Lifted up: The Conway E-Bikes Street and Extreme
Everyone who doesn’t get enough power will love the new e-rider series by Conway on the Eurobike 2014. The extreme e-bike with 2000 watts drive is available in two versions. The road licensed version Street, which can be taken on the roads with a maximum of 45km/h. And then there is the offroad version Extreme, which doesn’t have a speed limitation on offroad tracks. But this has to be private ground, so you don’t risk complaints.
One needs to have a helmet, number plate and a driving licence (class M), in order to ride the Street. There is no pedal support on this bike, only a throttle grip, which controls the motor. One can choose between the Street without pedal support or the Extreme with additional pedal support, in order to achieve even higher speeds, than is possible anyway.
The Extreme’s motor is controlled via the pedals, the more one pedals, the more power comes from the motor. The manufacturer states that this guarantees speeds up to 70 km/h.
Both bikes are built in a similar way. The chassis offers 160mm travel with the help of a XCite fork and a Titan damper by German-A. The 700 Wh battery is securely placed high on the frame – but this made our test riders feel somewhat slow in curves than other e-mtbs. But this was no problem at high speeds in straights. The progressive drivetrain is by Nuvinci, which enables higher speeds at constant engine rotation.
The 1000 watts up to 2000 watts motor is located at the central bottom part of the frame. Because of the high rotation speed it needs to be underpinned a few times, before the normal drive is transferred onto the rear bike.
The 24 kg bikes are stopped with the help of the Magura MT 4 (Street) and the Shimano Saint (Extreme).
More information: www.conway-bikes.de/
Text: Tobias Döring Photos: Christoph Bayer
If one doesn’t want to miss out of the fun, one has to pay an expensive €7000 for either of the bikes.
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