If you happen to’re hauling youngsters, bins or groceries round, a cargo ebike is an effective way to go. That mentioned, do you actually wish to purchase an entire different smaller, nimbler, standard ebike for on a regular basis commuting? With the Urbanisto, you get one transformable bike that performs each roles.
Made by a Dutch startup of the identical identify, the Urbanisto was the current recipient of an award at Eurobike 2025 in Frankfurt, Germany.
It may be used as a daily ebike when there’s nothing to haul, but it surely may also be transformed into both of two forms of cargo ebike as wanted. The transformation is carried out by hand, with none instruments, in a matter of seconds.
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In its “commuter bike” configuration, the Urbanisto makes use of a mid-mount 75-Nm (55-lb-ft) Bosch Efficiency Line motor to reinforce the rider’s pedaling energy as much as a prime velocity of 25 km/h (16 mph). That motor is powered by a 400-, 545- or 725-Wh seat-tube-mounted lithium battery, which is claimed to ship a variety of as much as 110 km (68 miles).
A number of the steel-framed bike’s different options embody an Enviolo constantly variable gearbox, a belt-drive drivetrain, Magura MT5 hydraulic disc brakes, Schwalbe Huge Ben Plus metropolis tires, and an built-in rear rack.
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When it is time to change to “cargo bike” mode, you begin by loosening a wing nut on the aspect of the top tube, and releasing a coupler within the entrance brake hose. Doing so permits the fork and entrance wheel to be pulled out. You then simply insert the cargo module’s connector into the top tube, pushing down on the latter till it clicks into place. From there, it is merely a matter of reconnecting the brake hose.
Patrons can select between a closed-sided module for transporting as much as two babies (seated side-by-side), or an open-sided module that is extra conducive to loading giant cargo objects similar to bins. Each modules include a Suntour Mobie34 CGO-Enhance suspension fork, which makes use of 100 mm of coil-sprung journey to assist clean out tough roads.
It must be famous that with both cargo module in place, battery vary drops to roughly 80 km (50 miles).
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Pricing begins at €6,499 (about US$7,638) for a bundle that features the open-sided module, ranging as much as €6,999 ($8,227) for a setup with the child-carrier module. Potential patrons may additionally wish to try the same French-designed Frolic transformable ebike, which matches for €5,950 ($6,994).
Urbanisto founder/inventor Benjamin Declercq demonstrates his bike’s transformation course of on the 35-second mark within the following video.
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