the bars to get through those. I think it largely depends on the type of riding you do as my xc bike has 570mm flat bar and feels natural on that bike.

The handling is fine, I just mean on a flat road I'd have a higher average speed on my non-ebike....it obviously more than makes up for it when the gradient gets steeper and results in a higher average speed overall. I've noticed personally I sit around 16.5-17mph after the motor has cut out where as it would be higher usually.

New to the site and just purchased a Haibike last week. I've done around 50 miles on it over the weekend and really enjoyed it off road. Bit boring on road as feels like a big lump to get over 16mph when i'd otherwise be going a bit faster on my non-ebike. Can't wait to get out on it again.