Now a change of pace for my typical e-bike of choice which is my trek rail five
i've moved over to this city bike here which is a european-style city e-bike this one's
from a company called Accolmile they're 700 700c model so we do have with this a removable samsung
battery that is 15 amp hours it can be charged up to a thousand times now the typical batteries
will only be about 500 we've got hydraulic disc brakes on this eight-speed shimano gears and the
motor on this 250 watts it is a mid-mount motor so they've got an extraordinary claim here for the
range which is a 130 kilometers on average that i should be able to achieve out of the 700c here
so will i be able to get that let's find out in this in-depth review so this bike gets its name
by the 700 by 40c tires that this one has so this kickstand on this you do have to install this and
screw it on it's very sturdy props up the bike well and i've had no problems with it rattling
now we do have a quick release for the rear and the front the rear disc brakes
these ones are hydraulic calipers that we do have so filled with mineral oil and we are
looking at 160 millimeter rear discs then slightly larger 180 millimeter discs here at the front
and powering this bike is a mid motor here this is the buffing m200 up to 250 watts this one
and our pedals that i did have to install here they're made out of metal they have reflectors
on them and i've had no problems with them so far they're just run of the mill metal pedals here
as you can see the bike does have mod guards and the front headlight this is led with a reflector
below it now it is quite a bright one as you can see now at night it lights up the path ahead of
you so you can ride safely at night and even a rear reflector here with a bright led light in it
so i don't normally see tail lights on the e-bikes i review on this channel this one's a first the
bike rack is bolted into place really nice it does not rattle around when riding it can support a
maximum payload of 15 kilos the seat we have with this one is nice and wide good padding on it and i
do find it to be comfortable it is adjustable and caters for people 150 to 200 centimeters in height
and the battery pack sits within the frame right here now i don't hear it rattling around
which is good because that is super common with these e-bikes is that the batteries will rattle
this one is 15 amp hours we have a main power switch you can charge it outside of the bike or
in the bike whatever's convenient for you there is a charging port right here so you simply just lift
this dust cap weatherproof cap off and you can charge it now the charging time for the 15 amp
hour battery is approximately seven hours now the front truck we have on here is a reasonably good
one here it is even adjustable so you can tweak the rebound on it and in theory it should have
around about two inches of travel but i find at the moment it's about an inch and a half
but it does help out with some of those bumpy roads that you may encounter so at the front here
for our crank we do have a 38 tooth crank a kmc chain and eight speed shimano altus
which does have this trigger style shift system so
this to go up our gears right here pushing this is to go down
echo mile do include a bell here for some city safety with the reflectors
and the grips these ones are not lock grips but they are quite comfortable
however i'm taking quite a while here to get used to this harley style of well
cruiser handlebars really the way it goes back i'm used to straight handlebars
that i have on the other e-bikes and my mountain bike so here is our rear brake
the front brake and these levers do feel good they are adjustable right here and the controller so
holding in our power button right here for about three seconds the bike then powers itself on this
is a buffeting controller too just like the main motor that we have and this the mid mount one
so these buttons here they fill this middle one a little bit loose now this is splash resistant
waterproof i mean it can rain on it no problems so we have our five assist levels if you press
here on minus you see zero so it's just a normal bike now with the eight gears we've got level one
two three four right up to five here so with this we've got our speed this is my odometer so at the
time we're recording this current clip i've done 7.7 kilometers but i will be riding this bike for
about a week or so to report on the range i can get out of it so tapping then here you can go to
the trip meter i don't know what this function is but i think it's estimated range i'm not too sure
90 to 47 kilometers the time i've been riding and that's your wattage output from the motor
oc i don't know what that stands for overclock who knows maximum speed on the odometer right
there average speed and then our current speed again now if you do hold down the plus button
for about three seconds that then turns on the front headlight and the tail light you can see
with a little light logo right here so the 700c here has a quality finish to it good paint job
excellent welds and overall i really do like the build quality of this one all right so
let's go for a ride on this powered on already and that only takes about three seconds so i've
got my seat adjusted at a comfortable height here now what i found with this particular bike here
is that it is very smooth really nice better than i expected and the motor very very quiet now i do
have a trek rail 5 with a bosch cx the newest one in it and it's quite loud and noisy this thing
you hardly re really hear it at all especially on the flat like this is very comfortable right now
so these harley style handlebars they have taken me a while to get used to here so i'm
