Thok’s Gram has always been a design object first. Aldo Drudi penned the silhouette, unidirectional carbon forms the frame, and the battery hides inside the downtube behind a hatch. Gram 2.6 keeps every bit of that. What changed sits in the build kit, and in the price that follows.
Thok states the trade plainly. Frame, geometry, and handling all carry over untouched from the 2023 bike, while the components step down the catalog on purpose. The bill drops to $3,665, taxes included, for a full-carbon enduro bike running 170 millimeters of travel at both ends.
Same silhouette, two liveries
Both colorways work from a matte black base. Techno adds neon-yellow accents; Eclipse goes with ivory details instead. Neither shouts. Restraint suits a shape this sculpted, and the finish leaves the frame’s lines doing the talking.
Details hold up to a close look: a tapered head tube with a steering stop, a UDH hanger out back, sealed cartridge bearings throughout. A hatch in the downtube lets the battery slide out, so charging happens indoors instead of wherever the bike sleeps. Head angle sits at 64 degrees, seat angle at 78, unchanged because Thok saw no reason to touch the part of the bike that drew people in.
The frame itself is the carryover that counts. Unidirectional carbon keeps the layup stiff where pedaling loads it and compliant where the trail hits back, and the same mold that shaped the 2023 Gram shapes this one. Drudi’s silhouette survives because the tube shapes never needed a redraw. The bike still looks like a Gram first and an e-bike second. That was the brief, and it still reads as one.
The hardware serves the ride
Shimano’s EP801 drives the bike, putting out 85 Nm of torque, and an 820 Wh battery sits integrated into the downtube. It’s a workhorse motor: Shimano’s second-tier unit, built for high torque in a compact package. The 820 Wh is the top option, and you’ll want it on an enduro bike that climbs for its descents.
At the cockpit, a 1.6-inch SC-EN600 color display pairs with Shimano’s bar remote, so assist modes change without a hand leaving the grip. Small thing. It adds up over a long descent.
RockShox handles suspension at both ends: a Domain Gold R fork with 38 mm stanchions and 170 mm of travel up front, plus a Deluxe Select shock, 230 by 65, tuned by Thok for this frame. Paper specs call it mid-tier. In practice it means a fork that takes repeated hits without fading and a shock with enough adjustment to set sag once and forget it.
Braking comes from Magura’s Louise Elite, four pistons clamping 203 mm rotors at both wheels. SRAM’s NX Eagle handles the shifting, twelve mechanical speeds across an 11-50 cassette, with 165 mm FSA cranks. Nothing in the kit is exotic. Every part is proven, serviceable, and cheap to replace when it wears, which is exactly the point of the exercise.
Wheels run mullet, 29 inches up front and 27.5 at the rear, on Thok’s own Drifter rims, 30 mm internal at the front and 35 mm at the back. Maxxis Dissector tires in the wide 2.6 fitment form the contact patch, with the tougher EXO+ casing at the rear where pinch flats live. A big front wheel rolls over trouble; a smaller rear wheel turns in behind it. Tight switchbacks are where that split pays off.
Geometry explains the brief. A 64-degree head angle slackens the front end for steep descents, while a 78-degree seat angle puts the rider over the pedals on climbs, where an 85 Nm motor still needs a rider positioned to use it. Those are enduro numbers, not trail-bike compromises.
The value argument, made by the maker
Thok doesn’t pretend the kit is the latest generation. It says so outright, and sells the bike on a simple claim: geometry and handling outlast component cycles, so the money went into the frame and the battery instead of this season’s derailleur.
Context sharpens the pitch. That 2023 Gram, same frame with a Fox build, sat in the $8,344 class. The 2.6 lands at less than half that figure, and the parts that got cheaper are the parts that wear out and get replaced anyway. What defines how the bike rides didn’t change at all.
Sizes run S, M, and L only, with no XL this time around. Thok hasn’t published a weight for the bike. Sales are Europe-only for now, online through Thok’s own store at the $3,665 figure above, and no US sale has been announced.
Verdict
Buy the Gram 2.6 if you ride European trails, want a carbon enduro frame with real travel and a big battery, and you’d rather spend the savings on tires, pads, and lift tickets than on a flagship drivetrain.
Skip it if you need an XL frame, or if you’re shopping from the US, where Thok isn’t selling it yet.
