Cowboy’s first all-road electric bike is a gentle beast

Cowboy — the impartial and financially wholesome maker of subtle and extremely superior e-bikes — simply took the wraps off its first all-roader that lets riders extra simply escape cobblestoned metropolis streets for greener pastures.

To do this, Cowboy’s new Cross e-bike options fatter 60mm tires and suspension methods constructed into the entrance fork and seat put up to take in bumps alongside the way in which. It’s additionally fitted with grippier pedals to keep away from foot slips when bouncing round, a big 540Wh detachable battery for a 120km (75 miles) max vary, and an built-in rear rack to hold extra stuff.

I spent a while take a look at using the Cross e-bike on a wide range of surfaces, and it’s really a beast in all the absolute best methods. To begin, the seat suspension is plush and one thing I hope Cowboy carries over to the remainder of its lineup. The inverted entrance fork suspension and wider tires additionally did their job, making this (very) heavy e-bike really feel completely stable on pavement, packed dust, and gravel. Make no mistake, I wouldn’t desire a Cross for my subsequent multiday bikepacking journey, however it might probably simply transition from metropolis bike to informal rural adventurer.

These bikes additionally look nice, in my view. The three new metallic satin paint colours are earthy in hue, together with a sedate darkish grey, a stunning mossy inexperienced, and a “mushroom” colour that appeared to alter from a unclean silver to a muted purple to a rusty champagne gold as the sunshine modified. The highest tube on the step-over body additionally creates an fascinating floating impact because it splits across the battery.

In any other case, this pedal-assisted e-bike — out there in each a step-over or step-through body — is powered by a belt-driven 250W rear-hub adaptive-power motor with an EU max pace of 25km/h, like Cowboy’s different e-bikes.

Cross can be Cowboy’s first e-bike to function a brand new Examine My Bike self-diagnostic instrument that lets the corporate routinely monitor the well being of its rolling computer systems with the intent of holding riders on the highway longer. The corporate can be including a brand new Stay Challenges gamification function to the app that guarantees to create “essentially the most enjoyable and fascinating trip expertise.” Positive.

All of those options be a part of a lot of tech elaborations Cowboy is understood for, like crash detection, theft detection, and a very good proprietary app with built-in Google Maps navigation that additionally makes scheduling service a breeze.

At launch, Cowboy is pricing Cross at €3,499 (about $3,800) earlier than it will definitely rises to €3,999. Gross sales begin right now.