Japanese part producer Shimano has launched two new electrical bike drive items within the form of the EP5 and EP5100. The model says the brand new drive items, “symbolize a major step into a brand new period of e-bikes, empowering riders to discover additional, join deeper, and expertise the pure pleasure of biking.”
The brand new EP5 and EP5100 techniques be a part of Shimano’s present e-bike drive choices, the EP8 and EP6 aimed toward mountain biking while the EP6100 and E5000 techniques are suited extra to city mobility and commuting.
E-bikes for commuting and concrete mobility are more and more phrases that go hand in hand with extra individuals turning to e-bikes as an answer for getting round city and commuting to work. It appears Shimano has angled its newest drive items particularly at this nook of the biking neighborhood.
We anticipate to see these techniques on hybrid and commuter e-bikes (Picture credit score: Shimano)
EP5: Energy balanced with vary
The EP5 system presents riders a substantial amount of customisation and the flexibility to tune the texture and traits of every of the three help modes, eco, path and enhance through Shimano’s E-Tube Challenge Bicycle owner app. The three-kilogram EP5 system can ship as much as 60Nm of torque and is appropriate with disc, curler or coaster brake techniques.
Though vary is a tough factor to precisely calculate for an e-bike system. Shimano is assured that the EP5, on a ‘principally flat commuting course’ can present help for as much as 270 kilometres on a single cost. If riders have no 270-kilometre rides in thoughts it does imply that the system may final per week or extra between expenses.
One other function of the EP5 is its compatibility with the Auto-Shift operate for bikes with inner hub gearing or a rear derailleur setup. Because the identify suggests this takes shifting out of the palms of the rider and lets the bike shift gears so that you can all the time preserve you in probably the most appropriate gear based mostly in your cadence, rider enter and motor help.
In areas the place rules allow the EP5 drive unit is able to offering help as much as a most velocity of 28 mph. Nevertheless, in areas reminiscent of the UK and the EU, all e-bike lessons are ruled by a 25 km/h (15 mph) most help velocity.
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The EP5 supplies a quoted 270km vary (Picture credit score: Shimano)
EP5100: Constructed for on a regular basis e-biking
Becoming a member of the EP5 is the EP5100 which the model says is a extra accessible drive unit. Tipping the scales at 2.4kg and delivering 50Nm of torque, the motor has rather less help than the EP5. Geared toward ‘commuting and on a regular basis adventures’ the EP5100 has been designed to bridge the hole between conventional biking and pedal-assisted biking.
The EP5100 has been designed to supply riders with a easy and pure help platform. Very similar to its extra premium brother the EP5100 can be customisable through the E-Tube Challenge Bicycle owner app.
For riders wanting to utilize the model’s Auto Shift know-how the EP5100 is simply appropriate with inner hub gear drivetrains solely, relatively than each inner hub gears and conventional exterior derailleurs the EP5 system can cope with. Just like the EP5 additionally it is appropriate with disc, curler and coaster brakes.
Forward of its launch Shimano mentioned that the EP5100 was, “Impressed by greater than 100 years of biking historical past, the E5100 bridges the worlds of biking and e-biking, by providing a light-weight and responsive help system, whereas offering riders with a pure really feel and dependable efficiency with each stroke.”
We do not have pricing for the brand new items but however anticipate to see them being specced on commuter and hybrid e-bikes within the close to future.
The drive techniques are simply charged (Picture credit score: Shimano)
