Nireeka Mega
A carbon-fibre, full-suspension fat tire e-bike you configure with 18 options. Ben asked for everything and then went through each upgrade on the road: his three non-negotiables are the 1,000W motor, the 840Wh battery and the throttle.
Watch the Review
Full Video Review
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From the Review
Out on the Trail
Frames from Ben's video
Up Close
Detail Gallery
Shot in Ben's studio and on the road
The Engineering
What Makes The Nireeka Mega Tick
Motor & Battery
Bafang G510 1,000W mid-drive, 840Wh
1,000W upgrade
The stock motor is the 750W Bafang G510. The 1,000W version is $150 more. Ben: probably the smartest $150 you will spend. It climbed the 15% hill at 17 to 18 mph with no struggle.
840Wh battery
The stock pack is 480Wh. The 840Wh pack is $199 and nearly doubles range. He rode 19.1 miles and had 20% left.
Torque sensor
Natural and instant, and quieter than he remembered. Shifting under throttle cuts power briefly so the gears do not shift under load.
Frame & Suspension
Carbon full suspension, RockShox rear shock
Carbon frame
Ben calls the carbon layout and the paint immaculate. He clamped cameras all over it without a mark.
RockShox rear shock
Air with rebound and a sag ring. “One of the best I've felt on a bike like this.” It is standard, no upgrade needed.
Air fork
A lot of travel and big stanchions. Ben calls it set and forget, but an unbranded fork that does not match the shock. He would not pay for the hands-free lockout.
Brakes & Tires
Tektro two-piston, 200 mm front rotor option, ABS option
Brakes
Two-piston Tektro brakes. He wishes a bike this fast had four-piston calipers and 200 mm rotors as standard. He thinks the $150 front rotor upgrade is overpriced.
ABS
The front never locked up in the braking test. He is not sure who benefits, other than riders on snow and ice.
Maxxis Minion tires
He calls them some of the best fat tires he has felt: quiet on the road, grippy on gravel, grass and sand. Worth the $150 to him.
The Cockpit
Optional Color Screen, Real Mountain Bike Bars
Upgraded display, carbon bars, mountain bike grips
The stock display is monochrome. The color upgrade is bright in sun, has a readable menu in plain English, and its Sport theme changes colour with the assist mode. Ben calls it nice but trivial: he is not sure he would spend the $100.
The bars are carbon in the upgrade: half the weight for about $60 more, and less trail chatter. He likes the lock-on mountain bike grips and the short stem. The throttle is an add-on that he puts on every bike.
Find Your Fit
Size & Fittings
Ben, 5'9", on the 18-inch Mega from the review
Will It Fit You?
- SizesMedium (18") and Large (20")
- Ben's height5'9" on the 18" medium
- Wheels26" x 4.0"
- WeightBen puts it at about 50 to 60 lb loaded
Ben at 5'9" chose the 18-inch medium and calls the size chart bang on. With the optional suspension seat post the seat was sky high, so he swapped to the stock aluminum post and a small low-profile saddle, which leaves room to move around on trails.
Plan Your Ride
Your Range, Not Mine
Brand range figures come from a light rider on flat ground in perfect weather. Set it up the way you actually ride and you get the window to plan a trip inside.
The Numbers
Full Specifications
Source: nireeka.com→⚡ E-System
🚦 Performance
🔧 Chassis & Brakes
✨ Options
The Bike Cave Verdict
Ben's Take
If you're after a bike in this category, I don't think there's anything else that's better and higher quality for the price. Obviously, everything has a price. All these big fat tire bikes or mountain bike wheel bikes that have the big 1,000 watt mid-drive motor, they're all kind of the same. They're big, heavy, clunky. Not this one. This one's light and responsive and agile and still that powerful.
Definitely has a price tag attached to it, but man, if you have the budget for a bike like this in this category, there's nothing that'll touch this.
Tack on the bigger battery, tack on the bigger motor, tack on the throttle, and then everything else is kind of up to you. But those three are my three non-negotiable.
Ben did not give this bike a Cave Score in the review, so there is no number here.
👍 What I loved
- “This bike handles like a dream”: stiff carbon frame, quiet Maxxis tires, a tunable air shock
- “A 9.5 out of 10” for ride quality, in his words
- Torque sensor that feels natural and a mid-drive that climbs and plows through deep sand
- Three upgrades he calls non-negotiable: 1,000W motor, 840Wh battery and the throttle
- Light for its class, versus other big 1,000W fat tire bikes
- Fast charger: 20% to 80% over lunch
👎 What to know
- Two-piston brakes on a bike that does 34 mph; he wanted four-piston calipers
- Some upgrades are poor value: the $150 rotor, the ABS, the remote fork lockout, the suspension seat post
- The front fork is unbranded and does not match the RockShox shock
- No fenders on this build, so he got a spray on his neck
- Pricey once it is fully loaded
- The on-bike speedometer reads slower than the GPS