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Nothing wrong with that, it's way better to have all that extra stopping power right? Lol

@@BFBMTb Best problem to have indeed!

Thanks. I still got mine and ride it for long gentle rides since it's way easier to pedal compared to my other bikes. I did upgrade to fork to an older revelation though

Thanks buddy

No attic space in that room. Idk, last night they did the same thing. Another weird thing happened last night when I took a shower. I closed the bathroom door before taking a shower and the door to the bathroom was open by the time I stepped out of the shower. I'm going to try and set up a camera or something

@@BFBMTb Were you alone in the house? Only a person would open the door, unless you're thinking it was a ghost!

Im 5'8 and the reach feels good for me. It might feel a tad bit small though for someone your height. Idk if they make the bike in different sizes

@@BFBMTb nah. No different sizes. Will get bent seat post and bmx style bars pretty quick

I dont remember which maxxis tire o had up front but these tires have similar tread as maxxis ikons. Compared to the ikons, Speed wise I'd say they are the same. When it comes to grip, the maxxis is better cause it's softer rubber. Additionally, maxxis can come in tubeless ready which makes it much easier to set up tubeless. You can run the Billy goats tubeless but you'll need more wraps of rim tape to make it fit more snug

@@BFBMTb many many thanks I think then I'd go with Maxxis for the tubeless advantage

@sinombe101 yeah. Having the tire tubeless ready will be alot easier then trying to convert nontubeless folding beads. Goodluck

This is a diamondback atroz that I converted to an electric bik

Yes my frame is a medium. The battery I'm using is the 52v 17.5ah shark battery by upp. The battery I'm looking at getting is the g56 battery. It's basically the same dimensions as the hailong 1 with it being 365 in length and 90 mm tall. If my calculations are correct, the battery should fit if you use a non-piggyback shock with a M frame. I do have a dead hailong that I might use to test fit. I'll try and pick up a used rs deluxe or so this weekend to see if it'll fit like I'm thinking.

@@BFBMTb can you add some update here after checking that?

Aww thank you for the kind words man. That means alot to me. I'll be back with more trail videos in the next few weeks since I'm currently sick. Hope you had a good new year and stay safe out there!

Lol happy to you too man and have a safe new years

The rear is pretty sturdy and pretty much what you'd expect from an Enduro class bike. The bike is nimble and soaks up chunky stuff easily with my current settings. I've hit tabletop jumps on the bike and it does well but the coil shock isn't a "poppy" as an air shock. I'm going to build up another 29er himalo as an ebike with bbs02 since I use this bike for bike parks and downhill and enduro racing. The new himalo bike im going to build is going to be a full 29er with 2.6 inch wide tires which will give the motor enough clearance. It'll also have an inline airshock since that is the only shock I can run with having a g56 battery in the frame

Yeah i was thinking about get a prebuilt emtb or one of the m600 framekits but i love the feel of this bike and its my main bike for rougher terrain. It's honestly a good bike frame to build upon. I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of the frame when I got it. I've taken it to quite a few days at the bike park and it has done well. I've also done a dh and Enduro race with it and no issues with the bike.

So far so good. No issues with it but I've only put on about 120 miles on it so we'll see as more miles are tacked on. I'm actually thinking about strapping on one of my spare mid drive motors on it to get more seat time

Lol nice and congrats. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised with the frame quality considering it's price. I still have the bike and it's still performing really well. I did a few more park days on it, a dh race practice day, and also an enduro race practice day. I fell pretty badly on the dh track but the bike survived just fine. My rear wheel also got dented but that's different from the frame. Have you thought about what components your going to put in it?

@@BFBMTb Yes, i've got all components (mostly from my hardtail). Rear shock today was delivered. Just waiting for the frame. It will be trail-enduro-am bike. For DH i have'nt skills and balls, lol) Fork SR Suntour Zeron 160mm Rear shock spring-loaded DNM rcp2s Brakes SRAM Guide 2r Transmission 1-12 Shimano Deore 6100 Rotors front 203 rear 180 29 inch wheels I hope this frame not fails)

Hi. Yes, I looked at other options before I built my bike. I was actually looking at ican since i read great reviews on the forums. I also was looking at bxt, but they didn't have a frame that fit my needs. What eventually steered me to the himalo frame is the price and travel. I already had other bikes with lower travel, and I wanted a bike with 150 or 160 mm of travel which the himalo has with a 55mm or 60mm stroke shock. Also, the price for the himalo frame was way less compared to the other carbon options out there. So, in my case, the himalo frame fit my requirements and I could invest a little more in components. Hmmm if you have the option to go with the ican, I'd say go for it since you'll save a little weight, plus you'll have the dampening qualities of carbon

@@BFBMTb thank you, great advice

@@1mprint29 yup, glad to be able to help

Thanks bud. Hope you had a good Thanksgiving!

