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INTRODUCING THE E-LYTE

LIGHTWEIGHT NATURAL TRAIL BIKE PERFORMANCE WITH FULL eMTB POWER

Our all-new lightweight eMTB range blends the very best natural mountain bike handling and ride feel with the power and capability of ‘full-fat’ eMTBs.

Engineered for riders who want a lighter and more familiar ‘mountain bike’ ride experience than full-fat eMTBs offer, E-Lyte is designed to deliver zero compromises wherever your trail takes you: the singletrack, the all-day epic, the home trail hot laps, the drop-ins, the descents, the tech and the climbs back out.

LIGHTWEIGHT WITHOUT THE COMPROMISE
Comprising of three models – the E-Lyte 140 Works, E-Lyte 150 Works, and the E-Lyte 150 RSX – the range includes our lightest ever electric mountain bike, the E-Lyte 140 Works, which weighs just 16.4kg (size M) and delivers uncompromised XC/trail performance together with 650Wh of combined battery capacity.

ALL-NEW FRAME
The beating heart of every E-Lyte is an all-new, lightweight yet strong carbon fibre chassis that carefully packages Bosch’s light and powerful Performance Line SX mid-torque (55Nm), full power (600W) motor and 400Wh internal battery seamlessly so you can fly under the radar as stealthily as you’ll fly down the trails.

EXCEPTIONAL HANDLING, HOWEVER YOU RIDE
We’ve carefully positioned the mass of the Bosch PowerMore 250Wh range extender – included with both Works bikes as standard – as low in the frame as possible to optimize the bike’s center of gravity and deliver an exceptional handling bike, however you want to ride: with the range extender on for longer rides out in the hills, or without for lapping your local trails.

Similarly, without the PowerMore in place, you can run a full 750ml water bottle in the same rock-bottom low position, using the supplied bottle cage mount, for the same handling win.

NATURAL RIDE RESPONSE
With its sensitive and reactive response, the new Bosch Performance Line SX motor delivers a more natural ride experience than the full-fat Performance Line CX motor, rewarding higher pedalling cadences and rider effort as it delivers up to 340% support and 600W of peak power. This means it requires you to pedal at higher cadences (around 100-105rpm) to unlock its higher support and peak power but, once there, it will sustain that support even up steep and technical climbs. The motor’s narrower 160mm Q-factor is also more akin to mechanical (analogue) bikes, too.

TRAIL PROVEN PARTS
The category four trail/enduro 150 Works trail/enduro bike weighs 19.2kg (size M) and the similar RSX at 18.9kg (size M). Despite these low weights, every E-Lyte comes complete with a fully trail-proven spec, including reinforced tyres, four-pot brakes, full-length dropper posts, wide handlebars and appropriate forks, so there’s no need to compromise on the way you ride.

E-LYTE HIGHTLIGHTS

• All-new carbon-fibre frameset with geometry adjustment + full weather-proofing
• Choice of XC/lightweight trail (140) + trail/enduro bike (150) models:
  • E-Lyte 140 = 140mm front + 135mm rear travel
  • E-Lyte 150 = 150mm front + 142mm rear travel
• Bosch’s all-new lightweight Performance Line SX mid-torque (55Nm) motor (600W peak power)
• 650Wh combined battery capacity on Works bikes (400Wh internal battery + 250Wh range extender); 400Wh internal battery on the RSX
• 29er wheels front and rear
• Whyte custom-tuned rear suspension
• Pitch-perfect, trail-proven components

E-LYTE 140 WORKS

• Lightweight XC/trail bike (category 3: Trail)
• 16.4kg complete (size M)
• 140mm front + 135mm of Whyte custom-tuned rear travel
• 650Wh combined battery (400Wh internal + 250Wh PowerMore range extender (included with Works models))

MSRP: £10,999

E-LYTE 150 WORKS

• Lightweight trail bike (category 4: Enduro)
• 19.2kg complete (size M)
• 150mm front + 142mm of Whyte custom-tuned rear travel
• 650Wh combined battery (400Wh internal + 250Wh PowerMore range extender (included with Works models))

