Nicolai Ion20 E-boxx

[comradegerry]

http://www.bikeradar.com/gallery/article/nicolai-2012-mountain-bikes-first-look-31872/1

I think this might have been posted, but it is so slick it must be worth a second glance?

Bosch drive, Pinion 8 speed and one of the best down hill frames, msut be gettting close to optimal given todays technology?

Of course it could use more power and a bigger battery but it is all about balance and this looks pretty sweet to me for the street legal EU category.

I would love to take one for a test thrashing!

 

[Miles]

I see the Bosch drive. What does the forthcoming Pinion 8 spd gearbox/motor unit have to do with this?

 

[comradegerry]

Sorry Miles, I must be getting confused, I thought I was looking at a combined unit, gearbox and motor....

I incorrectly assumed Pinion was teaming with the Bosch drive, my bad. Thank you for putting me straight, I guess that was wishful thinking on my part or vision.



I was following the link to the frame producers pinion sell to and ended up at Nicolai. They should bolt on the 8 speed motor to the Nicolai DH frame!

http://pinion.eu/discover-pinion/pinion-e1-8/

 

[Miles]

They should bolt on the 8 speed motor to the Nicolai DH frame!

I'm sure they will when it's available.. 8)

 

[kfong]

Another nicely designed ebike

 

[Green Machine]

According to this link that frame does have a Bosch drive unit...so what is it...Bosch or Pinion?

http://www.nicolai.net/158-1-ION+20+E-BOXX.html#tab

 

[Miles]

According to this link that frame does have a Bosch drive unit...so what is it...Bosch or Pinion?

http://www.nicolai.net/158-1-ION+20+E-BOXX.html#tab

Yes, Bosch.

The Pinion 8 speed motor unit is not yet available.

Nicolai use the 18 speed Pinion gearbox on another model (non-assist).

 

[panurge]

Hi guys

Yes it's a Bosch and it's an awesome frame (as usual for Nicolai) and as Miles says, no doubt Nicolai will be one of the firsts to build a frame around the pinion-motor........in fact I think their project It's at least ready, if not yet prototyped.... 8).
For what I know pinion is mostly taking time for the battery side of the project and the possibly evolving E-bike rules for EU......

I've posted here some pics of the Nicolai with most available drive (pinion, bosch, shlumpf...) and some pics-specs of the pinionmotor at Last Eurobike: http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=31195&start=30#p456973

The problem for this kind of machines, I think, besides any E-side comment, is that the overall cost still remain in the High End motorbike range...... .....however, if not for power limits, that's not so far from what these bikes are, actually....

Cheers

Jules

 

[spinningmagnets]

Its my understanding that the Bosch unit is available now for street-legal power-limited systems, and Nicolai has partnered with pinion to make the E1.8 drive available soon (but no hard date yet).