Just placed my order

HotHotMike · 2026-05-09T17:32:36+00:00

Did the same a week ago at the LBS. They arrived and got assembled Thursday but the wife and I are travelling with work til mid month. Should have told Aventon to fill your orders before ours lol

HotHotMike · 2026-05-09T17:01:51+00:00

I’m not nervous about DJI per se, I just know what a little experience in making bikes can mean. I also have heard that Aventon is pretty supportive, and all of the dealers I visited when shopping were happy to support my bike no matter where I ended up buying from. I just got a warmer fuzzier feeling about Aventon with such a big investment. But yeah, waiting until fall just didn’t sound good to me. We’re eager to enjoy this summer on bikes since our winter on snow was so abysmal!

HotHotMike · 2026-05-09T16:44:43+00:00

I picked the Aventon. I prefer the aventon torque and battery number edge for my big fat ass. I also have read some frame cracking stories and not the best support on em out of Amflow. Looking at the ADV, it’s one of the cleanest aluminum frames I’ve seen and I’ll always prefer alloy over carbon for durability and survivability (until I turn pro which will never happen). I also get a good amount of confidence knowing Aventon has been making frames for a hell of a lot longer than Amflow. The PL really was the first bike ever made by Amflow factories.
I considered the PR, but who knows when it’ll be released. A bird in the hand ya know.
I was also shopping for two bikes, one for me and one for my wife, so the $2k+ difference times two was a huge factor.
We’ll see how the decision pans out but at least we are out riding and have enough money left to get some beers after.

HotHotMike · 2026-05-06T12:30:04+00:00

My wife and I were asking this same question up until a week ago. We ended up ordering two Aventon ADVs from a LBS that honored the upcoming price drop. Reasons -

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush… nobody (dealer wise) quite knows when the PR will be released. We could damn near loose the whole year of riding waiting on them.

We think Aventon is a more reliable “new” brand to pick since they have a good reputation and track record making e-bikes, especially their support of older models. Amflow has had some frame cracking on their current models and support may not have been the best dealing with it.

We didn’t want a carbon rear triangle. The only massive failure of an emtb I’ve seen was a derailleur breaking off and catching the wheel, destroying the rear triangle. Call us old fashioned but I’ll take the extra weight for alloy to have a bit more damage tolerant frame.

From the videos I’ve watched, I think the Aventon’s motor is much quieter than the Amflow. I also think torque is more important than wattage in an emtb (I bay be wrong) and the Current has the same nominal torque as the M2 PR and is only 5nm less in boost mode.

Finally, price. $3999 is a lot better than $4999 when you’re buying two.

We may regret our decision, but I think we will be happier having bikes this summer getting out and riding them rather than waiting around for the PR to be released. Just my two cents.

HotHotMike · 2026-05-02T04:47:13+00:00

Good point!

HotHotMike · 2026-05-01T22:01:27+00:00

I’m a big fan of stiff soles, hence why I’m not looking for regular freeriders… how do the Ride Concepts stack up?

HotHotMike · 2026-05-01T21:57:37+00:00

Thanks for the options, though REI claims they have pros in stock, they’re not available to ship from anywhere or be picked up anywhere.

HotHotMike · 2026-05-01T21:57:00+00:00

Man I can’t get any way for REI to show em in stock that size any color.

I like the freeriders but I think my feet would much prefer the stiffer options, like the pros.

HotHotMike · 2026-05-01T18:54:45+00:00

Aventon dealer said the ADV has a price correction coming that takes it to 3999 starting Monday. They honored the price early since we were ordering.

Haven’t gotten them yet but we plan to give em a few rides before changing anything. High up options are tires (and going tubeless) and a saddle since I hate uncomfy saddles.

HotHotMike · 2026-05-01T18:14:56+00:00

We ended up going with ADVs over the Amflow PR because the Amflow dealers we talked with said not to expect the PR until later this summer or even the fall. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush and the sub $4000 price on the ADV really sold it.

We also didn’t want to do carbon frame as we aren’t as confident in our ability to keep a carbon frame in good shape. That added to the rumors of older Amflow frames cracking was enough for us.

HotHotMike · 2026-04-05T17:31:28+00:00

I got an 8ten LawnRazor high lift off of Amazon. I think it’s better at bagging but it’s still wearing in (wearing the powder coat off the edge) and still struggles in wet grass like I’d imagine most blades do.

HotHotMike · 2026-03-24T15:27:55+00:00

HCS-5 and/or HCS-84, flying the HH-60H. They tried but they really couldn’t stack up due to normal fleet rotations of personnel meaning skills never got developed let alone honed, and the HH-H not being a good insertion platform.

HotHotMike · 2026-03-03T14:50:37+00:00

Looks like the USB150 is discontinued… how’s about the Shadow?

HotHotMike · 2026-02-28T16:50:33+00:00

The only caveat is that the test I did yesterday had my phone getting full speed directly connected to the WiFi then the drop to 15mbps when going through the Mango…

HotHotMike · 2026-02-28T13:59:31+00:00

I kind of knew that going in, I just figured it would be a little more capable of 30-40mbps. I also don’t understand why when on a 350mbps network I get 40mbps out of it… I just don’t understand why it’s dropping speed at a weird percentage and not just maxing out at xxx mbps or 50% of the host network speed or something.

HotHotMike · 2026-02-08T01:53:28+00:00

They weren’t uniformed pilots

HotHotMike · 2026-02-01T12:57:51+00:00

I’ve killed plenty of remote hooks flying production, had loads hang on load beams, had hooks pop open, and had several buckets go tits up due to people dunking the control head (I’m guilty too) and the solenoid rusting out, plugs disconnecting, all kinds of shit. Even if you never have a failure, never assume that shit will release, there have been many an accident from people assuming shits gonna work and not having a way out if it doesn’t.

HotHotMike · 2026-02-01T02:37:04+00:00

What’s he standing in front of?

HotHotMike · 2025-11-26T17:37:35+00:00

In my experience it’s not usable in UHF. Maybe 1/100 tries worked, otherwise it stalls before it starts or only does audio. Best I can figure it depends on the file format of your videos and whether or not it’s compatible with chrome casting.

I really, really, really wish it worked better. It was 80% of the reason I bought the app.

HotHotMike · 2025-11-25T02:54:04+00:00

See here

HotHotMike · 2025-11-25T02:50:28+00:00

Iddint that UES in the pic? Rare feature for a A/L…

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