MSRP: £9,999

E-LYTE 150 RSX

• Lightweight trail bike (category 4: Enduro)
• 18.9kg complete (size M)
• 150mm front + 142mm of Whyte custom-tuned rear travel

MSRP: £7,999

ALL WITH NO COMPROMISE COMPONENTS
Every E-Lyte is spec’d to perform from out of the box, with nothing that has been put on the bike to grab a headline. It’s all trail-proven, real-world kit that will serve any rider flawlessly.

For instance, we could have gone even lighter to shave off a few grams here, and a few grams there but we’ve spec’d parts that will perform on the trail without compromising on performance, such as:

• Running four-pot brakes with 200mm rotors front and rear (E-Lyte 150 bikes) / 180mm rotors (E-Lyte 140 Works) to ensure confident and effective braking (rather than lighter two-pot brakes)
• A full-drop dropper post (rather than a shorter-drop, lighter post)
• 800mm wide bars (rather than lighter, narrower bars)
• Reinforced trail tyre casings (rather than featherlight casings)
• Usage appropriate forks (34s for the XC/trail E-Lyte 140 Works + 35/36s on the E-Lyte 150 bikes)

RIDER CHOICE, BAKED IN
So you can ride it your way, we’ve designed the E-Lyte to give you the option to set it up and ride it as you want:

• Need more battery?
  Every E-Lyte is compatible with Bosch’s 250Wh PowerMore range extender (included with both Works bikes), that mounts in the lower bottle boss position, to give you a total battery capacity of 650Wh.
• Want to run a bottle, or even two?
  The E-Lyte has two bottle positions: a lower for a full 750ml bottle (using the bottle cage adaptor, included with all models), and a higher Fidlock position for a smaller 400ml bottle (on sizes M-XL) – even with the PowerMore in place. Or you can use the Fidlock mounts for tool or tube mounting (all sizes).
• Want to slacken the geometry out for more downhill grins?
  Just use the ‘Shape.it Link V2’ geometry adjustment and put it into its low setting for a lower, slacker geometry. Want to pedal further? Keep it its stock higher, more all-day ride-friendly set-up.
• Want external headset routing?
  The frame comes ready to give you the choice as to how you want to run your cabling: either internally through the headset, or externally and then into the frame, however you prefer. The frame is also ready for mechanical gear cabling to be used; just punch the cable through the sealed cable port membranes and away you go.

DESIGNED TO PERFORM, ENGINEERED TO LAST
We’ve designed, tested, and proven every E-Lyte in our native UK, riding all year round through the best and the worst of conditions. Riding through the foulest, bearing-killing winters and their bike clogging mud means we’ve added a whole host of weather-proofing touches that may not grab headlines, but will keep you riding sweeter and for longer, come what may. Things such as:

• Fully weather-sealed with a seat-clamp gaiter, and sealed cable and hose ports to keep the water out
• The charge port is positioned at the base and to the front of the seat tube, out of the firing line of the rear wheel spray
• A yoke gaiter on the chainstay yoke also prevents against sand, grit and debris getting behind the suspension yoke
• There’s also masses of mud clearance for up to 2.5in tyres between the seat and chainstays to prevent mud and gunk slowing you down
• Frame protection on the lower downtube and chainstay helps keeps the frame in great shape.
• Phosphate-coated and marine grease packed pivot bearings maximize pivot bearing service life through even the worst conditions
• Our lifetime suspension pivot bearing warranty gives you pivot piece of mind
• Plus we stand behind every E-Lyte for the long haul with a four-year extended frame warranty

STOCK AVAILABILITY
From December 2023. All bikes will be available to purchase from any of our trusted Whyte dealers, or alternatively riders can Click & Collect to a Whyte dealer online from whytebikes.com.

Discover more at www.whytebikes.com.