Very light, very stiff and feels so much faster than me. No creaks at all from mine, but it was assembled with great care. I do mixed riding, from the Peaks to trail centers to fast flat riding and the E excels at all of them — i am sure its faster than a hardtail in most conditions — you can keep pedaling all the time.
I love it — and would recommend one without question. The new bikes run mm forks so slackens the steering a tad.. Great bike.. My point was that it bobs even in big ring, as well as middle and granny. The suspension action seemed basic at best in comparison to other bikes I have ridden. It relies upon you changing setting with the TC lever, locking it down on climbs or anywhere you need to pedal it seems, which in my opinion is entirely pointless if you can get a bike with a sorted shock and suspension action negating the need for that.
Ultimately it is only my opinion but I had more grief and was more dissapointed than with any other bike I have owned or been given. On each shock that I had the eyelet, not the bushing, wore out rendering the shock loose all the time unless replaced.
The lifespan was a joke. Admittedly I had the bike from Jan 08 — June 08 which was pretty wet and it was subjected to some muddy rides but still it was ridiculous. The bike before that was a Blur XC which was also a hell of a lot better. I descends fantastically well, feels rigid and light with very little power lost from the pedals.
Looks fantastic and rides like nothing else and i test rode a lot of bikes before committing to this one. Really excels on steep climbs, level racy sections especially bumpy ones , and singletrack but can still handle decents pretty good. Just feels so fast everywhere. Normally it is being newer with new design making some impact , but on this occasion I have had a Flux and this is still better IMO.
Anyway who cares. All the bikes mentioned above are very good and we are just nit picking. I think we are all just lucky to have tried them. Off out now to do more bike comparison miles….. Mine rode nice too… hehehe Really enjoyable day, bit noisey but i think thats just the carbon stuff! Bit of Geeky info for E owners — The old E5 frame came with mm Titanium studs that run through the pivot bearings. The E is shipped with steel versions of the same studs.
Changing from Steel to Ti studs saves 60 grams. OK, been riding my new E frame for a couple of weeks now.
I used the love my E5, just loved it. The main two things that are immediately obvious are that the E is painfuly good at climbing.. There are three models in the E range. Whyte E XT — First ride review. Latest deals. Skip to view product specifications. Bigger Gripper dropouts offer plenty of stiffness Russell Burton.
The Getta Grip seatclamp avoids the need for a slot in the frame Russell Burton. It unfortunately it developed a creak which after a lot of time and cash spent on replacing warn big gripper parts etc it turned out the frame had a small crack around the bb! Atb sales were amazing and within 1 working day came up trumps and replaced my old e black frame for a brand new e white frame and transplanted all my original components over for me aswell!
Top service from Gary at Atb sales! Obviously my version runs full xt with elixir cr brakes and fox front forks! The new frame is a much better frame as it has removable dropouts so you can run either qr or a maxle rear end! Also has routing for a dropper post! Only down side being white in colour it's really hard to keep clean! The bike is amazing for either trail centre riding or for a long day in the saddle doing sdw etc!
Have ridden my mates bikes to get a contrast and the only bike that felt as good as this is a whyte ! Just can't afford one of them!!
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