There’s a custom tool wrap and a plastic door that securely latches down, allowing you to mount a water bottle – our Expedition Bottles fit nicely on the size XL. There’s even a built-in concealed AirTag/Tile compartment for theft prevention. The headset has built-in +/- 5 mm adjustability with separate cups, allowing you to tune the extension for a proper fit. This four-bar system might feel dated in an era with more complicated systems, like that Druid V2 that Travis lauded so much, but the Horst Link remains a tried-and-true platform. I think these differences are even more pronounced on drop-bar carbon gravel road bikes than on full-suspension bikes, where the characteristics can be muddied by suspension and tire selection. Once the suspension was dialed and I wholeheartedly committed to POS.1, the revelation occurred.
This machine truly embodies its CORNER ROCKET title. The 2024 KTM 1390 SUPER DUKE R EVO is exactly that, THE BEAST evolved. With next-level WP suspension, this bike aims to reclaim the SUPER DUKE’s place at the top of the Hyper Naked segment. Get the latest Offers, Outdoor News, Stories, and Reviews delivered to your inbox.
It’s easy to conflate exposure and the resulting flooding of endorphins with divine intervention or speaking to the godhead. Yet there’s a lot to be said for questioning one’s beliefs in an attempt to gain perspective and, thus, a better understanding of what drove us to such dogmatism! I want to adapt, not adopt, my opinions and perspectives toward cycling vis a vis, questioning the very reasons why I formed them in the first place. The KTM 390 DUKE gets a boost of ‘badassery’ for 2024. Its all-new aggressive looks really back up its characteristic razor-sharp handling, capable 399cc engine, and advanced tech. This incredibly nimble performer is just as comfortable dominating the city’s back streets as it is smashing apexes on more open twisty roads – NO BULLSHIT!
hyper bike has continued its commitment sponsoring riders, teams, events, and series. It became obvious that if Hyper was to continue to progress new opportunities would need to be explored. Hyper has since become a major player in the bicycle mass market, and in specialty sporting goods offering BMX Bikes, Mountain Bikes, and other products to a wide range of consumers. The bike has a duality; calm and centered on ascent and eerily smooth, controlled, and fast on the descent. This sensation, paired with the flexy frame and less hollow-feeling trail resonance I often experience with carbon bikes, pushed my preconceptions of how they ride. For me and my riding style, a bike ought to carve smoothly with limited input, not abruptly, resulting in a jarring riding experience.
Yet the Rocky Mountain team, with their size-specific carbon engineering, developed a chassis that is both flexy in the right ways yet still able to be handled with precision. While seated on the bike, you can press in from side to side and watch the bike twist. Time doesn’t stand still and, when it comes to speed, it goes, well, fast. In short, since we last updated this list at the end of 2022 the world has moved on yet again. There’s a new, updated version of BMW’s phenomenal, homologation-spec version of its S1000RR, the M1000RR. The same can be said about the evolution of the Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP with its new twin throttle bodies getting us very excited when we tested it, and then there’s also the radical, fire-breathing rotary Crighton CR700W.
Lithium-ion batteries can experience performance issues once they get to a state of having no charge, so a quick charge every so often will keep your battery healthy long term. Out of the box the manufacturer recommends that you charge the Ebike for a minimum of 4 hours before use, which I started before assembling the bike. True to the manual, after the 4 hour charge time was complete, I was ready to roll with full power available to me. I’d say that you can comfortably expect the ride time of your hyper Ebike to live up to the manufacturers description. Hyper states that the MTB Ebike has a battery life of 1 hour or 20 miles and I tested this out to see how my bike fared in the wild.
But I was shocked to see the seat tube angle at 76.5º when I was sure it had to be at least 78º. I was confirmed in my head tube angle assessment of 63.5º, which I “felt” was around 64º after a few rides. With a wave of a magic wand, Rocky Mountain engineered the same head and seat angles, rear center, and bottom bracket drop across all sizes of the Instinct (29er).
You’re not steering the blade like a box cutter but bending the blade to guide its path. A box cutter is a utility knife meant to slice through material in a straight line. I try not to look at geometry numbers before testing a bike other than reach to determine my size.
All that was required on my end was installing the handlebars, pedals, and battery. Some buyers may not care about spending over $5,000 on an Ebike, but others will and that is where a more budget friendly option comes in to play. Since we have a specific purpose for wanting Ebikes, we were already narrowing down our potential options and some of the more budget friendly bikes on the market. I stumbled across Hyper while perusing the Walmart website and started to dig in on what they had to offer. Last year we locked in a 320 acre hunting lease in Northern Michigan for whitetail hunting. The lease has a mix of dense woods and clearings with minimal trails throughout the property.
The consumption values stated refer to the roadworthy series condition of the vehicles at the time of factory delivery. I have to say that I was far less skeptical of a pedal assist Ebike after breaking this out and taking it for a ride. What I found with the Hyper Ebike, is that pedal assistance in this case does not mean that you are putting in a tremendous hyper bicycles amount of effort to use the motor. All that is required of the rider is a quick revolution of the pedals every so often to keep the motor engaged and working for you. If you don’t want to pedal continuously, you don’t have to. If you are maxing this bike out at weight capacity and going up a steep hill, you will need to put a bit more effort in.