r/AMFLOW_eMTB

Hey. I recently bought an amflow pl carbon pro. I’ve racked up around 300 miles but am having severe issues with the smallest cog on the cassette. Non stop skipping, it’s really bad, this started around the 100, 150 mile mark. I took the bike back to the shop two weeks back and was told everything was fine, it wasn’t. I contacted them again and arranged to go back, they are now saying the cassette is worn and not covered under warranty as this is “wear and tear” I’m having a hard time swallowing this as it’s a £9000 bike. While I understand the upkeep of these bikes isn’t cheap which I don’t mind, 150 miles for this issue to start is crazy. They are offering to send it to SRAM but if no issue is found I must cover the costs. I understand I’m covered by the consumer rights act but unsure of how to push this without coming across a dick. Any ideas or opinions would be appreciated thanks.

Hello Community!

I am currently in the market for either one of these bikes. I can get the PL at a very similar price as the new PR Carbon.

As this will be my first e-mtb I can not really decide if the old model is still worth it when compared to the new PR.

Any help in deciding is really appreciated!

Thanks:)

Anybody got any insight into which would be better?

The pr pro is £1000 cheaper and has the same motor, why would I get a px now instead of waiting for the Pr pro?

I’ve had no issues up until today, set my vpn to New Zealand pair the bike, away you go 28mph. Doesn’t seem to be working anymore. I’ve tried unpairing, setting vpn to Hong Kong while using 5g. Turned off my location services. Deleted all data from the bike screen. Still no joy. Anybody with a work around would be appreciated.

I’m torn between the base PR and the PR Pro. My local bike shop said the added cost of the PR Pro is worth it for the brakes and suspension, but I’m not sure how much of a difference I would actually feel on the trail. This would be my first ever e-bike. I’m a casual single track rider with downhills encompassing roots, rocks, and small jumps, but I’m not riding any super technical terrain.

I’m not well versed in bike components, so any input would be much appreciated.

I do love me a lightweight mountain bike, and have done silly things including titanium bolts and stupid low spoke counts to get a mountain bike really light. So I get it.

But even on a non-motorized MTB, you can go overboard getting the bike lighter. The Cardinal sin in the weight weenie pursuit, imo, is putting light weight, thin walled, low tread tires on a bike that has a good amount of travel. I did this to to an Ibis Ripmo, and it was just dumb. If I rode anything that used more than half its travel it rode terribly - bouncy, unstable, slippery. Once I figured out the error in my ways and got back to DHR2 level tires, the bike felt like itself again.

The upsides of the lighter tires were faster rolling, less drag and quicker spin up, all of which might be justifiable on a Non-Motorized mountain bike in given situations. But I can't for the life of me understand why anyone would put tires like Aspens or Rekons on EMTB's like the Amflows. The motor easily and completely takes care of the added watts necessary to overcome the extra drag and slower spin up of sticky rubber with more stable sidewalls. And the bike rides twice as well with tires aggressive enough to match its full capability. And this is true even if you are not pushing the limit. What's more, it makes you a better rider having tires that you trust more - you learn better, more committed technique instead of dancing around the danger points in your lean.

Can say similar things about ultra lightweight saddles, pedals and grips. They make the scale say nice things, but they ride like garbage and make the experience overall worse. Makes absolutely no sense to me on EMTB other than people just get sucked down a competitive consumerism sinkhole scheming and researching and shopping online. It's fun in the garage at the scale, but out in the real world with a bike that has a darn motor in it, nothing but downside for no good reason.

Okay, end of rant. I know it seemed strident, but of course if weight weenie-ing a high power EMTB makes you happy, then, I suppose, enjoy.

I have a '25 Amflow PL Pro, I saw the recent announcement that the "app" can tune the power output to maintain a desired heart rate range. Couple of questions

It this only the v2 bikes or is it backward compatible?

I dont appear to have a heart rate monitor compatible with my bike, my 'smart watch' wont pair. What has worked for people?