2020 Merida eOne-Sixty e-MTB slimmer with carbon & all new Shimano battery tech

Long, low, slack goes the common parlance that describes modern bike geometry but with the Merida eOne-Sixty e-MTB it’s a case of 2 out of 3.

At 440mm reach on the medium we can rule out ‘long’ as a feature of this bike. But with a lower BB and and slacker head angle it’s still a very modern bike.

For 2020 Merida have taken their flagship e-MTB and made it slacker, slimmer and with the look of a more normal bike. The lines are straighter, the angle of the head tube slacker (although the seat tube is steepened just a whisker) but the biggest change comes courtesy of the all new Shimano BT8035 integrated battery.

Now wait, aren’t all batteries strictly ‘integrated’? Well yes, but what Shimano means here is that the new battery system is moulded into a much more frame friendly shape in order for it to slot fully inside the downtube. Recall last year’s model with the BT8020 battery that sat on top of the downtube like an ugly tumor. Inside the downtube is a much more aesthetically pleasing and practical place for a battery to sit.

That said the battery doesn’t slide in to a complete downtube – it still requires a great big ‘door’ under the downtube into which the battery sits. There’s a soft but rugged plastic housing that can be removed without any tools to let you get at the battery. The neat rear axle lever doubles as a 4 & 6mm hex key that you will need to be able to pop the battery out for swapsies or for charging away from the bike.

Oh, and with this 10k top of the line model you do get a 2nd battery supplied as standard. Plus an Evoc back pack designed specifically for lugging it along on your rides. Yes, that’s right – An eMTB that comes with it’s own backback.

For the rest of this article and full tech specs click here https://singletrackworld.com/charged/2019/05/29/2020-merida-eone-sixty-gets-a-comfortable-carbon-overhaul/

This is a revised version of this video. The original was edited due to an error in the specification of the groupset. Props to user Bong Media for pointing it out.

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