FREY Bike, the Jinhua, China-based excessive finish electric bicycle producer, has simply launched a fats tire model of the corporate’s well-liked CC full-suspension electric comfort bike. The new FREY CC Fat takes the laidback and relaxed using fashion of the unique CC and opens the door to extra off-road path rides and numerous terrain with its huge tires.
FREY Bike is understood for constructing prime quality and excessive powered electric mountain bikes that compete with $6-$8k European fashions, but at round half the worth. Unlike many of the firm’s mountain-oriented e-bikes although, the CC mannequin is all about comfy cruising.
The unique FREY CC electric bike, which was launched all the best way again in 2019, turned some of the well-liked high-end full-suspension electric comfort bikes available in the market – although the dearth of rivals definitely helped.
Sure, electric comfort bikes are a dime a dozen. But practically all use decrease tier elements to realize price range costs. That’s as a result of most comfort e-bike buyers aren’t in search of elements designed for ruggedized downhill bikes.
But overbuilt excessive finish electric mountain bikes and downhill bikes are precisely the type of two-wheelers that FREY Bike makes a speciality of, and so the corporate utilized their distinctive tackle full-suspension e-bikes to a comfort-oriented mannequin. The finish end result was the commuter-friendly FREY CC.
Now the corporate has returned with an up to date mannequin that doesn’t simply tear up the streets, however is able to tackle the paths too. The new FREY CC swaps the road rubber for aggressive Maxxis 4″ fats tires which are designed to deal with nearly any terrain.
The comfort body and relaxed geometry stay although, providing a mid-step full-suspension body with prime quality suspension. The entrance air fork options 140 mm of journey, whereas the rear will get a RockShox Monarch RL shock. Braking is completed by way of 4-piston Magura MT5e stoppers – a number of the highest high quality and highest energy brakes within the e-bike trade. And a Shimano Alivio 9-speed drivetrain brings a mid-tier transmission to the bike with a wholesome providing of drugs ratios to assist commuters and leisure riders alike discover the proper gear for every hill.
But the true prize right here is the Bafang Ultra M620 mid-drive motor, which is extensively identified to be highest energy retail mid-drive e-bike motor available on the market. Some specialty mid-drives are within the works that would take its crown, however till they attain manufacturing, the M620 is the king of the hill for top energy. It peaks at 1,500W on the FREY CC Fat, although comes with a extra modest 1,000W steady energy score.
To feed that energy-hungry motor is a frame-integrated 1,000Wh battery rated at 48V and 21Ah. An enormous battery like that’s the solely solution to get respectable vary out of such a robust motor, until riders can resist temptation and maintain it in a decrease energy setting. If so, ranges of up 100 miles (160 km) could be doable on pedal help. If tapping into max energy on throttle although, even 30 miles (51 km) could be fairly obtained – which remains to be fairly a feat for such a energy-guzzling motor.
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FREY hasn’t revealed a prime pace for the CC Fat, although lots of the firm’s e-bikes utilizing this motor handily exceed 30 mph (51 km/h). I’ve personally hit over 35 mph (56 km/h) on FREY bikes earlier than, although the CC’s fats tires may make the low 30’s of miles per hour extra probably.
The FREY CC Fat is now taking pre-orders forward of manufacturing commencing this July, however it doesn’t come low-cost. The MSRP of $4,980 is knocked to only $4,480 for the primary 50 bikes and $4,680 for the subsequent 50.
While that worth is definitely a lot greater than most extraordinary budget-level comfort e-bikes, the CC Fat is something however extraordinary. This motor mixed with the higher-end suspension, brakes, battery and different elements value considerably extra with many different manufacturers, to not point out the wave of worth will increase we’ve seen just lately across the trade attributable to pricing pressures within the e-bike market.
Hopefully we’ll get to check considered one of these beasts sooner or later. In the meantime although, you may try my assessment of the usual FREY CC beneath to get a way of what such a high-powered full-suspension comfort e-bike can do.
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