Haibike XDURO Adventr 5.0 Mens Electric Mountain Bike

Haibike XDURO Adventr 5.0 Mens Electric Mountain Bike

Planning a big, multi-day trip out in the sticks? Enjoy cross-country riding that may include the odd night section? What about a commuting bike that outcompetes every other cycling commuter bike on the road? The Haibike XDURO Adventr 5.0 is pretty much all of these in one machine. Powered by the new Haibike FLYON power and control system, this combines huge range with agility and comfort that can only come from one of the best-in-class machines on the road.

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.

Haibike Adventr

A giant leap of improvement on the successful Haibike Cross series of hybrid machines, the Adventr series of hybrid electric bikes are designed to be as at home far from civilisation as they are in the middle of the urban jungle. Powered with the new Habike FLYON system they have great range yet can carry a good load mile after mile without the rider breaking a sweat (unless you choose to!)

Who are you?

You may be one of the majority of cycle commuters who are male and comfortably off, or simply looking to buy a machine that is cheaper than an electric car yet will thrash the traffic like no four wheeled machine could ever do. With its mountain bike wheels and sleek looks the XDURO Adventr 5.0 will certainly be noticed by other road users. This machine is also very good at off-road too, with its long range and high payload capacity making it good for that epic off-road adventure you’re perhaps planning for the coming year.

Adventr 5.0 details

Sat low in the carbon frame is the XDURO Adventr 5.0’s i630Wh FLYON battery for better weight distribution and therefore agility. At the front the Haibike XDURO Adventr 5.0 has 120mm travel SR Suntour XCM34 LOR front shocks to absorb the lumps and bumps on your route.

With the FLYON 42 tooth front chain ring and 11-speed Sram NX drivetrain you have a wide choice of ratios for your journey – no hill will confound you on road or off as you chew up the miles. On 203mm rotors it has a Magura MT5 hydraulic brake on the front wheel and a MT4 brake at the rear.

On 27.5” mountain bike wheels, Schwalbe Smart Sam tyres will grip rough ground and smooth city roads like a boss.

For night riding it has integrated 100 lux, Haibike Skybeamer 300 lights.

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
• Forks: SR Suntour XCR34 Coil LOR steel spring 120
• Gears: Sram NX 11 Speed
• Front Brake: Magura MT5
• Rear Brake: Magura MT4
• Wheels: 27.5" Rodi Tryp 35
• Tyres: 27.5" Schwalbe Smart Sam 57-584
• 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.