hi Chris here with a super modern looking futuristic e-bike this smart e-bike is from
Joieem it's called The ebike X and it's a model that does have built-in 4G support GPS anti-theft
so if I was to move this without unlocking it it would set off an alarm and it does have full app
support with the bike it has a rear hub motor and you'll see that it's got this belt drive here now
the belt drive is from a company called top trans it's carbon belt drive so that means we have no
gears but we don't have any maintenance no chain to oil now this motor's maximum output is 350
Watts with the US version and 250 Watts with the EU model and we've got brakes from Zoom they are
their ex-tech now this is a hydraulic caliper but it is still cable pull the bike comes with these
road tires from CST they are 700 by 40c the size of them the pedals are some lightweight plastic
pedals and we do have our torque sensor it's using the mobile system or the torque sensor
and the motor I've seen this on many other belt driven e-bikes so what gives the bike it's real
modern look is this Frame design here you can see that there's no support beam here it's this
part that is reinforced now and we do have a removable battery it's a Samsung cell battery
10 amp hours and they do claim the range is 80 to 100 kilometers you also notice that the bike looks
quite Sleek because the cabling is all internally routed within the frame so we don't have any
ugly looking cables on the outside of it like you do with some other e-bikes
anybody noticed this around the outside so it has this ambient light strip you can configure it via
the application it also acts as our left and right indicators and it's very good at night to
increase your visibility as you can see now it's super bright and it's cycling now just through
a demo of all the different colors that it can display this ambient light strip so not only does
it make it look modern it really does add to your improved visibility when riding around on the road
incorporated into the frame we do have a rear tail light you can set this to be always on
Via the app if you wanted to do so and a very powerful five LED headlamp as you can see it
lights up the path ahead so I really do like the Fantastic lighting that the e-bike X comes
with so the battery does take about four to five hours to charge and when you fit it in
place here it is locked within there there is some buttons here on the bike here to unlock and lock
it so there's no physical lock and key it's all done via the bike itself and the application to
lock and unlock the bike the seat that joem has selected does have a nice amount of padding to
it it is comfortable now you can raise and drop the height of it but you will need an allen key
because it is screwed into place there is no quick release with this particular seat post the bike
does cater to Rider Heights of 170 centimeters to 190 centimeters and the weight of it is 24 kilos
does have NFC support we've got our power button right here and this handlebar this is non-height
adjustable unfortunately we cannot drop or raise the height of this so the bike is using
its own grips here they're kind of like a lock grip star because they do not spin around they
are comfortable and the brake levers do feel good and you can see we do have a bell here
so a great day to be testing out the super ultra modern looking bike here and I do like
the different style of it the frame it certainly stands out it's been getting a lot of attention
I've had a lot of people stop and talk to me ask me what e-bike is that uh so if you after that
in a bite then you'll definitely have it but if you don't want the attention then maybe it's not
the kind of bike you want to get here so what is it like to ride now the riding position it
caters to 170 to 190 centimeter height Riders so it's like a large frame size and I find that
I'm in a mostly upright position here riding now remember you cannot adjust the handlebar height
that is completely fixed here and the handlebar width is reasonably short here but it's not too
bad overall it is comfortable now the torque sensor I've got it in the pedal assist level
uh three at the moment so we've got one two and three and up to 25 kilometers per hour and when
you start to peel the more you give it the more it will give you in return with that
torque sensor and the torque sensor by the way gives it power straight away very smooth power
delivery and you really don't hear the motor at all so it's 350 Watts with the US version
and 250 with the Euro version to remain legal of course and right in here very smooth indeed
so you may occasionally hear some rattle coming from the bike
and it does make a little bit of noise now and then now top speed up to 25 kilometers per hour
with the EU version that I have and I can happily ride up to around about 32 kilometers per hour top
speed and of course once you go over 25 the motor does cut out and you're on your own Pedal Power
but the way it's geared with the single gear the large 700c Wheels it's very comfortable for
cruising around on the road and now for the climb tier so this is about a 20 degree climb now we've
got 40 Newton meters of torque and up to 350 Watts with the international version or the US version
and 250 with the EU version now I'm pedaling here and going up at a reasonably good rate
and this is working out to be a lot better than I expected considering it's just a single speed
but I'm now having to put where it gets a little bit steeper right here a lot more effort into
this so the climbing performance I would rate as average in fact above average for single speed
and at 250 Watts it's going okay but I really do need to put quite a bit of effort into this
now if we turn the pedal assist off completely and then becomes oh very difficult I need to
stand up and power through this in fact wow that's really almost impossible so
emergency braking test from 30 kilometers per hour from the White Post one two three
okay not bad I made it to this post here reasonably good braking performance so it's
160 millimeter disc brakes now it's a hydraulic caliper but it still is a cable pull system
so this is definitely a bike you want to keep to those commutes that are just on mostly flat
areas so it is going to be a great City commute bike something that's very modern of course with
the GPS the anti-theft tracking geolocation geofencing all of that means you can lock the
bike down you can track it too as well as long as it has battery power that is you'll be able
to track and follow wherever your bike is so gentle little climbs like this not a problem
it's just those very steep climbs you are going to get a workout and here is our application so
it's not the final version of the app but this is just to give you an idea so you'll see our
remaining battery life the speed you can lock and unlock the bike via the application you've got our
pedal assist levels right here some information on your ride quick controls here so setting the
units between miles kilometers movement alarm the LED switch your headlight and the inductive
unlock right there writing history and a few other things here so you can locate where the
bike is anywhere because it's transmitting as long as that battery is in it it's got the GPS
and the 4G it will transmit its location to you so geolocation go now vehicle info battery info
as mentioned before it's using Samsung cells and down here we just have a ranking thing social a
few other features your own profile and there are some settings in here so it's a useful application
with a lot of different functions now the range of the e-bike X they do claim to be about 52 to
60 miles or around about 80 to 100 kilometers now I can see that riding around on the flat that you
should be able to get around about at least 80 kilometers out of this bike with the carbon belt
drive and then when you ride over 25 kilometers per hour of course you're not even touching and
using that 10 amp hour battery so this is a fantastic very futuristic looking bike and
really do love this ambient light strip around the outside especially at night time how bright it is
and all the customization different colors that it can show is great that would be uh built-in
front headlight the tail light it is quite a safe nighttime riding bike you've got the indicators
there as well now it is great having the 4G connectivity with it so it's using an esome
the 4G modem it's got GPS and you can even set up geofencing and you've got that anti-firth function
and even tracking where the bike's location is all very good and I do like the fact that the battery
pack here is locked in to the bike and it cannot just be removed because of its locking mechanism
that it does have now areas of improvement well the braking performance I would rate as good it's
above average compared to some of the other bikes I've tested out but I would like to see a proper
full hydraulic system when it comes to the brakes it is hydraulic the caliper but the rest of it is
Cable cable pull for it and why they've done that I'm not too sure maybe it's the way that
they've routed the cables through it but hydraulic they should still be able to do that anyway the
climbing performance of the bike is a lot better than the other carbon belt drive e-bikes that I
have reviewed because they're about 250 Watts this one's 350 the maximum and I believe I do actually
have the 350 watt version here now after those climbing tests it cannot be the 250 because it
does climb just so much better than the others even though they're basically get up the same
with that single speed which of course is the downside to this bike so you don't have a chain
that you need to maintain you have to lubricate it they're messy and all that but you've only
just got that single speed so if you've got huge climbs hills around you you're going to have to
work quite hard with this particular bike and you will certainly get fit but for those City commutes
A to B really loving this bike here so thanks so much for watching my review of The Joy m e-bike x