Going a bit into a different direction, we show you one of our favorite upcoming toys – the Grace e-Motorbike. It might look like a futuristic version of a regular bike, but it is actually the world’s first e-motorbike that you are allowed to ride on the street. The bike comes with a patented aluminum frame and can go with one battery load (1 hours charging time) above 45 km/h for 40 kilometers. The bike is handmade in Germany, using eurofighter plane parts and formula one parts and will be coming out this month. The frame is basically indestructible and all controls are included in the handlebars, such as lights, battery management, alarm system and everything else one could need. The battery is integrated into the frame.
As you can see, an overall very impressive piece of machinery and with the rising popularity of e-bikes something to consider, if not the first one to really look great and perform at the same time. Enough talking now, you have to check out the Grace in action, only then you really get an idea of how much fun this thing will be. Check out the video here below.
If you happen to be in Berlin, make sure to pass by Gallery Koal to check it out!
Many more images of the Grace e-Motorbike follow after the jump.
[...] “Going a bit into a different direction, we show you one of our favorite upcoming toys – the Grace e-Motorbike. It might look like a futuristic version of a regular bike, but it is actually the world’s first e-motorbike that you are allowed to ride on the street. The bike comes with a patented aluminum frame and can go with one battery load…” (highsnobiety) [...]
Style-over-function at its worst to appeal to the Sharper Image crowd.
Everything about this “e-motorbike” screams “electric motor + bike”, not anything remotely motorbike. Whereas that’s simply marketing over-reach, I think the worst offense is that the designer/builder took mountain bike parts (wheels, brakes drivetrain, etc.) and designs (diamond frame, steerer/stem/handlebar, etc.) and chose to build his own proprietary solutions (fork, headlight) to problems that didn’t need solving, of course for a hefty upcharge.
If somebody is going to argue that “normal MTB parts can’t handle the stresses and demands of the e-motorbike”, then I will laugh at him for:
1) Being a fool completely oblivious to the stresses that DH bikes can suffer at speeds of 40-60mph, slamming through boulder gardens, and taking/landing multi-story jumps, and the designs/constructions that have arisen to deal with those needs, plus everything in-between…
2) Being a fool for believing that a designer can out-design, out-engineer, and out-tune established mountain bike suspension manufacturers (Fox, Marzocchi, Answer, etc.), most of which are also motorcycle and racing vehicle component companies.
3) Being a fool for failing to see that MTB designs and standards (steerer + stem construction, MTB tires + rims) limit the performance envelope of a road-going “motorbike”. A higher-performance road-going electric motorbike will look more like… a sport motorbike (*gasp*), with a much burlier frame, single-pivot monolink rear suspension, smaller wheels, bigger tires, etc… like the Mission One EV.
In all cases, for just being a fool.
And did anyone consider that by incorporating the batteries in the tubes, this makes battery swaps difficult-to-impossible? Rechargeable batteries degrade with time and need to be replaced, as all hybrid car owners know. Whereas the obvious solution was to mount an external battery pack (which also allows center-of-mass of the vehicle to be tuned), the designer went for design-over-function.
to DtEW… please read FAQs before you state such unqulified statements.
i.e. FAQ regading Batterie @ GRACE HP…The 2009 replacement cost is approximately €900 although this cost is likely to decline in the future. Charging speeds and overall capacity, however, is likely to increase in the future. The ESSM is expected to last at least 500 charging cycles. Next generation cells will be easily retrofitted into the frame with about 2 hours of manual labor.
Ummm shouldnt he be wearing a helmet?
Good point… but this thing looks like a lot of fun. Cannot wait to try it out!
[...] “Going a bit into a different direction, we show you one of our favorite upcoming toys – the Grace e-Motorbike. It might look like a futuristic version of a regular bike, but it is actually the world’s first e-motorbike that you are allowed to ride on the street. The bike comes with a patented aluminum frame and can go with one battery load…” (highsnobiety) [...]
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Hallo Grace Freunde,
ist ja ein sagenhaftes Gerät, wo kann ich das probe fahren?
Sieht aus wie ein Mountanbike, ist ein Motorrad, kann auch als Fahrrad dienen, oder?
Gruss Carlos
[...] [Highsnobiety] [...]
Whos the ignorant hypster that post this…
The finishing of the bike looks cheap, and quantya is the first brand that started with electric bike’s.
Electric bikes exist sinec bateries exist
Nothing new………
Trust me, not cheap at all and nothing like any battery powered bike that we have seen before!
[...] [Grace via High Snobiety] [...]
Style-over-function at its worst to appeal to the Sharper Image crowd.
Everything about this “e-motorbike” screams “electric motor + bike”, not anything remotely motorbike. Whereas that’s simply marketing over-reach, I think the worst offense is that the designer/builder took mountain bike parts (wheels, brakes drivetrain, etc.) and designs (diamond frame, steerer/stem/handlebar, etc.) and chose to build his own proprietary solutions (fork, headlight) to problems that didn’t need solving, of course for a hefty upcharge.
If somebody is going to argue that “normal MTB parts can’t handle the stresses and demands of the e-motorbike”, then I will laugh at him for:
1) Being a fool completely oblivious to the stresses that DH bikes can suffer at speeds of 40-60mph, slamming through boulder gardens, and taking/landing multi-story jumps, and the designs/constructions that have arisen to deal with those needs, plus everything in-between…
2) Being a fool for believing that a designer can out-design, out-engineer, and out-tune established mountain bike suspension manufacturers (Fox, Marzocchi, Answer, etc.), most of which are also motorcycle and racing vehicle component companies.
3) Being a fool for failing to see that MTB designs and standards (steerer + stem construction, MTB tires + rims) limit the performance envelope of a road-going “motorbike”. A higher-performance road-going electric motorbike will look more like… a sport motorbike (*gasp*), with a much burlier frame, single-pivot monolink rear suspension, smaller wheels, bigger tires, etc… like the Mission One EV.
In all cases, for just being a fool.
And did anyone consider that by incorporating the batteries in the tubes, this makes battery swaps difficult-to-impossible? Rechargeable batteries degrade with time and need to be replaced, as all hybrid car owners know. Whereas the obvious solution was to mount an external battery pack (which also allows center-of-mass of the vehicle to be tuned), the designer went for design-over-function.
[...] Via: HighSnobiety [...]
to DtEW… please read FAQs before you state such unqulified statements.
i.e. FAQ regading Batterie @ GRACE HP…The 2009 replacement cost is approximately €900 although this cost is likely to decline in the future. Charging speeds and overall capacity, however, is likely to increase in the future. The ESSM is expected to last at least 500 charging cycles. Next generation cells will be easily retrofitted into the frame with about 2 hours of manual labor.