Haibike XDURO Allmtn 5.0 Mens Electric Mountain Bike

Haibike XDURO Allmtn 5.0 Mens Electric Mountain Bike

A high speed tank designed to baulk at nothing you confront it with, the 2019 Haibike XDURO AllMtn 5.0 has been significantly improved on last year’s machine with the Habike FLYON power and control system. These two combined will exert power and control on any terrain you offer it! The new design and power system are a force to be reckoned with on any trail – or even well off-trail.

SDURO vs XDURO

In recent years Haibike have decided to make it easy for the rider to choose between its lines of electric bikes. The XDURO series is for people who take riding seriously and won’t want to be left out in the rankings. Meanwhile the SDURO series is for those who may still be fit as a fiddle but are more weekend mud warriors than people who eat, sleep and breathe riding.

AllMtn

The Haibike AllMtn series is a range of bikes designed to take serious abuse, sacrificing weight for the ability to take whatever you chuck at it. Never mind not fearing hills as so many electric bikes do for you – fear nothing on the Haibike AllMtn series as it will take anything you throw at it (except immersing the motor in the water of course!)

Who are you?

You’re the extreme riding enthusiast who may have found some limitations in the Bosch or Yamaha systems that are on most top end production electric mountain bikes on the market today. You could be the rider with a few quid in his or her pocket that wants to break free of the constraints of trail or downhill riding and wants to explore more yet wants to use the best production bike power and control system available. If you do, here’s a tip – don’t borrow a mate’s bike for the ride as their machine just won’t feel up to the job.

XDURO AllMtn 5.0

With a whopping 150mm of travel, the RockShox Yari RC front shocks will take those landings like a boss, matched with the rear RockShox Deluxe RT damper. These are attached to the carbon frame that contains the FLYON i630Wh in frame battery for optimum weight distribution.

The 38t FLYON front chainring is connected to the 11-speed Sram NX drivetrain and you won’t be short of a ratio or two on the 11-42t cassette. Speed control is managed with a Magura MT5 front hydraulic brake and MT4 rear brake, both on 203mm rotors.

Rodi Tryp 30, double walled rims support Maxxis DHF and DHR II tyres for great grip on substrates loose, hard and wet. The Haibike saddle is on a telescoping XLC AllMtn seat post.

Flyon

New for 2019 is the Haibike Flyon drive and control system. Perhaps aware that they could do better than those companies they pay licenses to to use their power systems (Bosch and Yamaha) the German cycling brand has redesigned the e-bike system from the ground up.

European regulations limit how fast you can go but not how fast you get to that top speed. Even the 250W Yamaha PW-X manages 80Nm of torque – which really is kicking like a mule – but Haibike have gone a full 50% of power better and delivered 120Nm of torque which is like being kicked by a mad bull. You want warp speed acceleration up the track or even at the lights, you got it!

It isn’t just the motor Haibike have fixed up. The speed sensor has been improved with a special disc spinning in front of a sensor that is integrated into the frame. This sends 18 measurements per wheel rotation to the control system, enabling it to respond more quickly than any other sensor system to a change in cadence.

The 38 or 42 tooth proprietary front chain ring that takes that power from the motor and sends it direct to the drivetrain.

The Flyon control system is integrated into the handlebars just above the stem. Here, Haibike’s boffins have been hard at work too. You have a choice of five power settings from Eco to Xtreme. Colour codes tell you what power level you’re in and with easy navigation you can see a whole range of measurements from projected battery life-distance to speed and distance, as well as things like heart rate and cadence.

One of the problems all e-bikes have is that they are carrying the weight of the Lithium-ion battery and the motor. These are unavoidable, so the best manufacturers have worked out the best place to put them for ride-ability – this is in the frame, low down where the pivot point should be. This is why the Flyon battery is completely concealed in the frame.

A final improvement on the Bosch / Yamaha systems? The battery. The best Bosch offers is the ‘i500Wh’ battery that may give you 50 miles of mixed riding. For very little weight penalty Habike offer a 630Wh battery that on a carbon framed featherweight machine should give you an extra 20 miles before you reach into your backpack for a spare!

Key Features:

• Motor: Flyon HPR120S
• Frame: Carbon, thru-axle M12 (1.75) x 148mm, disc brake Post Mount, Travel: 150mm
• Forks: RockShox Yari RC air 150
• Gears: Sram NX 11 Speed
• Brakes: Magura MT5
• Wheels: 29/27.5" Rodi Tryp 30
• Front Tyre: 29/27.5" Maxxis Minion DHF 63-622
• Rear Tyre: 29/27.5" Maxxis Minion DHR II 71-584
• Battery: i630Wh, 30-140 Power Assisted Miles*
• Display: Flyon The Display

*This will vary depending on weight of the user, terrain and mode of pedal assistance used.