YAMAHA UPDATES E-MTB RANGE AND MAKES EUROPEAN MOVE
Yamaha has added two full-suspension e-mtbs to its YDX-MORO range (the range itself was launched two years ago).
The new, premium and powerful Yamaha PW-X3 mid-drive is used on Yamaha’s own distinctive design of full-suspension frame with the introduction of the YDX-MORO 05 and YDX-MORO 07 models. Yamaha say they deliver ‘higher torque, more advanced component technology, and the smoothest assist delivery ever felt on a power assist bicycle in a lighter and more powerful complete package.’
We’ve already reported on the launch of the new PW-X3 motor, but in short it is a mid-drive that claims to be 10% lighter and 20% smaller than the previous version and is Yamaha’s smallest, lightest and most powerful drive unit ever.
Moro offers pedal assist up to 20 mph with a torque rating of 85 Nm and there is also a 500-Wh downtube-integrated battery.
Yamaha already supply the likes of Giant and Haibike with motor systems and both are very significant players in the market so it’s interesting to see Yamaha expanding their own range in the US – and making a move in Europe too.
Three models, Moro 07 (emtb as above), Wabash RT (gravel) and CrossCore R (urban) are heading to ‘selected European dealers from the end of 2022’ say Yamaha, though prices and specific country availability hasn’t yet been mentioned.
IBIS ENTER THE EMTB FRAY
Ibis have entered the e-mtb fray with their new model the Oso. Fittingly for a company that makes plenty of mountain bikes, Ibis are located in California. They have been making bikes since 1981 and their name is meant to reflect the grace and lightness of the Ibis bird in flight.
The Oso is Ibis’s first e-bike and comes with a carbon-fibre frame and Bosch’s latest ‘Smart System’ on the larger sized bikes though smaller framed bikes with smaller batteries are compatible with that system yet.
It’s clearly meant to be a high performance machine, with long travel suspension for big humps and bumps, big tire clearance for plenty of grip, huge 220mm disk rotors and a long dropper post for fast downhills. There’s also a Bosch Kiox 300 display, LED remote and powerful, hardwired Lupine front and rear LED lights.
There’s a Bosch Performance Line CX mid-drive and 750Wh battery on large bikes and 625Wh on smaller ones which feature a Bosch Gen 4 motor (Bosch doesn’t have the smaller PowerTube batteries available for the Smart System yet). Quoted weight is 53lbs / 24kg.
The $10,999 price tag is perhaps not surprising given the carbon frame and high-performance nature of the machine.
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