adrian_sm
1 MW
I just took it for its first spin, and wow. This is a totally different bike than my old one. The frame totally changes the feeling of the bike.
It just soaks up the bumps. Funny almost makes you feel disconnected from the road. Where as the hardtail you felt every ripple in the road.
Also makes it feel slower as a result. I am used to bashing into bumps, and that reminds you that you are going a decent pace. Now the bumps just melt away, and I went searching for things to run over.
I used to have the opinion that you shouldn't really go any faster than 40kph on a bike, but I am starting to realise that this was just a limitation of the suspension. I didn't feel like I was pushing the limits at all. Even going flat out on bumpy roads that I used to have to stand on the pedals to stop myself getting bucked off the bike.
Already starting to wonder what this 408 would be like on more volts. Lucky my controller can handle 72v.
It just soaks up the bumps. Funny almost makes you feel disconnected from the road. Where as the hardtail you felt every ripple in the road.
Also makes it feel slower as a result. I am used to bashing into bumps, and that reminds you that you are going a decent pace. Now the bumps just melt away, and I went searching for things to run over.
I used to have the opinion that you shouldn't really go any faster than 40kph on a bike, but I am starting to realise that this was just a limitation of the suspension. I didn't feel like I was pushing the limits at all. Even going flat out on bumpy roads that I used to have to stand on the pedals to stop myself getting bucked off the bike.
Already starting to wonder what this 408 would be like on more volts. Lucky my controller can handle 72v.