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The mad bikes of Eurobike - Trefecta’s €22,500 super e-Bike

Eurobike is providing some spectacular bikes for us to share with you

You see some sights at Eurobike, I can tell you. One of the most outlandish bikes I spotted at the Demo Day, which precedes the actual show, was this Trifecta DRT super e-Bike, which looks more like a motorbike but there’s a fairly conventional bicycle hiding underneath its aggressive exterior.

With its carbon fibre spoked wheels, front and rear suspension, disc brakes and an electronic motor housed inside an aluminium frame and wrapped up to like just like a motorbike, it’s a proper, genuine, hard-turner. Making it go is a 4kW motor and 60 volt lithium ion battery, with a 14-speed Rohlof Speedhub and SmeshGear transmission. Apparently, and we haven’t verified this by riding it, the top speed is 70kph. Range, that’s a claimed 100km.

All the electronic settings can be controlled using a Can-bus fly-by-wire computer mounted on the handlebars with a choice of automatic gear selection. Bluetooth and WiFi lets you hook it up to a smartphone for navigational duties.

The cost? A not insignificant €22,500. Yes we know, how much! If you want to know more, maybe you're interested, point your browser at www.trefectamobility.com to find out more.

More mad bikes from Eurobike soon...

David worked on the road.cc tech team from 2012-2020. Previously he was editor of Bikemagic.com and before that staff writer at RCUK. He's a seasoned cyclist of all disciplines, from road to mountain biking, touring to cyclo-cross, he only wishes he had time to ride them all. He's mildly competitive, though he'll never admit it, and is a frequent road racer but is too lazy to do really well. He currently resides in the Cotswolds, and you can now find him over on his own YouTube channel David Arthur - Just Ride Bikes

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bikeandy61 | 8 years ago
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When I've got that money I'll buy a BMW S1000R, Mason with Di2 and a Cannondale Slate. Ta

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mingmong | 8 years ago
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and.. it's chuffin ugly!  31

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mrmo | 8 years ago
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Is it limited to 15mph? Is the motor less than 250W? No? It is a motorbike, well moped I guess, and would be treated like any other moped. ie number plates, lights, insurance, CBD, L plates etc, etc, etc, etc.

So yes it might be interesting, but so are solex's

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bdsl replied to mrmo | 8 years ago
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It's not even a moped, in the sense used in the Road Traffic Act, as it has a top speed more than 50kph. It's a motor bicycle.

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bdsl replied to mrmo | 8 years ago
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It's not even a moped, in the sense used in the Road Traffic Act, as it has a top speed more than 50kph. It's a motor bicycle.

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Al__S | 8 years ago
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Yeah. Your big problem in the UK would be finding somewhere to add a numberplate!

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bikebot | 8 years ago
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It may not just look like a motorbike, as far as the UK is concerned it probably IS a motorbike.

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