Now this is a different looking e-bike here it's from a company called dky bikes it's their retro
ah and i think it looks fantastic how different it is but this vintage old style look to it about
it that almost looks like it's a motorcycle an old moped now what this bike has is a
500 watt rear hub motor it's got a drive shaft so no gears at all it has mechanical disc brakes 160
millimeter ones no suspension obviously this is a urban city bike for cruising now the maximum
assisted speed that you can get out of this is 25 kilometers per hour the battery which is located
right here has a 384 watt hour capacity and they do claim dky bikes that it should last you for
around about 60 kilometers when you're using the pedal assist mode so in this in-depth review i'll
go over the build quality and the design of it in detail my typical treatment road test what
is it like to ride how does it climb what is the braking performance like and any pros and cons
that come up now the frame and the handlebars all the tubing is stainless steel now they've
polished it so it does look exceptional they've polished out the welds and you can't see any of
that rainbow style that can sometimes come through with stainless steel either so the frame is really
good the quality and the finish of it now this is really well done what looks like a carry pack
right here is in fact where the controller for the battery and the motor is housed within this pack
here now it's made out of genuine leather genuine leather strap around here all the lever they've
used is proper leather and it's italian leather too and this what looks like a water bottle is
in fact our battery so 384 watt hours it does take four hours approximately to fully charge
and the good thing about it it just looks like a water bottle so it all matches in with this
retro aesthetic they're going for that vintage look the pedals here these are made from a
well-known company welgo and they feel really good and they do match with the design of it all in the
silver that we've got here on the left side of the crank we have our speed sensor so this is
detecting when you are pedaling that's when it will give you the pedal assistance up to five
levels mechanical disc brakes on the rear 160 millimeter ones they are very typical this size
then 160 millimeter mechanical discs at the front too now if i was to criticize something about this
bike it is the brakes i really think they should have gone with hydraulic disc brakes with such a
heavy bike like this now we have alloy rims on this with steel spokes and the hubs are also
steel there too now i like the fact that they've gone with 24 inch size tyres but they are three
inches wide the tread pattern is a city road style tire which is fitting for a bike like
this you certainly wouldn't be off-roading with it our front headlight is continuing with that
retro style so vintage looking light here nice and large it has a yellow tint to it and when you turn
on this front headlight it does dim the display and more leather is used for our cable management
around the front handlebars and on the handlebars the bike rack here has a carry weight of 25 kilos
and like the rest of the bike it is also made out of stainless steel the rear magnet does include
a tail light now this one is solar powered and it does come on automatically it's not
connected up or wired in to the front headlight the kickstand used is a sturdy one that has to
take quite a bit of weight as this bike does weigh just over 30 kilos it does not rattle
around and so far found it great and it holds up the bike well and it's not falling over once
the battery is sealed and right here there is a little waterproof dust cap where you plug it into
charge you can replace these batteries you can buy them new from them but they do cost around about
600 euros for a new battery the seat this is again made out of genuine leather it's a hardly the seat
it's fully adjustable so you can drop it right down or raise it right up for various different
rider heights swept back handlebar here so this is adjustable you simply just push this down
lift up the lever and you can change the angle of these handlebars to however you like so you
can raise them up a little bit you can drop them down to being more flat now the sweatback style
is not a style i normally go for but it is quite comfortable and it means when you're riding you're
more at an upright sort of style your back is definitely a lot straighter than say a mountain
bike straight handle bars the grips the bike uses are lock grips made out of leather we have a retro
style bow here which is rather loud and this is our rear brake on the right side we do have an
accelerator right here so if the bike is powered on you simply press this down and then it will
go it will start and take off you just need to put it onto the pedal level it's just one
or higher if it's on zero it won't be working at all so this is a little dangerous you have to
be careful with this if you accidentally touch it or press it down the bike will then just take off
then on the left we've got our front brake right here and our controls for the trip computer so
power on for the whole bike is at the top this is the pedal level assist up and then down so
there's five levels and in the middle the eye is our information to cycle through the trip computer
and a really large display here so i'm not doing it justice it actually looks a little bit brighter
than what it does that i'm recording right now so we have our speed right here wattage from the
motor the battery capacity we've got our trip meter right here we can cycle through various
different things like the odometer maximum speed average speed and our pedal levels right here
pedal assist levels so zero and when it's off one two three four and five the maximum at 25
kilometers per hour top speed assistance that it will give you in both the moped and pedal assist
modes now let's get on to what it's like to ride this particular bike here well i do find it very
comfortable so when you get on it you've got those swept back handlebars and they do make
it feel quite comfortable because you're upright your position running position i've got so much
room here for my knees they're not going to hit the handlebars at all and when you start to pedal
you feel that motor straight away it detects that you're peddling it kicks in with that
pedal assist and it is very easy just to power along here up to 25 kilometers per hour
once you go over that it then cuts out now i do have the option of the accelerator here
i can use that so instead of pushing off and pedaling i can just press down on the accelerator
and away you go ahead effortlessly it is a very nice bike to ride it just cruises along on city
roads bike lanes this bike is perfect for that climb test now so this is about a 30 degree climb
that i test with all the e-bikes and e-scooters how is it going to handle it so i'm going to be
using the pedal assist mode 4 to start with and i'll probably just accelerate and we'll see how
it fares up this now it's got a 500 watt motor depending on the region otherwise it could be 250.
