Hello everyone it's SpawnPoiint and welcome back to another video and
today i wanted to show you the 2021 zx which is super 73's newest electric bike
so if you saw my video from a few weeks ago i unboxed and set up the zg or the z1 as
it's known in the states as you know i went ahead and pre-ordered the zx model as well
so this bike is packed with features and it's a notable improvement over the previous zed model
okay let's jump straight in and get this bike set up so inside the box it comes with a removable
battery it comes with a box of accessories including reflectors and lights plus the power
brick that we use for charging the bike then there's the partly assembled bike which for 30
kilograms is pretty heavy when you're lifting out from the top once it's out though you'll see that
it's well packed and it's pretty secure loads of padding to remove and to cut off then once
all of that has been removed there's only a few things we need to do to get this up and running
so first the handlebars need to be fitted then the pedals need to be screwed on then if you've
got the eu model like i have you'll also be able to fit the front lights then we just need to pump
the tires up charge the battery and it's good to go the first charge will take about six to seven
hours but after that it should only take a few hours each time and here it is this is the super
73 zx in storm gray which is kind of like a really dark gun metal gray so the zx is a refresh or an
updated design of the zg or the z1 model which is the cheapest model in the range but i absolutely
love the look of this bike it's got a nice kind of street bike bmx vibe going on the dark frame with
the dark seating wheels plus a minimal branding throughout looks really nice in fact i actually
think this is the best looking bike that they do it's got the super 73 logo in a handful of places
around the bike like on the front and on the tyre walls the alloys themselves plus a few other
places but the branding i really like is they cut out on the bike frame itself just on the rear here
this is such a nice design it makes it look quite aggressive as well so the frame is an aluminium
alloy frame and it makes it a lot lighter than the steel frame that we've seen on the zg although the
bike overall is actually heavier so the zx comes in at 30 kilograms compared to 25 kilograms of
the zg the wheels are 20 inch alloys and as you can see here they are wrapped in some pretty wide
tyres one small feature that i really love are the angled valves which is such a great idea the white
details you can see on the inside of the wheels here that's a really nice touch but i believe
this is actually limited and it's a limited time feature something that only the first few orders
will actually receive after that it will just go black the eu model also comes with mod guards
which on the zg you'd normally have to buy those separately it's got the guard on the front which
you will need to fit yourself it comes in that box plus it's got the center and the rear which
are pre-installed so as it's a push bike it will still have the usual features you would expect to
see on a bike things like the pedals a kickstand and the chain it's also got a 10 gear speed setup
so although you might want to use a throttle if you're in the us you can still have the option
here to use the 10 gears as a normal bike plus if you're using the pedal assist mode like i will
have to here in the uk changing the gears helps a lot when you're pedaling the gears are up front
on the right of the bar now i much prefer this to a single gear setup on the zg looking at the
handlebars while the rubber grips are really really nice they're actually very grippy they
feel nice to the touch so the left lever controls the front brake and the right does the rear the
brakes are mechanical 180 mil rotors now they seem decent to me although i have seen other people
already replacing them now on the handlebars this is where there's a kind of like a mini lcd display
now this basically controls all of the settings on the bike so the button on the right lets you
flick between the different modes available so you've got your current speed in either miles
or kilometers per hour you'll remain in battery range the power mode that you're in between zero
and four and total which are the total miles the bike has done so far since new now i'm currently
up to about 32 miles now if you press and hold the up button it will actually turn the lights on and
obviously if you press it again it will turn those off now i really like this feature as on the zg
the lights were not wired in so you needed to turn them both on individually the new seat is really
really comfy so if you've ever been on the zg or z1 you know how hard that seat is but this one is
super soft to the touch and just like before you could sit two people on this although it
might be a bit of a squeeze so once it's charged up and you're ready to go you just need to press
the power button on the side of the battery and within about five seconds the display will come
on and you're good to go choose the power mode that you want to be in my case i usually set
