At first glance, the Instinct looks uncannily similar to its "big brother," the Altitude. But a quick glance at the spec sheet reveals just how big the difference to the enduro really is. With 150 and 140 mm of travel, respectively, it offers significantly less reserve, although the 29er is also downhill-oriented in terms of geometry. As you'd expect from the Powerplay models of the... read more
Test: Crossing the Alps with an e-bike or day trips with intensive elevation gain. The charge of standard batteries of around 600 Wh is usually not sufficient for this. Typically, after just over 1200 meters of elevation gain, you've already depleted the last reserves of the energy storage, assuming you're riding in the higher support modes. It's important to have additional capacity available for your e-mountain bike... read more
Market / Eurobike 2017: At the Rocky Mountain booth at Eurobike 2017, there were several new bikes to admire. These included the two sister models, the Rocky Mountain Instinct 2018 and the Pipeline 2018, which now share the same frame, and, of course, the Altitude Powerplay e-MTB, which was already presented on a small scale some time ago. In Canada at Rocky Mountain... read more
Spektrum: Road World Champion Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) is not only considered one of the best professionals in the peloton today, but has also repeatedly demonstrated his reputation as a jokester and a colorful character in the past. On the 70th birthday of Rocky actor Sylvester Stallone, the Slovakian released a video in which he paid tribute to the legendary film series and the... read more
