High-rez photos and video from Specialized’s Turbo launch are lightboxed on G+ and Flickr with video on YouTube. As posted earlier today, we weren’t at the launch, but got a call from Valencia with a quick debriefing. If you’ve followed us for long, you know this is the type of e-bike we’ve been insisting on for years.
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Cyclelicious, Bicycle Design are discussing the Turbo and see Geir Anders Ørslien’s post first ride report.
Let’s get the price out of the way, it’s $5499.00 Euro and there are no immediate plans to import the Turbo to the States. Specialized’s mini site is up where you can peruse all the spec’s. Like
- Incredibly burly yet sleek and racy alloy frame with performance geo designed for high-speed riding with tapered head tube, fully-integrated down tube battery, internal routing, thru-axle dropouts and full fender/rack mounts.
- Oversized alloy fork with tapered 1-1/8” to 1-1/2” steerer and Q15 thru-axle dropout is strong and responsive—even at 45kph.
- Magura MT Carbon hydraulic brakes with carbon levers/clamps and 180mm rotors provide huge braking power and great modulation; provide regenerative charge to battery when engaged.
- Direct Drive rear hub motor provides uber efficient power directly where it counts—at the rear wheel—for maximum push and efficiency at both full Turbo speed and on slow hill climbs.
- Wireless interface unit with illuminated display to show assist level, battery status, light on/off switch as well as normal bike computer features like speed, time and distance. Illuminated grip remote switch to adjust power level.
- Finest quality Li-Ion battery, optimized for our specific motor, pulls maximum power from each cell for outstanding performance and highest efficiency; 342Wh capacity, specific internal cooling system, superfast charging times.
Importantly, this bike doesn’t license the Bionix system and was designed entirely by Specialized. From the photos, it looks like it’s a Sirrus with the battery in the down tube and also a motorized drivetrain. That’s instead of a hub that either pushes or pulls you around. As soon as the team that worked on this is rested from the launch, I expect to have more data and I hope a test ride.
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