Riese & Müller: The new Urban Line
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- čas přidán 17. 07. 2024
- The new Urban Line from Riese & Müller takes urban lifestyle out onto the road. We are launching two fully new and stand-alone models in Europe from the summer of 2022: the UBN Five and UBN Seven are sleekly styled and unmistakably lightweight, offering a natural riding experience and practical connectivity features. In the expert video Silke Westermeier, Team Lead Urban Cluster, presents the bike.
More information: www.r-m.de/en-en/bikes/
00:00 Intro
00:51 UBN Line
01:30 Fazua-System
03:57 Design
05:18 Geometry
05:57 Pannier Rack
06:09 Rear light
06:20 Comfort options
06:56 Gear options
07:14 Frame sizes
07:21 UBN Line as a system
07:52 Sustainability
08:27 Summary - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Very well thought out, as always! I love the carbon neutral supply chain. The integrated lights look amazing and the single speed option makes so much sense if you live in an area with few steep hills. Single speed, belt drive, Fazua motor... Yum!
Really love the welding on this bike- it's so slick and for me makes a big difference!
Pure lines, very clean visually, this is a proper and refined electric bike! Almost a piece of art or collectible item... Bellissimo!
Very cool bikes, love the new system
Looks fantastisch !
Beautiful bikes. I hope they will be available in Canada this year otherwise I'll have to buy a Riese and Müller Tinker.
Hello Penny Royal,
Currently, the bikes are only available on the European market. As soon as the sale starts in other markets, you will find out on the website or in our newsletter.
Many greetings
Your Riese & Müller team
I love the fact that you’ve included a single speed! Just a guess, but I’m fairly confident that’s the most expensive “fixie” in the world.
🔥😍 Extremely exciting!! 😍🔥 I've been riding the r&m roadster after riding my load 60 for 2 years, what a difference! So zippy and fun, I imagine Urban will also be like this, but even better because of the security, phone hub, and beauty😍😍😍
The suspension/ stiff and handlebar options! The sustainable practices!
Constructive feedback here: Feels a bit binary gender with the tube location/color choices. I would love if there were green with the seven, pink is such a over-the-top girly color, even a salmon color would be less obviously girly. I am a woman, but more androgynous in my style. The other color of the seven, white, is easy to see scratches and dirt, also not my style. The green is andro and gorgeous but I prefer the lower tube. thank you for not making the seven a full step through! Can you do the seven in green?
I just adore this bike and can't wait till it gets to the US! ⚡🔥 Brilliant! 🔥⚡
Hello Eve, we are glad that you are so satisfied with our bikes! And thank you also for the feedback regarding the colors. We have forwarded it to the responsible department. Unfortunately, we cannot say at this time whether the color adjustments you requested will be made to the UBN line, and if so, when.
In any case, we wish you continued enjoyment of your bike and a good ride!
Your Riese & Müller Team
I want the Urban 7 with the drive belt system of the Urban 5.
Hello Franco, please visit our website and scroll down to "Model selection". There you can select your desired UBN Seven model.
www.r-m.de/en-en/bikes/ubn-seven/
Best regards
Your Riese & Müller team
These are very lovely bikes but the pricing seems really odd. These should be under €4,000 fully configured, ideally just over €3,000 at entry level. As it is they are the same price or even more than the R&M Roadster which has more powerful engine outputs, a bigger battery and better gearing options. Strange.🤷🏽♂️
These should be 2000-2500EUR at the highest.
It's called greed.
Is this replacing the Roadster?
No, the Roadster will still be available. The Urban line complements the Riese & Müller product range.
@@rieseundmuellerGmbH ok ty 👍
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
They look good for people who really need an e-bike to be lighter, and I love the single speed option. But I just don’t support R&M continuing with the derailleur system. It doesn’t match the sustainable and low-maintenance message of the company.
I agree with your comments about derailleurs as I have Gates belts on both my R&M bikes but there is an option with the UBN for the Gates belt with Alfine hub so that would be the one to to go for. I have both Rohloff and Enviolo on different bikes and find the Enviolo very user friendly in urban situations.
@@stephenm7361 Yeah I like the Alfine hub of course. But I wanted to mention the single speed because it’s the first time they’ve done it. For this type of bike I would get the single speed personally, but both options are great.
Dont be such an elitist. We would all love a Rohloff, but price is a sensitive subject and having an option for people who can only afford a derailleur shouldnt offend you so much.
If you actually think about it for a second... You are commenting on an e-bike being less sustainable because of a derailleur system. Ditch the e part and you have reduced the footprint 10x.
Also, I am not absolutely sure IGHs are more sustainable than a chain when you take the efficiency of mass production into account. I am pretty sure manufacturing a Rohloff is a bit more complex and resource-intense than stamping out derailleur parts.
And chains are more easily recyclable than belts.
Lets just be happy for any e-bike that gets a person out of a car! That is the major change we are really after.
@@SoulFood99 I fail to see how it’s elitist to suggest people stop driving a £20 grand car and replacing it with a £5 grand bike. Rohloff wasn’t brought up here. I was actually advocating for the single speed in this case. But whether it’s a Rohloff, Alfine, Pinion or whatever other non-derailleur gear system; while I assume they will be higher impact at manufacture, because they’re more complex and built to last, they pay off over time both financially and environmentally because they last many years with minimal maintenance, they don’t drip toxic lubricants onto roads, natural areas etc.
Comparing the sustainability difference between a bike and an e-bike is an interesting idea, but considering most people buy e-bikes to commute further, get up hills, carry heavy loads etc, I think the e-bike systems are well justified. For electric mountain biking I could maybe agree, but even then, if it helps older people or less capable family members ride with others who are fitter for example, who’s going to criticise that realistically?
Especially as we’re choosing to continue with private car ownership through EVs, which despite formerly being an EV owner, I now oppose as it’s not sustainable at all. Once we get rid of all private cars, perhaps we can have this conversation about EMTB sustainability. Although it’s so small relative to everything else humanity is doing that it would be near the bottom of things to cut to slash emissions.
@@christill IGH bikes are very niche and expensive... To me it makes sense to use " elitist", but I may be wrong...
I'm fascinated by your opinion on derailleurs and the sustainability, honestly. I have never really thought about it so I may be wrong, but relative to everything else we do to our planet, I dont think this is a problem anyone should waste their energy on. Especially someone obviously aware of our collective impact on our habitat. Being against derailleur bicycles is pretty low on my list of priorities.
If you mentioned it... Dont give up on EVs! I honestly do not see any other options for a quick transition to renewable. Only if we all switch to EVs, build a vast network of chargers and use the EVs, collectively, as a huge, free energy storage for solar and wind, do we have any chance.
Vehicle to grid technology is here, there are pilot projects in europe (NL) and according to them, a town could use only sustainable energy if 20% of cars would be EVs and connected to the grid when parked.
I may have fudged up that percentage, honestly... Ill look it up if you are interested.