If you’re looking to get off road with the help of electricity, you could do a lot worse than this entry priced machine from Giant.
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Thanks to 130mm of travel at the rear and 140mm up front, it’s much more forgiving to ride than a comparably priced hardtail e-MTB, not a bad thing when the extra weight of a motor and battery is rattling away on the bumpy stuff. There are some inevitable spec compromises that have been made to achieve this price however, though the Full E+ does a solid job of hiding these.
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Unlike most designs, the Yamaha motor interfaces with a standard crankset
While the outline of the Full E+ shares a certain family resemblance to the rest of Giant’s off-road full suspension range, with intricately hydroformed tubing and smooth, clean welds on the alloy frame, it doesn’t use the Maestro multi-link design. Instead, there’s a much more simple single pivot affair, with the shock nestled in a little cradle that bisects the seat tube.
The geometry is fairly conservative, with a 67.5 degree head angle and 421mm reach on a size Large frame. It doesn’t feel too badly cramped when you sit on the bike, though some of that reach in the cockpit is generated by a rather long stem.
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