2024 Altitude A70
Negatives:
At first I was super excited to get this bike. All the hype from YouTube vids that this bikes motor is so much better than the competitions which is not true. Any bike with a Bosch motor will beat this bike. First couple of rides I got overheating codes and other codes while my buddies where flying past me on there 85nm Bosch motor bikes. Same thing as everyone else is saying. Apparently I needed to up my cadence between 80-120 which is ridiculously over exerting yourself on a 5km climb.
Why would they put a deore cassette and chain on a full XT setup?? The cassette and chain were fully worn out before 500kms. I’ve since upgraded to XT chain and cassette on my brand new bike. Super frustrating I had to spend another $300 on a 10K bike. When I changed the chain. I had the bike laying on its side with the chain cover off. I stood the bike up and the retainer for the motor gear fell off. Not even attached with one thread. Fell off!! My first Rocky Mountain experience was amazing with the vertex back in the 90’s. Different bikes since then. My second experience isn’t great so far.
Positves:
The slacked out geometry and handling is awesome!
New XT cassette and chain shift really well. Hopefully will last way longer. (Buy a chain checker) otherwise expect to change your chain after 200kms on the deore setup.
Comes with cushcore.
Jumbotron and controls are easy and work great.
The OT battery with the 720wh battery will outlast any other e-bike.
Suspension once…