currently in a bike lane and it's good to see people are moving out of the way there
that's the only thing these handlebars they're comfortable and the ergonomics
here sorry the geometry of this frame really good i do like it so there's no way my knees
are going to get anywhere near these handlebars and it is just such a smooth pleasant experience
so it gets me up to 25 kilometers but only if i want to actually do that so it doesn't just
keep powering ahead this motor seems to be using like more of a system of like a torque sensor
than just a simple on and off so the more i give it the more assistance it's going to give me up to
25 kilometers per hour once i reach that level it then cuts out so that's why the battery can
go for such huge long distances because once you go over 25 you're all just on pedal power
a lot of people don't seem to look out for bikes here no it's i think the case anywhere
in the world apart from maybe holland that's where it's the other way around bikes just
dominate you need to get out of the way of the bikes so right now the gears let's talk about
those very very good this is typical shimano not like saran these are crisp clean changes
no grading gears and really good so getting up now to top speeds here over 25 now i'm doing about 27
just below and this is all my own pedal power of course
so this is my climb point here i'm going to test so this is a 25 30 degree gradient bit of a steep
climb here just how well is this 700c going to handle it so i am in the lowest gear or no
about the second gear right now and i do have it in the power level five but i've just put it on to
one now so peeling a little bit and i can feel now it's giving me
some assistance here so up to about 130 watts at the moment being used
i could climb like this quite easily in the lower gear not too much of an issue
power level number two so with assist level 2 200 what's been used now number three 300 peak
400 just over got up to about 412 much easier now to climb i could even go up a few gears
which you probably shouldn't do under so much uh talk there and neville five so they have a five
now getting up to about 580 maximum there climbing is quite easy but you do need to work a little bit
and now for my brake test i'll get up to approximately 35 kilometers per hour
and at this post right here on apply maximum braking performance
okay not too bad but i actually have found these brakes to be pretty good they are very
solid apply a lot of pressure and they have been built in now so braking performance
hydraulic disc brakes here 180 millimeter at the front and 160 at the rear is good and you just
heard that then a little tiny bit of noise so i have a bit of an audience here i've got three
street cats that look in really good condition how many handsome looking lads there hey guys
and not too bad along here but it does start to get very rough just up ahead
and we'll see how this bike is going to handle it so a little rough going right now something around
oh all over the place but at least we do have a shock on the front it's definitely helping out
so now that range it is extraordinary like the title of this video it is very very good i am
impressed so this large 15 amp hour battery combined with the large wheels the gears
and just the style of bike means that i'm able to get around 125 kilometers i'm losing around 25 to
30 kilometers per battery bar gauge which is 20 so it is excellent very very good there of course
there's a lot of variable factors when it comes to the mileage you're able to achieve out of this
so one of them would be the fact that how long have i been riding on the straight for
how many climbs did i end up doing with this bike and was i riding over 25 kilometers most
of the time well i am a lot which is very easy to achieve on the flat with a bike like this once you
go over 25 kilometers per hour it cuts out then the motor so it's not being used at all you're
all just your own pedal power so the brakes are excellent they are very good once i beat them in
the 180 millimeter at the front does a very good job and the gears great they change it's typical
shimano crisp clean changes accurate there's no clunking of gears and no problems like that
the battery does not even rattle in it it's a common thing with e-bikes even my expensive trek
rail which costs about three times more than this it does rattle this here doesn't which is good
we've got plastic mud guards so they're not going to dent rust you're going to have the paint chip
off them the welds look good the paint job is excellent we've got the headlight the rear light
there too and overall it's a very comfortable ride on this because of this style which is
new to me it's i'll admit not a bike i would normally go for this style
swept back handlebars but because of that i've got them used to them now you are riding very upright
on this bike you've got a straight back you're not bent over and it is comfortable for those long
distances especially at my height 186 centimeters no problem at all with this bike and it will cater
from around 155 centimeters to 200 for rider height there so what are the things i don't
like about this bike well the main one and really only one thing is this the weight of it so it is
heavy we're talking about 27 kilos all up the total weight of this with the battery in so it's
not a bike you're going to be lifting up stairs anytime soon or want to do that of course it
doesn't fold in half it's not one of those style bikes there the other is the price of it it is a
little expensive so there we go that is the 700c from Accolmile my take on it thank you so much
for watching this video and i do hope to see you back with more up-and-coming e-bike reviews