@@BFBMTb Get well soon! Take it easy to help with recovery. The trails will be there when you're 100%.

@specagent999 thanks spec! I was tempted to ride with Tristan today at oaks and clean hawk but i think I really messed up my foot since I can't move it outward. 😅

@@BFBMTb Is it swollen? Might be sprained. I'm not sure, I've never sprained an ankle before, had a couple of broken toes but never sprained or twisted an ankle.

@specagent999 yeah it's a little swollen in the ankle area. I've had a few sprained ankles before and also broken my right ankle. I can't tell if it's broken or just sprained, but when I broke my ankle it stayed swollen for more than 2 weeks. I'll probably go to urgent care and get an xray just to be safe though

Nice! Your seriously making me want to go and get a real deal emtb now lol. Let me know how you like it and how it feels compared to the bafangs

Yeah, I'm pretty happy with the angle but I need to find a way to secure it a little better. I used one of those saddle mounts and also an extension piece to bring out and position the gopro a little higher to the point where I can have the rear tire show just a little bit. You can somewhat see the setup after I fell and was talking about what line to I should have use. The problem is that since I used an extension, the gopro does shake a little when it comes to chunkier bits. I also tried my hero 7 and hero 8 on the rear mount with some stairs and found that the hero 8 does a better job of stabilizing compared to my hero 7. I got to find a way to stabilize the extension a bit better, or I can just upgrade to a new gopro and use my hero 8 as a rear view camera.

Lol i just learned about the app and they got 1$ iced coffees. So I've been getting that and the 2 for 3.99 mcchicken sandwiches. That's true about that turn. Wasn't that turn slightly beamed before? Or has it always been flat?

@@BFBMTb Edit: one thing about using the app is you might experience an increase in spam phone calls, at least that is what happened to me. I rarely get McChicken. The only Mcburger I like is the fish, and probably because of the tartar sauce. If I'm in the mood for chicken burger I go to Popeyes 😋 I don't know about that turn since I hardly ride Turnbull. But I agree with Rory, your skills have improved to intermediate.

Oooo. Thanks for the tip on the spam calls.. yeah I wish o had a Popeyes closer to me. Unfortunately I only got Jack's and mcdees so I normally just get that before a trail ride for the calories. Thanks spec. I've developed a fear of really rocky things this past year to the point I get anxiety thinking about it. In a way, i regressed in the overall difficulty of trails i ride. Even a trail like chutes ridgeline gives me anxiety now. So, instead I focused on other skills like pumping and just being smoother. I think ive finally gotten to a point where i apply these skills automatically. Next goal is to start doing rocky and steep trails again

Bingo. For this video I added the rear shots when I hit something, and also as a intro to a certain trail segment. Tire pressures make a big big difference in grip. I run 28 on the rear always. Some ppl like to run lower on the rear but I've dinged quite a few wheels running low low rear pressures

Thanks rory. I haven't ridden this trail in 1.5 years since someone broke into my car last time. I took it a bit easy this time and tried to keep it under 32 kph, but hopefully I can do a full speed run next time. Btw thanks for your support man. Your comment made my day since you know how hard I've tried to increase my skill levels throughout the years with everything like pumping, turns, body position, and flow/rhythm.

That video is actually pretty good. I normally practice my flat turns once a week using drills from aaron gwin so my footwork, knee and torso position is not too shabby.. I think I may have found out what the issue is. My fork pressure was unusually low when I checked it after I got home. So, I'm thinking the low pressure may have not given me the support I needed. Additionally my 1.5 year old dhr may be due to a change 😅

Yeah the quality of the cranks are on the same level as the ixf cranks from what I'm seeing which I'm happy about since those ixf cranks have been really good. The bottom bracket that came with the ixf crankset where better quality though. I'm going to try and open up the bearings and see if maybe they just need a little bit of grease

@@BFBMTb nice, yeah definitely. Of it feels gritty they probably could be cleaned and regreased. They look like the IXF ones as well.

