Giant drop Yamaha for Shimano

[iskjone]

Is it true that the new Syncdrive Pro will be based on Shimano EP8. That's probably a good idea.

 

[Saratoga Dave]

Giant doesn’t seem to know themselves. The current webpage for the Revolt e+ refers to both at the same time. Interesting marketing.

 

[Asher]

Searching the internet would be a good idea before posing a question.

Revolt E+ (2022) | Gravel pyörä | Giant Bicycles Suomi

www.giant-bicycles.com

 

[gorse]

Searching the internet would be a good idea before posing a question.

Revolt E+ (2022) | Gravel pyörä | Giant Bicycles Suomi

www.giant-bicycles.com

First I knew about it. Good on the OP for posting the question...

 

[drewberz]

Motor provider seems to depend on the region. US has e-bikes with the Yamaha motor for 2021.

@Saratoga Dave I guess you are buying into 'SyncDrive Pro', and not Yamaha, Shimano etc.? Yamaha has pretty good recognition in motorsports though, so I don't fully get it.

 

[DaveMatthews]

Yet the 2022 Giant Reign is Yamaha.

Reign E+ 0 (2022) | Enduro bike | Giant Bicycles Canada

www.giant-bicycles.com

 

[gorse]

I suspect it's supply chain driven

 

[Saratoga Dave]

That “Sync Drive Pro” is just the usual marketing baloney. Here’s two screenshots of the same page which is what you get in the US when you select the Revolt e+. Page is too long to get it all in one shot. The next to last line in the first shot, near the top of the page, says Yamaha… further down the page it’s Shimano. Very magical! The top of the page clearly also refers to 28 mph support, and in another thread on this, someone pointed out that the Shimano motor is limited at 20. So who knows what’s going on? I’d love to get one of those Yamaha ones at 28 mph.

 

[bstaggs]

My wife has a 2021 Revolt E+ Pro and I am 99% certain it's a Yamaha. I'll have to double check, but I think it's actually stamped on the motor itself.

 

[st0ut]

my 2021 Explore is Yamaha

 

[Asher]

My wife has a 2021 Revolt E+ Pro and I am 99% certain it's a Yamaha. I'll have to double check, but I think it's actually stamped on the motor itself.

my 2021 Explore is Yamaha

2021 is old, 2022 is new

 

[bstaggs]

When I go to the US Giant site, I don't see any 2022 E-Bikes.

Adventure E-Bikes | Shop Adventure Electric Bikes | Giant Bicycles US

Shop Giant for top performing trekking E-bikes that conquer climbs and extend your off-road adventure. Official Site.

www.giant-bicycles.com

 

[Asher]

When I go to the US Giant site, I don't see any 2022 E-Bikes.

Adventure E-Bikes | Shop Adventure Electric Bikes | Giant Bicycles US

Shop Giant for top performing trekking E-bikes that conquer climbs and extend your off-road adventure. Official Site.

www.giant-bicycles.com

Here's one. They're probably withholding the 2022 listings for now.

Revolt E+ (2022) | Gravel bike | Giant Bicycles International

www.giant-bicycles.com

 

[Bootsdave]

They’ve recently announced a new Reign with the new Yamaha PW-X3 motor, so it doesn’t look they’re dropping Yamaha.

Giant unveil the new Reign E + 2022 – Find out all details and information about Giant's eMTB with the new Yamaha motor

We have all the information about the new Giant Reign E + 2022 eMTB with the new SyncDrive Pro motor, which is based on Yamaha's newest PW-X drive

ebike-mtb.com