Market / E-Performance: With the new Giant Quick-E+ 45, the Taiwanese bicycle giant is bringing its very first speed pedelec onto the market. The e-bike, equipped with a Yamaha motor, provides support up to 45 km/h and comes with consistently good equipment and a successful appearance.
For a long time, the e-bike market was firmly in the hands of Bosch, but with the boom in the industry, buyers are also getting more and more choice when it comes to drives. After the German manufacturer Brose in particular brought many bikes onto the market last year, drives from the Japanese manufacturer Yamaha are now increasingly being installed. Giant has been relying on the motors of the Asian partner for some time and with the new Giant Quick-E+ 45, an S-Pedelec with a Yamaha drive is now coming onto the market for the first time, which offers support up to a speed of 45km/h.
Even if the Yamaha SyncDrive C drive still has a bit of an exotic status in this country, a look at the technical data reveals that it doesn't need to hide behind the big players from Bosch and Brose. At 3,5kg, the actual motor is not only significantly lighter than its immediate predecessor, it is also 500g lighter than the Bosch motor, for example. With a torque of 80Nm and a range of up to 140km with the built-in 500Wh battery, the inner values are also right. The battery can be charged either on the bike or in the removed state at the home socket.
A real unique selling point is also the possibility of mounting two chainrings and thus enabling a significantly higher transmission range and a familiar shifting and pedaling feel. Giant uses this directly on the Quick-E+ and installs a double drive from Shimano.
The display and control unit are on the handlebars and the display in particular looks much slimmer and more elegant than that of the competition. The handlebar remote control, on the other hand, does not make a particularly elegant impression and almost looks a bit clumsy on the otherwise 100% stylish pedelec. In addition to the drive, the battery also supplies the lighting with energy: the front and rear lights from Supernova ensure the necessary visibility and brightness.
The equipment on the wheel, which comes in a noble-looking metallic green, is also largely convincing. The drive comes entirely from Shimano - while the high-quality XT version is used for the rear derailleur, the front derailleur and shifter are based on the slightly cheaper, but functionally almost equivalent counterparts from the Deore series. Disc brakes from Tektro provide the necessary braking power and a lot of safety even at high speeds.
We find the frame of the Giant Quick-E+ to be really successful. The internally routed cables and cables ensure a tidy look, while the visually perfectly matched mudguards and the slim but all the more practical rack mount at the rear ensure the necessary functionality. With this power and the balanced equipment, the Quick-E+ is a promising candidate, for example, for city commuters who no longer want to put up with the stress of commuter traffic.
The Giant Quick-E+ 45 will be available in stores in the next few weeks at an RRP of €3.499.
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