Aventon’s electrical bikes have all the time impressed me with their construct high quality and consideration to element. When the corporate launched an up to date model of its standard Pace 500 e-bike, I knew to count on extra of the identical wonderful qualities. Now that I’ve been in a position to spend some high quality time testing the bike, I’m much more satisfied of the model’s dedication to giving its prospects greater than they anticipated.
A brand new Aventon Pace 500
The Pace 500 Next Gen was first introduced this spring and provided upgraded components in comparison with the primary era model of the Pace 500 that we beforehand examined.
From frame-integrated lights to a properly hidden battery and even hydraulic disc brakes, the brand new Pace 500 is coming in scorching with loads of fancy components to pique the curiosity of even probably the most seasoned city e-bike rider.
To see this new e-bike put by its paces, take a look at my testing video beneath. Or maintain studying (or each!) for an excellent deeper dive into the mannequin.
Aventon Pace 500 Video Review
Aventon Pace 500 Tech Specs
- Motor: 500W continuous-rated rear geared hub motor
- Top velocity: 45 km/h (28 mph)
- Throttle vary: Up to 48 km (30 mi)
- Pedal help vary: Up to 76 km (47 miles)
- Battery: 48V 12.8Ah (614 Wh)
- Weight: 23.5 kg (52 lb)
- Max load: 136 kg (300 lb)
- Brakes: Two-piston Tektro hydraulic disc brakes
- Extras: Color LCD, LED head and taillights, left-side thumb throttle, kickstand, alloy pedals, 8-speed set off shifter, Selle Royal saddle, 3A quick charger
- Price: $1,699
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Designed for metropolis riders
The Aventon Pace 500 Next Gen is the epitome of an city e-bike. That means it’s designed for tackling each well-manicured and oft-neglected metropolis streets due to a sturdy body and reasonably huge 27.5 by 2.2–inch tires.
Those tires complement the dearth of suspension by retaining sufficient air quantity to take the sting off of a foul pothole whereas nonetheless being slim sufficient to scale back weight and preserve a nimble trip.
Comfortable contact factors on the bars and saddle, when mixed with the reasonably relaxed using place, assist to make the bike a pleasure to trip.
It’s nowhere close to as hunched ahead as many city e-bikes but isn’t a completely upright cruiser-style bike both. The adjustable bars will let you go additional to both finish of that spectrum as you see match to your personal consolation. Somewhere within the center, the Pace 500 finds a contented compromise.
Other key city options embrace the easy-to-read LCD display screen and the built-in lighting that provides a robust headlight and superior frame-integrated taillights constructed straight into the seat stays. Those have gotten a staple of Aventon’s e-bikes, and I like them. You get vivid, easy-to-see brake lights and taillights on both facet of the bike, and you don’t have to fret about damaging them like different e-bikes with bolt-on lights since Aventon’s lights are buried into the body itself.
I can’t inform you what number of occasions on different e-bikes I’ve caught my lights on the brake and shifter cables of different bikes after I park at crowded bike racks, so something that’s constructed into the body is a serious benefit in my e-book.
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Class 3 efficiency is the place it’s at!
Class 3 e-bikes are form of my jam; I like the power to hit speeds of as much as 28 mph (45 km/h) with a little bit of pedal assist. It means the bike appears like a superweapon designed to tackle any city commute and nonetheless sustain with visitors.
When operated on throttle-only, the Pace 500 can simply hit 20 mph (32 km/h) due to the peppy 500W continuous-rated motor within the rear wheel. But while you activate the pedal help and crank it as much as a better stage, 28 mph (45 km/h) speeds are attainable. The 8-speed shifter helps you stand up to these increased speeds with out spinning your toes too terribly quick.
Back on the decrease finish of the pedal-assist vary, the bike is a cushty pedaler while you’re aspiring to do a lot of the work your self. As a lot enjoyable as it’s to cruise quick, I additionally get pleasure from easing again on the facility and having a little bit of mixed health/leisure trip on stage 1 or 2 pedal help.
The decrease pedal help ranges additionally assist make that battery final for much longer.
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Remember what I stated about how a lot I like it when lights are constructed into the body? Well, the identical factor does for batteries. Frame-mounted batteries that get bolted on prime of the body are so 2019. These days, frame-integrated but nonetheless simply detachable batteries are the place it’s at. And that’s precisely what the Pace 500 gives.
I’ll say that the 48V 12Ah battery is a bit smaller than common, providing simply 614 Wh of capability. Many corporations are within the 650–750 Wh vary nowadays, although Aventon is fairly darn near that trade common. But going with a barely smaller battery can be a part of the bike’s smooth design because it doesn’t have a chunky downtube that tries to cover away an enormous battery pack.
And I all the time have to present Aventon props for the model’s fully-transparent vary rankings. Other corporations usually give opaque vary rankings or a easy “up to 50 miles” determine with out context. But Aventon gives up each pedal help stage’s vary score from real-world testing, plus the throttle-only vary (which many individuals who hardly ever pedal will care about).
The firm comes proper out and tells us we’ll get 30 miles (48 km) of vary on throttle solely, and that the vary drops to 24 miles (38.6 km) on the very best pedal help stage at 28 mph (45 km/h), however which you can additionally eke out 47 miles (76 km) of vary if you happen to go slower on the bottom pedal help stage.
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To me, the Aventon Pace 500 Next Gen appears like the whole lot I would like in an city commuter e-bike. It’s a cushty trip with a excessive prime velocity, good high quality components like hydraulic disc brakes, high-quality manufacturing, and even an excellent app for people who like additional information with their e-bikes.
The app integrates with the show and permits you to monitor rides, make parameter changes on the bike like velocity and energy, and you may even use it as a dashboard to regulate lights and different capabilities.
The $1,699 value feels honest to me, although in the event that they’d included the rear rack and the fender set within the base value, then I’d be singing Aventon’s praises from the rooftops. Even so, riders which are concerned about that additional gear can in fact add it from the big selection of Aventon equipment.
Between the great design, shade choices and a number of sizes of frames (and each step-through and step-over choices), the Aventon Pace 500 Next Gen is a great-looking and great-riding e-bike that I’ll undoubtedly be recommending to pals and household.
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