I highly recommend them. All my other bikes now have them. Btw, the manufacturer says to use a particular shimano pad, but they actually use hope pads cause they are pretty much a clone of the hope e4

Hey congrats!

Yeah I wasn't too happy with the helmet Mounted Rear View Footage. It's nice and stabilized but doesnt give a good representation of speed or the terrain like footage from the saddle gives. I'm going to try and play around with the saddle mount a little more and maybe use some extensions to bring up the camera a little bit so the whole tire doesnt take up all of screen. What other mounting locations did you try? I'm thinking about getting one of those claw mounts to try and mount it on the chainstay or even the fork leg. I'm also thinking about dusting my old lumix camera for some tripod footage.

@@BFBMTb I tried two different positions on the rear triangle. But both times the mount broke or didn't stay in place. I'm waiting for a much strong mount to try again. Also tried my back LOL. wore my chest strap backwards but results were dull.

@MTBr-of-SoCal lol I thought about the back mount thing that you brought up before but I figured it would be kind of difficult to aim the camera. Hmmm maybe one of those 360 cameras would work good on the back

Aww you unsubbed me? Or was it youtube that did it? Lol. I'll find your channel and sub again and check out the video

@@BFBMTb TH-cam man. My sub count goes up 1 down 1 almost daily. I appreciate it. I have some funny comments.

@FloridaEbikes yeah. TH-cam does that to me too. I think it has something to do if like a subscriber isn't active for awhile it'll unsub them or something. Probably as a way to weed out the bots or something. Is your emtb that budget one that you took out to a trail that looks to be in the middle of the boonies somewhere?

@@BFBMTb that's what I hear to but ive seen it unsub new ones in real time. Yeah its a gotrax traveler 500w hub motor 10.4ah battery. It has a suntour xlr air 120mm fork 180mm brakes hydros Cst 29×2.25 gripper tires Some other cosmetics but its a beast

​@FloridaEbikes nice. Have you done like mileage test on it to see how many miles you can get on a full charge?

It doesn't come with foam rings out of the factory. There isn't enough room to install fall rings either

There's not enough space to add a standard width foam ring. You could probably trim one and add it

160 is what the manufacturer recommends but you can normally go 20mm more or less without effecting geometry too much. The increase in 20mm will decrease your headtube angle by about 1 degree

@@BFBMTb himalo 2nd gen ? Support 180mm ?

@mdazame6525 this is 1st gen. The 2nd gen is also recommended to use 160mm fork. I forgot to mention that my frame is a 29er but I use 27.5 wheels and forks. The 27.5 180mm lyriks are about the same axle to crown length as the 29er 160mm lyrik. Headtube angle and seat tube angle isn't really effected since the axle to crown is similar. The bottom bracket does sit a bit lower since im using 27.5 wheels and the chainstay is a little bit longer compared to the 27.5er frame. These are things that i wanted in this build. The minor change in headtube angle is one of the reasons why I installed an angle headset, to slacken the bike even more while also elongating the front by a few mm.

​@@BFBMTb they've now a 3 gen, and there was also a B2 with longer travel... But the 'himalo store' is closed now on AliExpress :(

Lol good catch man

@@BFBMTb No probs. Sorry to be the grammar police. Looks great where you ride.

Lol I do the same thing and wonder if I should've just ridden a blue trail or something for the day

I'm sure majority of people will only need one dashcam 😆

The frame shock and suspension linkage works very well and is sensitive. With out the rear shock on, The rear triangle goes through its travel smoothly and with no stiction or hesitation. The rear suspension is highly sensitive with a coil shock and absorb small chatter and bigger hits really well. There's another video I posted of using the bike on a more rugged trail and later on tbe switched bikes with my brother who has a shorter travel bike. I was able to go much faster and more stable on the himalo bike compared to the other bike. This version of the frame had a 66 degree headtube angle (the new version has 64 degree) so it felt a little twitchy on steering for me. I've since put in a -2 degree angle headset and the bike is now where I want it to be when it comes to steering and stability. As for strength, it's been good. We recently rode it at a bike park this weekend and my brother was using it and it did well. My brother doesn't ride as crazy as me but he did smaller drops and jumps and weighs 200lb so his extra weight tested the frames strength imo. I'm going to be using the bike on a dh race in the next two weeks.

