Santa Cruz-based electric bicycle firm Blix has launched its new Blix Ultra as the model’s first fat tire off-road journey e-bike. But true to its roots, Blix’s new e-bike seems to be prefer it’d make an important commuter or city assault e-bike as properly.
The Blix Ultra sports activities a 750W continuous-rated rear hub motor wrapped in a four-inch wheel and tire, placing out 90Nm of torque. Despite the 750W sticker, the corporate says that the height energy score of the motor is definitely 1,350 watts.
That’s simply shy of two horsepower. And with 5 ranges of pedal help, the bike can attain speeds of as much as 28 mph (45 km/h) on pedal help, or 20 mph (32 km/h) with the included throttle.
Supplying that highly effective motor is a single or twin battery setup of 48V 14.5Ah batteries. Riders that go for two batteries may have a most of 80 miles (130 km) of range from 1,344 Wh of battery capability. Even with a single battery although, this e-bike nonetheless packs in lots of capability for longer rides.
Speaking of capability, the batteries aren’t the one high-capacity components on the bike. The Blix Ultra is designed for high-capacity cargo hauling too, rated for 150 lb within the rear and 50 lb within the entrance (68 kg and 23 kg, respectively). The modular design of the bike implies that riders can swap on all kinds of cargo equipment to take benefit of these weight capacities for hauling gear or kiddos in again.
One passenger-specific accent that can seemingly change into a crowd favourite is a passenger bundle that features rear foot pegs and a wheel guard to maintain wandering toes out of the spokes. Many e-bikes have added passenger packages to their designs, making it simpler than ever to hold multiple particular person on an electric bike.
The mixed off-road capability and cargo-hauling options of the Ultra are precisely what Blix was going for, as founder and CEO Pontus Malmberg defined:
The Ultra idea was to design an all-terrain e-bike that’s sensible sufficient to suit into your day, furthering our mission to combine well being and exercise into on a regular basis life. This is essentially the most succesful and versatile e-bike we’ve constructed, and it’ll carry loads of worth and differentiation to the desk.
Other good options seen on the bike embrace hydraulic disc brakes, an 80mm journey entrance suspension fork, an eight-speed transmission, and an 80-Lux headlight. That’s loads of eights!
The body additionally incorporates a drop part simply ahead of the seat put up. It might not be a full step-thru, however at the least it’s not going to depart you singing within the boys choir should you cease brief and must scoot ahead off the seat.
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Connectivity on the bike is obtainable by the Blix Connect smartphone app that interfaces with the bike’s show. Riders can entry trip knowledge, a neighborhood feed, and over-the-air firmware updates when wanted. They’ll additionally be capable of swap between Class 2 and Class 3 e-bike modes by the app.
As Pontus continued:
Connectivity is central in Blix product technique and unlocks a complete new degree of consumer expertise and product enhancements
The Blix Ultra is now taking pre-orders and is predicted to start delivery in July of this yr. The bike is priced at both $1,999 for the only battery mannequin or $2,399 for the twin battery mannequin.
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