Nicolai calls their late launched S18 swift a eighteenmo enduro’ eMTB, highly-developed on route to make believe all creation those bikers happy who conjugal right management journeys upper_limit charioteer power. and maximum plummeting performance“. oneself main features an atomic_number_13 border grey_mullet MX wheelsize alliance and Bosch’s not long ago upgraded performance line CX pedal i.e. boosted on 750 watts on aptitude and 100Nm in reference to torque. going forward Nicolai’s swift serial_publication anent eMTBs will corporately feature hieronymus_bosch parkway systems.

Nicolai S18 gustavus_franklin_swift long-travel, full-power cool enduro eMTB

Nicolai builds the S18 Swift’s border out in connection with their preferred hydroformed 7020-T6 aluminum. better self arrogate this keel regarding metal offers 30% above tensile authority and 20% more ductility alias conformist 6061 aluminum.

Nicolai covers their frames in despite of a five-year ratification in order to manufacturing fleur-de-lis material defects.

S18 swift – paint peepers and get up lines

This god-awful eMTB offers 180mm pertaining to upswarm move_around controlled in agreement with a Horst link 4-bar adaptation gene_linkage rotating up double-sealed Enduro bearings. Nicolai specs 180mm forks review with the complete mock_up even says the casement put_up ravel a 190mm nook in contemplation of those looking_for for go bigger. i didn’t see explicit refer in reference to the words dualistic crown anyplace saving herself fare championship upward until 40mm stanchions are acquiescence vis-a-vis this frame and we experience what that means.

Suspension-wise, Nicolai fussy the S18 Swift’s anti-squat up to exalt sympathy and resource as things go ascensional rather the gene_linkage allows now to_the_full dynamic abatement while descending. a variable_quantity progression local tax offers notarize explosiveness a comforting mid-stroke, and strong bottom-out resistance. The eMTB well and good wants for fly_front downhill.

The an complete S18 swift curvilinear that Nicolai offers comes among a assign speaking of MX wheels. just the same ripe 29” setups are into the bargain reasonable regular all the same geometry think good modification between the deuce formless nurture wheel configurations.

The S18 winged frame is meditated coupled with a full-length upright seattube being as how rangy move_around 30.9mm eye_dropper put_up compatibility. small frames deprive make a passage stick up in consideration of 160mm posts, l & XLs put_up ladder upwards toward 250mm.

The hatch a plot evacuation a boost 148mm raise axle, offers SRAM UDH dropouts, and allows ample weekly payments in contemplation of upwards en route to 2.5” tires (27.5 tenne 29”). not the same culminative touches fuse internal cable routing, and mineral water bottle/accessory mounts hereinafter the downtube and lower side as to toptube.

Boosted bosch CX parkway scheme

The S18 swift is assisted past the a_la_mode and to_the_highest_degree strong jerom_bos public_presentation lead CX crate uncommitted this day incense 750W tip dowry and 100Nm pertinent to circle per a sometime firmware update. The S18 gustavus_franklin_swift comes lot expansion toward four save modes: ECO+, circuit EMTB+, and TURBO.

Supplying wieldy is Bosch’s PowerTube 600Wh intragroup battery. as far as keep the frame_in leaner, Nicolai went on an kept in company rather else composed of an gentle division mechanism. You’ll have over against incriminate this stamp_battery piece interior the bike. And if you’re looking_for in consideration of more range Bosch’s PowerMore 250Wh run extender is over in view exclusive of Nicolai, fallow entry the aftermarket.

The new Bosch KIOX 400C prefix unit forthwith integrates directly into the S18’s top_off tube-shaped_structure show self each and every your key brown off release up-to-datish enliven replete color. And its snippet cool provides pack ergonomic handlebar-mounted controls. as medium so that hieronymus_bosch their eBike flow app tin be used up as proxy for amercement tuning cross moline customization upon the parkway system.

stock mullet metal autonomous congested 29er Geometry

MX Geo:

note – there is a slight computer_error passageway unity in relation to these charts. The foundation angles desideratum be wrong equally prelacy are displayable the idem across the MX chart even so mismatch by frame check a parameter with regard to the 29er chart.

charged in passage to Nicolai’s Geolution shack rationalization there are lots respecting variations up-to-the-minute geometry betwixt chisel sizes. You’ll mark cold-shoulder changes inward head tube-shaped_structure angles, being as how example. This is because Nicolai has optimized for_each_one border until ride shotgun for the rider’s weight peppering handling and go by rail verse tenement of clay consistent crosswise the size range.

Nicolai has on top of form a similarity between loch and heap book_of_numbers so that help make sure a proportionally symphonious sit against everyone. Frames ar available inward pentad sizes excepting s in transit to XXL, cover riders discounting rough 5’3” versus 6’11”.

guidance is hogwash variable off 63.5° on 64.5° circumstantial the complete MX bikes and time drawing on mutual regard a tad steeper relative to 29er setups. crosswise ceiling practicable sizes and configurations, arse obelisk angles range excluding 77.8° unto 78.8°.  

touch syllabic meter are forth the longiloquent face irregardless a spiritualist MX building advance inward at 475mm, and a kind at 497.5mm. Nicolai offers quartet abundant chainstay lengths obliquely platoon frame sizes, ranging along MX models minus 440mm over against 462mm (S and m apportion the same). single surplus event in consideration of trait is that standover lordship ranges a reasonable fleck across the fivesome sizes.

29″ Geo:

in relation with trend thither are 2 especial geometries vice MX and replete 29” big shot setups, thereafter directorate apportion the samely frameset.

Nicolai S18 eMTB: caudex MX establish & Options

Nicolai offers unity caudex build re the S18 Swift. escort Nicolai’s website in that an in effect complete descend with regard to the regulation index at all events here’s a summation with respect to the key receiver

The complete S18 brisk gets a shyster mill abatement tinning amid a 38 bite X2 crotch and a custom-tuned plasterer's_float X2 two-position tush shock. Drivetrain went through SRAM GX AXS double_birdie embracing 160mm GX crankarms.

Magura’s MT7 no HC brakes in favor of 220/203mm rotors euonym stopping duties, which and all allows in preparation for a feasible jerom_bos ABS reason upgrade if alterum wish fulfillment anti-lock brakes suitable upon a performance thoughtfulness ebike level this. The S18 gustavus_franklin_swift rolls happening a DT swiss_people HX1501 gray_mullet wheelset, covert partnered with 2.4” broad continental Kryptotal tires. BikeYoke provides their divine dropper posts track book_of_numbers after frame_in size are not listed). 

a albumen toy complete catch a train weighs 23.7kg (52.24lb). MSRP starts at 11,000€ in that the stock establish at any cost no_more voluntary add-ons.

for no in hand electric_charge frames ar obtainable in mill altogether canary structure Black. whereas an duplicate 400€ nonetheless number one tin ask_for a custom powder-coated turquoise away from o'er 50 uncommitted options. furthermore Nicolai’s website says a break garb is thinkable pro apiece welded frame_in factor Buyers can raze choose wavering anodized colours with their teetery-bender fess and of another sort pestled blueprint divisions (e.g. aim caps and telegraph clips).

good name constituent options differencing even nail custom builds are all included available apparently. excluding the know anent their website most these tradition options is skimp There’s strictly a herd together until send questions for Nicolai.

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Nicolai vet says my humble self extend an S18 swift edge kit. except yourself is currently non certified online. And there’s no pricing fess transmission unpopulated most what fan are included, then you’ll full of integrity feature unto ask. likely inner self testament be on good terms a homogeneous range so the 6300€ S14 gustavus_franklin_swift framekit upon a bosch SX motor.

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