@@BFBMTb So as l understand IT is sensitive at the begining, eats midle and big bumps and is progressive at the end. What about cross country style riding i mean trupa on flat terrain. Is It possibile in Your opinion. Isn't there top much pumping because of sensitive begining of the stroke? P.S. keep my fingers crossed for You in DH competition.

Hmmm I can see it doing okay with xc style riding if the build is more xc oriented. My setup is geared for downhill and with the coil, its really sensitive especially at the top. Also, i have no lock out so i turn compression up when climbing to make it more efficient. There is bob when im sprinting. But i think an xc style build with a shock that can lock out or a pedal mode like on rs shocks to help prevent power loss through the suspension would be really good, not to mention the 1lb or so of weight saved. That, along with fast rolling xc tires like mezcals, barzo, or Syerra. Maybe also lighter weight fork like a pike to save a few more grams. A build like that would possibly get you in the 30.x lb range and would probably be a nice build since you'll have more efficiency but you'll have the long travel for when things get really rough. Ofcourse there's trade offs such as less grip and it possibly might not be as efficient as a pure xc bike.

I'm plead guilty man, i felt pretty bad after messing up the Supercross track and stuff.

This spring was a 550lb spring. The bikes geometry was altered so it required a higher spring rate than usual. I've since made changes to the bike that a 450lb spring feels better.

Lol yeah man, I sounded like I've been smoking for 50 years with the wheezing and shortness of breath. That really is super draining. I really didn't think it would effect my breathing that much and it did. It also didn't help that my legs and arms were frozen so I couldn't pump hard like I normally do

@@BFBMTbFor cold weather riding I wear 3 layers: wicking base layer, a warm middle layer, and a windbreaker outer layer. One of those layers should have turtle neck coverage. For the legs I wear a wicking base layer, mtb shorts over that or windbreaker pants and wool socks.

​@specagent999 I had three layers for top but my final layer was just a Hoodie cause I couldn't find my wind breaker. I only had 2 thin layers for the bottom so my legs was stiff and frozen. I brought my brother with me for his first park experience and he was a bit better prepared so he had a lot of fun. I got to buy some turtle necks now lol

@@BFBMTb Yeah, outer layer must be windbreaker. You can wear 2 hoodies and the wind will still go through it. You can also get a balaclava that covers the face and neck. I don't have one but I have a mask that covers the mouth and nose.

@@specagent999 okay yeah, face covering is what I have been contemplating about. Does it help warm up the air you breath and stuff?

I could've gone faster but I was wheezing badly and was completely out of breath at the end lol

Thanks man. I think i couldve gone faster but the cold weather really constricted my lungs and i was too exhausted to rrally pump. Yeah, it wouldve been cool of you were there so my brother couldve seen your skills in action since he went. He always thought i was fast and ive always told him your faster than me lol. The next race is on the weekend of the 14th. 14th is race practice day where the course will be taped off and they'll provide shuttle service to the top and the 15th is actual race day. I'm going to forsure go on the 14th to check out the course since I think I'm ready conditioning wise.

No problems with the frame or pivots yet. I actually let my bro use the bike this past weekend at the bike park and it did very well. My bro also weighs around 200lbs so it handled his weight just fine. The only thing he encountered was a rim strike going down some rocks but thats more of setup type of thing

I have another burner on my regular bike and I actually turn the compression all the way up to stop the bobbing and increase my Climbing efficiency going up hill. Climbing isn't bad when I do this. I'm impressed with this shock especially since it's so cheap.

Lol, you know I like things on the wild side 😎 jk but i washed my gloves and forgot them at home. It did feel much sketchier riding without gloves on.

Yeah I know what you mean with the traffic. First time I went there it took about 1 hour and 15 minutes. This last time took only 50 minutes to get there but it was labor day and I left at 8am. It's a fun trail to ride and theres different sized jumps for all riders. the Mueller twins and others keep the dirt jumps and trail in prime condition which is also good.

I don't remember which derailleur I got to replace it, I think I put on another deore on it. But, this time I used a smaller but better extender along with a b screw