The piggyback shock on the RSX spec means you’ll need a compact bottle in a side mount ( YT and Canyon both do good ones) to squeeze into the remaining space. The rubber ‘filler cap’ for the battery charge port is also well protected from filth. Whyte’s signature attention to weatherproofing detail carries on with sealed cable/hose ports on the mainframe, a rubber seal around the seat post clamp and lifetime warrantied bearings throughout. A move that’s now been copied by several other brands including the Scott Patreon. This allows Whyte to drop the battery base right down in front of the motor for the lowest center of gravity possible. The motor mount is new too, but still keeps the finned Bosch Performance CX block in the wind for maximum cooling and rotates it upwards as well. It also allows another bit of very clever versatility, but we can’t tell you about it until later this July. The down tube is also reshaped to incorporate a sliding battery rail mount that Whyte has co-developed with Bosch for easy tool-free removal of the big 750Wh battery. There’s a larger headtube, a reshaped top tube with a saddle gusset rather than a bracing pipe and the seat post clamp is conventional rather than internal. While it looks similar to the Whytes E-150 the E-160 mainframe is almost entirely new. The E-160 layout is familiar but the mainframe is all new for increased stiffness, and easier, bigger battery management (Image credit: GuyKesTV) Design
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