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This bike has a lot going for it. Full power Bosch, Fox X2 dampers. well rounded geometry... And it looks pretty much as good as eMTBs can.
Nice bike. Lose the headset cable routing and it would be on my short list
EDIT: I am also not a fan of the split pivot around the axle, having got the same on my original Rise.. A poor design in the name of aesthetics
EDIT: I am also not a fan of the split pivot around the axle, having got the same on my original Rise.. A poor design in the name of aesthetics
Same. Probably didn’t want to pay to use a Horst link design
horst link patent expired a decade ago. Not use it is a design not a financial choice.
Isn’t 4 bar/horst patent free now anyway? FWIW the concentric pivot/split pivot/Trek ABP in my view is a really nice riding system.
Nice riding bike, I liked mine. Hated the diabolical headset routing, which is a terrible idea implemented with a ridiculous design.
There is definitely some quality issues there, quite a lot of reports on misaligned frames eating shocks & endless reports of snapping seat stays.
I wouldn’t have another for those reason (and the 2 broken seat stays in 6 months 🤦♂️)
Benji, please stop anthropomorphizing bikes, they are inanimate objects. Having said that I did enjoy the "Do bikes have soul" article in the last magazine.
The Wild may be a great bike, but it is not "an excellent technical climber" or "a fearlessly fast descender", those attributes are down the person sitting on the saddle not the very expensive piece of tech that they are riding. The most expensive and tech laden bike in the world won't make you a better rider, well maybe a little, but getting out there and riding whatever bike you have as much as you can will.
Benji, please stop anthropomorphizing bikes, they are inanimate objects. Having said that I did enjoy the "Do bikes have soul" article in the last magazine.
The Wild may be a great bike, but it is not "an excellent technical climber" or "a fearlessly fast descender", those attributes are down the person sitting on the saddle not the very expensive piece of tech that they are riding. The most expensive and tech laden bike in the world won't make you a better rider, well maybe a little, but getting out there and riding whatever bike you have as much as you can will.
You do realise that anybody with the prerequisite number of braincells to be able to ride a bike has already managed to separate the man and the machine in their equation on how well the system performs... Right...?
The Wild really is an excellent technical climber even as eBikes go, and it's arguably right at the sharp end of the spear as far as confident/competent descending bikes go too...
Knowing that you are 99% of the equation at least and that the machine is less than 1% of it, still doesn't stop people being able to rate, write about, romanticise or engage others with their thoughts on said inanimate objects though, and nor should it... An entire industry exists because of people being able to wax lyrical about the differences in said machinery and to get the purchasing public excited about them!
The alternative is that we all drive around in Model T Fords (all in black), ride a hub geared postie style bike, and we all aspire to being the same as our peers and to fitting in with society rather than seeking our own identities and to make sure that we are remembered for being individuals...
I’ve not ridden a Split Pivot but it’s definitely not just a case of aesthetics - with Horst link four bar the pivot point from the perspective of pedalling and braking is the same, so anti-squat and anti-rise are strongly linked.
With a Split Pivot the anti-squat is the same as a single pivot with the same pivot point, whilst the anti-rise is very similar to a Horst link with similar layout. This is a particularly good layout for a high pivot design.
Benji, please do not stop describing bikes the way you do. Imo it’s perfectly descriptive.
I kind of wish I had got a Wild of my Rise LT because of the shit headset and lack of quality or thought in design
But then the wild sounds no better
I’ve not ridden a Split Pivot but it’s definitely not just a case of aesthetics
When I said I didn't like the split pivot on my Rise it wasn't because of looks or the way it rides, it was because the way it is constructed is a little too awkward and fragile for my liking.
kind of wish I had got a Wild of my Rise LT because of the shit headset and lack of quality or thought in design
I guess in principal I ought to chip in and say that although the headset was shit on my first Orbea Occam, they managed to make it even shitter on the new Occam by making it semi integrated cable nonsense bollocks but still grind like a bastard even on the second ride....
On the other hand at least the main pivot bearing hasn't eaten itself yet, so that's something.... like I say second ride so it's early days..
Great bike to ride though, so long as you're wearing headphones and like bike maintenance
I have a 2024 Wild M10. Its a phenomenal bike and handles so well its now my default bike even on uplift days. Not dared touch the headset yet though.