Electric mountain bikes are not cheating. They are a different discipline, and the Amflow PX Carbon Pro at $10,000 makes that case harder to dismiss than ever.
The bike runs the Avinox M2S motor, built by a DJI offshoot, and it is compact and light enough to rattle Bosch and Specialized. The motor does not turn riders into speed demons. It compensates for bad technique and killed momentum, which is exactly what beginners and intermediate riders lose sleep over.
The full piece is worth reading for the honest reckoning with mountain biking purism and the technical breakdown of why the M2S specifically changes the competitive landscape. The incumbents being nervous is the detail that matters most.
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