i will just use the accelerator here and you can see that even going up this look at that
it's got pound i can see that it's actually pulling according to the screen up to 780 watts
and it's able to do this climb without any problem i can feel it slowing down a little bit now
so i'll start pedaling and a little bit of work has to be put in a little bit of pedal power but
now it's pulling 900 watts at level five here it is going up this with relative ease but you
still have to pedal a little bit but i can tell you it's not hard at all with such a
climb like this which is well reasonably steep it's going up this without any issues at all
and what about the brakes so we've got 160 millimeter disc brakes now i really
wish they were hydraulic so i'm gonna get up to about 30 kilometers per hour
and that is about now full-on braking
it's okay adequate but really i do think a heavy bike like this probably needs hydraulic calipers
instead of mechanical ones just that extra braking performance would be good on a heavy bike like
this so cruising on the roads here is really nice on this bike very comfortable and I'm over
25 kilometers per hour so the motor is not doing anything I'm not using any battery now and if I
press really hard I can get up to easily about 33 kilometers per hour even with the 24-inch wheels
and hopefully, i overtake this guy on the climb probably he does have a mountain bike
which is better geared than this very nice ride just comfortable this riding position
quite upright very smooth and just so easy with that motor it's got plenty of power
now what range are you looking at on this they do claim that you can get
about 60 kilometers in the pedal assist mode now what i've discovered with my weight 81 kilos
and the climbs i've been doing around here i'm looking more like 45 48 kilometers that
i can squeeze out of it the good thing about this bike that when you start to
pedal over 25 of course it cuts out the motor and it's geared in quite a high gearing there so it
just cruises along on the roads and a lot of the time i'll be peeling under my own power and i'll
be doing about 30 32 33 kilometers per hour not a problem it's not even using any of that battery
of course that means the range is going to be very good with it when you're doing it like that
now if you use just the accelerator in the moped mode you are then looking at approximately around
18 20 kilometers again it will depend on your weight how many climbs you're going to be doing
so the mileage will definitely vary there from rider to rider and if you've got a lot of hills
that does take quite a bit of a toll now plenty of power here for those climbs there's no gear so if
you've got really steep climbs then you're going to have to put a little bit of effort into it at
times i did discover there now i do love the fact that it's got a drive train so that means there's
no gears at all there's no maintenance you don't have to worry about the chain coming off you don't
have to worry about your jeans getting stuck in the front and the chain if that's ever happened
to you you probably know what i'm talking about that's a nightmare you don't have to oil it no
maintenance that's really great now the design of it of course this is not for everyone this
vintage look but i think it looks fantastic this retro style they've got it down and how they have
hidden away the controller in the leather pack here looks like a little carry pouch and then
we've got what looks like a water bottle is in fact that battery there now the battery charge
isn't only four hours now the front mud guard a couple of times you might have heard it rattening
a little bit that's because it's very close either side to the fork i need to align it a little bit
better so there's less chance of it striking it making that noise but there's not really that much
that rattles the motor quiet not really that loud now another area that i don't particularly like
is definitely with this the brakes i think they're okay they're adequate but i think they should be
hydraulic calipers and not mechanical ones so you've got just a little bit of added performance
there so it does break a little bit better because after all the second con of the bike really
is it is heavy this thing is 30 kilos it's not a bike that you want to be carrying upstairs
or lifting up into a van or onto public transport every day it's not for that this is an urban
cruising style bike and it's certainly great at that the display nice and large lots of
information right there that is really good the light at the front is adequate enough it's not
super bright and we do have that one at the rear two as well so all up i think this is a fantastic
e-bike if you're after something that is different but it doesn't come cheap it's about 1500 euros at
the time of me recording this review so it really depends on the style of bike you want you need to
factor that in if this is something you're looking for you want something that stands out a lot of
people be asking questions about it when i've been riding around there's been a lot of people going
what bike is that you know is it a motorcycle is it a moped is it it's an e-bike that's what it is
of course so thank you for watching this review and i do hope to see in the next one bye for now