Raleigh One e-bike review: redemption tour

Two good things came from Vanmoof 2023 bankruptcy. The first is Vanmoof S6 E-emerging bike that was recently launched under a new property. The second is new bike passengers that were developed for RaleIight by Vanmoof founders, TIES and Taco Carlier.

Like Vanmoouov, the Raleight One bike comes with anti -theft features such as GPS tracking, warning, cables that are directed via aluminum frame, broad tires, clay guards, integrated lighting, and transportation options required for daily mobility across the city. It is also packed with the lessons learned about the low complexity and its ability to serve, including a group of ready -made parts and a monochrome transmission, moved by the belt connected to a rear engine with a battery that can quickly remove internal charging. The bike also emits enjoyable sounds when doing things such as operation, enabling lights, and arming security without all Hi, look at me and my luxurious degree Like Vanmoofs from the old.

It is largely the simplest Vanmoof I always wanted to build the company. The only lost thing is the reinforcement button, which is a shame.

Raleight has been tested in the flat Amsterdam over the past few weeks. It is important to know this because this single -speed electronic bike produces 35 Nm of torque from its engine of 250W at a maximum of 25 km/h (16 miles per hour). It really suffers from the hills without the reinforcement button on the Vanmoofs and TENWAYS CG009 similar to this electronic bike.

However, it is a very good electronic bike at a price of 2,399 pounds sterling / 2699 euros (about 3000 USD) for the United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands. This is costly for Raleight, but it is still close to the average of 2681 euros for European electronic cycles and the cheapest local competitors such as Cowboy and Vanmoof.

Raleight One is the first connected electronic bike of the British brand in 1887. Unfortunately, in 2025, RaleIight is a logo at the top of the marketing strategy after many acquisitions and closure of factories. The brand is currently owned by the Accell Group, a giant in the industry responsible for brands such as Batavus, Sparta and Carqon’s Electric Cargo.

Most people who buy Raleight One will receive a domestic bicycle store where they will be assembled and equipped for delivery. I asked to ship my house to my home to test the direct road to the contract. He was ready to ride in 30 minutes with the help of excellent comic instructions and effective packaging. This is fast for the DTC electronic bike!

The silent MIVICE engine combines almost 27.5 x 2.2 inches, and 21 kg (46.3 lb) weight of the bike to produce a strong trip. Pedal helps in an axiom, as the Gates carbon belt engine provides energy in proportion to the strength of my legs. TEKTRO’s hydrole tablets put everything with confidence and control. Everything looks very dangerous, and lacks the fun he felt on more Torquey e -bikes.

Raleight One performed a good performance on the slopes to about five percent, allowing me to maintain the maximum speed of an area of ​​25 km/hour without an additional additional effort on my side. A single -speed transmission was completely defeated by a 10 percent ramp that is common in cities such as Lisbon and San Francisco. Starting from a blocked stop on a 3 percent slope, it was executed, but required a strong boost of my colubles. My test on the hill was what made me miss this reinforcement button.

I felt comfortable riding this single gear at 30 km/h on the slope side without feeling a clown. This is a good thing because many single -speed electronic bikes will make your legs rotate at high speeds.

Raleight claims that a group up to 80 km in the lower pedal auxiliary position, or a maximum closer to the energy. I conducted all my tests at the fifth level of five and managed 47.7 km before the battery was exhausted. Most of my scope tests were filmed in the opposite wind from 10 to 15 knots, with an hour in an attempt to update the e -bike firmware from the version of 1.8.0 to the problem to a more stable version of 1.9.0.

The battery was recharged to 50 percent in 55 minutes of Big Rent 5A / 42V for the bike, 80 percent in 92 minutes, full in two hours and 40 minutes – relatively fast numbers for 360Wh battery.

The program on an electronic bike should be connected to the same power as the same car, and here Raleight is currently a little short. My review bike suffers from a battery drain by about three percent every 24 hours when it is stopped in my living room. The exchange is a little natural for connected electronic bikes that are regularly achieved on the owner of the owner and used GSM/GPS to track the site, but three percent (about 10.8Wh) is excessive. I have also found that the application is a slightly traumatized vehicles, as the error shows “this process cannot be completed” or does not respond unless it is left open for a long time. These problems relate to a company that provides subscription services significantly to master the programs. Accell Group is familiar with problems and is treating my fears.

“Our engineers are currently improving energy management algorithms,” says Darren Smith, the director of the highest category in the Access Group. “An update for fixed programs will be released soon to improve this preparation, which greatly reduces the battery drain while the bike is inactive without compromising its safety features.” Likewise, the errors I see in the application are attributed to their communication state. “Our application team executes a more powerful communication processing protocol to solve these specific errors and an update will be released that address these stability points soon,” says Smith.

To be clear: You do not completely need a subscription for Raleight One or to apply fixed software updates, but you will also not be able to track your bike if you stole. So you will need to pay 7.99 euros per month, which also makes you theft alerts sent to your phone, discover autumn to alert their loved ones from a crash, and more. You can even pay 14.99 euros per month to add insurance to theft to what the “peace of mind” rally – a line lifted from Vanmoof – allows you to submit a claim with RaleIight to deal with replacing your stolen bike. Certainly the theft coverage arrangement from your electronic company is the easy way, but it is likely that you provide some money with Airbell and Specyft insurance, instead.

It absorbs subscriptions, but it is increasingly the base for distinguished electronic bikes. With many bicycle companies that are subject to terrible losses or publishing them, I will not deal with the ACCELL group business model. Despite all its resources, the bicycle giant is not fortified against the Bikeggedon forces that dropped Vanmof and Cake, and wiped cowboy, ampler, and many European brands of European.

In general, I love 2,399 pounds sterling / 2,699 euros a rally for European passengers who live in relatively flat cities. Certainly, I hope that the anti -theft features are closed behind the subscription and the bike will benefit from the reinforcement button to compensate for the torque. Certainly, the drain of the inactive battery will be annoying if it is not repaired in updating future fixed programs as promised, but at least you can remove the battery and ship it inside. I also like that all of these ready -made parts can be sold at the local RaleIight store.

Yes, the brothers failed in Vanmoof, but it seems that many lessons learned have been applied to Raleight. But I only got it for a few weeks and performing most of the electronic bikes well when they are new. Let’s see how months of weariness happen in crowded bicycle shelves, rain, dust, sand, snow, accidental fall or stealing. Relationships and Taco’s attempt to redeem will take some time, so let’s see how things go around a year, right?

Photography by Thomas Recker / Drilling