Which would you rather? Production cs DIY emtb

Which would you rather have? Production VS *nice* DIY eMTB

  • Nice "budget" Production emtb - sub $5000 usd

    Votes: 1 20.0%
  • Nice DIY rig wirh new donor FS mtb and nice motor/battery., maybe controller upgrade too, if needed.

    Votes: 4 80.0%

  • Total voters
    5
I’d go with the Canyon. Lightweight, large battery, and programable so you can have a preset for street and for off-road. Programability is I big deal so you don’t accidentally launch yourself off a cliff. 85nm of mid drive torque will get you up any hill. The Shimano motor isn’t only programable via the screen, but also hackable to remove restrictions.
 
I’d go with the Canyon. Lightweight, large battery, and programable so you can have a preset for street and for off-road. Programability is I big deal so you don’t accidentally launch yourself off a cliff. 85nm of mid drive torque will get you up any hill. The Shimano motor isn’t only programable via the screen, but also hackable to remove restrictions.
I think if they were all the same price, a factory one is an appealing package for various reasons. Do you know what can be done with the hacked shimano? remove the 20mph motor cutoff and give more boost, im guessing?

Do you know if the bosch can be similarly hacked?
 
Now that everything is on a huge sale, my decision is still hard... Been looking at the Orbea Wild (3800 currently) and the Yamaha moro 07 (only 2500) as well as the Canyons...

I know I want something with quality pedal-assist, i don't want to just throttle all the time. Do the bolt-on motors (Maybe CYC or ToSeven?) compare well with the bosch/shimano/yamaha motors when it comes to pedal assist?

Anybody with experience with this? thx.
 
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