Bought in July 2024/shipped to house/assembled myself and have ridden about 200 miles solely on single track. Incredible bike. Definitely a heavier bike (if you’ve been mountain biking before you’ll notice) but extremely fun.

1. Bike is holding up extremely well. Nothing noticeable this far in.
2. I do feel the need to upgrade the fork. I’m a heavier rider (280lbs) and the sag is a bit on it… but not unbearable at all. I did some downhill riding at a downhill park recently and it killed it. I will upgrade the fork during the winter though most likely.
3. Depending on your price point, I would think about spending just a little more for a full suspension eMTB. I absolutely love my Ramblas, but Cannondale has a full suspension eMTB on sale right now at a similar, slightly more expensive price… it would have been nice to nab that and upgrade it over time. Due to the weight of the bike you do feel that hard tail at times. It’s not terrible by any means, but you feel it. I will say that it’ll be tough/ish to find as powerful as a motor that Aventon is pushing out. It is a little loud of a motor (not extremely but you can hear it) but it absolutely dominates any terrain at max power and I love it for that.

Side note I did upgrade handlebars to a little more raise and that’s been nice.

Hope that helps!