WHYTE E-160 RSX

Whyte’s new e-bike packs a punch but can it float like a butterfly and take the sting out of the trail?

- Jamie Darlow

£7,999 29 in ● whytebikes.com

NEED TO KNOW

• Enduro e-bike with an alloy frame, 29in, MX and 27.5in- wheel options
• Frame travel is 150mm and the bike is named for its 160mm- travel fork
• Latest version gets the biggest Bosch 750Wh battery across the range, with slicker entry port and cabling to make battery removal very easy
• Low and slack geometry tilts the bike firmly downhill, complemented with race-ready tyres and components
• RSX comes with Fox Performance Elite suspension, SRAM AXS GX drivetrain and DT Swiss wheels

I stumbled across a Loris Vergier soundboard the other day. At the click of your mouse you get access to all kinds of suspension and riding insights, like “cac-cac-cac-cac,” “wrah-wrah-wrah,” and so on. I mention it now, because I couldn’t ride the new Whyte E-160 without making sounds like this. It’s such an exuberant bike to ride, it draws out the inner child in you and makes you want to slap corners like Loris, something that took me completely by surprise on a bike that weighs more than 26kg.

While you digest that number, on what is probably the heaviest e-bike I have ever ridden, you’ll need to know what’s changed on this iteration of one of our favourite ever e-bikes.