it to number four and start pedaling i'm in the uk so we've got the eu model here which unfortunately
is limited compared to the us model now the motor is capable of 1 350 watt peak power but we're
actually restricted here to 250 watts unless of course you use the app to remove that restriction
which i'll cover that a little bit later now you can hear the motor when it kicks in there's no
denying that this does sound like an electric bike but i don't mind the sound of it at all
also due to eu laws we cannot actually have a throttle for road use here in the uk
that means it is only for the pedal assist instead so when you're pedaling the motor will kick in and
it will assist you up to 25 kilometers per hour or 15.5 miles per hour and depending on which mode
you're in it does feel pretty torquey so if i set it to mode 4 and i gently pedal the bike it will
just pick up speed and reach that top speed pretty quickly obviously if you're in the us you can fit
and use the throttle instead so i'm up to about 30 miles on this so far and i've actually only
charged it once when i first got it and it's still showing a remaining battery of 10 miles so that's
not bad considering it's rated at about 40 to 80 kilometers which is about 25 to 50 miles of range
now obviously if i did run out of battery it's not like my car where i'd be stranded it's a normal
push bike with 10 gears so i can still ride home while out and about though it feels really really
nice to ride for me it's the perfect ride height now although there's no suspension on this model
the big tyres with a soft seat makes it a nice firm but comfy ride so the seat and handlebars
cannot be adjusted in terms of the height but the handlebars can't be tilted back and forth
so the zx has a seat height of 79 centimeters and is aimed at riders between 1.5 meters and two
meters tall so that's about five foot and six foot five so this should cater for most riders within
this range but there is a weight limit on it for 150 kilos which is about 23 stone now what's
great about the zx is although it's an electric bike it's also a smart bike with app control
so by installing the super 73 app you're able to check things like the battery the speed the range
turn the lights on and actually use it as a sat nav so if you drop a pin using that app where
you wish to navigate it will then work just like a normal sat nav it will show you the trip duration
and the eta but it would also send the turn by turn directions to that little lcd display now
that means if you don't have your phone mounted on the bike we can still see where you're going
then if you want to install a throttle or you want to max out the power on this bike you can actually
change that in the app too by default it's actually set to mode 1 which is the legal limit
here in the uk but if you enable mode 4 it will easily do 30 miles an hour which is double the
speed of what you should be doing also i've heard just remember though is not legal so be careful
where you use it the app also allows the bike to receive over-the-air updates so any bugs or fixes
from super 73 well they can send that out remotely so the battery itself is hidden under the seat
it's a 615 watt hour battery and it is removable so if you want to charge it while it's attached
to the bike say in your garage for example where you can but you can also unlock it remove it and
actually charge it inside now the power brick does not come with a uk plug so if you're in the uk
you'll need to buy one of these separately it's about seven pounds off amazon i actually estimate
it will cost me about ten pence to charge the bike from empty to full during the day or about
three pence overnight and that's based on the 615 watt hour battery on my octopus energy tariff now
you can check the battery status just by pressing the small button on the side and it'll show these
little led lights well you might be wondering how much the zx cost well it's listed on the eu
website which is the only website at the moment we can buy it for in the uk and it's listed at 2 499
euros which including delivery to the uk it cost me 2 100 pounds at the current exchange rate that
works out at about 2 850 but if you buy it from the us website it's just 1995 now i pre-ordered
this back in june as soon as they announced it on their website but once dispatched it was here
within about 10 days so ultimately the question is is it worth 2 000 pounds or 2 000 if you buy
on the us website i mean it's a lot of money to spend on a bike it really is but it is a quality
bike it's quick it's got some nice app features it looks awesome and it's got a pretty decent range
for me personally it is worth the money and over the last few weeks i've been using it so much
i've been going down to the shops or down to the bakery down to the post office i've been using a
lot more than i would use my own car so if you're in the market for a new electric bike i think
the super 73 zx hits that sweet spot it's not as expensive as obviously the s range or the rx range
but it's still definitely a step up from the zg i would honestly recommend this bike to everyone
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