Andreas Hestler from Rocky Mountain shared “The good thing is that this issue was caught early on in the production, and we now have better assembly/test protocol that would have discarded that drive on the assembly line. We sent the drive unit back to Rocky Mountain and after they had torn the unit down and done more diagnostics, they found that the issue we had was exclusively limited to some early sample bikes that were not built on their factory assembly line. We did a relatively quick and painless motor swap and have not had any issues since. In typical Rocky fashion, the Ride-4 chip in the lower shock mount gives riders four different kinematic and geometry options to personalize the feel for your needs.īefore we get into the review much, we have to address the fact that we had a motor failure at about 100 miles on the bike. This change, combined with revised kinematics make 160mm of Smoothlink suspension travel a vast improvement. The engineers moved the main suspension pivot to a mid-high pivot position, which is closer to the output cog of the motor. Riders can modify power, assist levels and how the motor feels based on preference, your mission that day or mileage goals.Īs much as we like the improvements made to the electronic side of the Rocky Mountain Powerplay eMTB, it’s the rest of the bike that really won us over. The bar-mounted controls are slim and easy to use as well, and we really like the on-board adjustability of the system. A major plus as other systems can render the bike a dead weight if the screen breaks in a crash. This large display is neatly integrated into the top tube and even if damaged allows the bike to be ridden without issue. We received our Altitude Powerplay Carbon 70 last fall and created an in-depth Tech Check feature that will cover all the features, updates and interviews with Rocky Mountain team members, and for that reason we’ll keep this section a bit shorter than usual and refer you back to the original feature and video here.Īnother new and pretty neat feature is the Jumbotron display screen. We are happy to say, that Rocky Mountain has absolutely delivered on their claims all around and the Altitude Powerplay has been one of our favorite eMTBs this year. While the last generation of Rocky Mountain Powerplay eBikes were fun and unique, they weren’t quite as refined as some offerings on the market and had a suspension feel that we didn’t love when it came to square-edge hits and major compressions. Not only did Rocky Mountain update frame geometry and suspension kinematics, but they also release Dyname 4.0, their fourth generation eBike powerplant. Claiming some major improvements over their outgoing eMTB, the new Rocky Mountain Altitude Powerplay lineup was a bike we couldn’t wait to put to the test.
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