Short Oppo-review of the Greyp electric bike from Rimac.

"Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'" (otto-the-croatian)
05/20/2018 at 18:45 • Filed to: greyp, fun

It’s so fucking quick. It takes what feels like 2 seconds and you’re doing 50. For overtaking you’re way faster than regular traffic.

But it does top out at 50mph so there’s that. Still, for an electric bicycle it’s pretty amazing.

The range is 75 miles, and you have 3 power modes: Slow, Eco and Power. The slow one keeps you at around 25mph whatever you do, eco is dumb and power is all out insane. You have to be careful to lean forward or it will wheelie. The suspension is supple and nice, if a bit too springy for on-road. The brakes are good but it took time to get used to braking a lot sooner than you would on a regular bicycle, because you are braking from 50mph and not 20 so it takes longer. It turns a bit slower than I’m used to, because of the extra weight. And the forks don’t allow for a neat turning circle, you really are limited in that regard. Combine that with the weight it has, and you can forget about nimble, bicycle-like weaving through traffic or between people on the sidewalk, you really need to think way more ahead.

It has a touch UI with all the info you will never need, like power stuff, how much Gs you’re pulling, all the temperatures of everything, range stuff, etc., but you never have time to look down because of how fast it is. And because the glare from the sun blocks it a lot of the time.

Just pedaling it is difficult as it’s quite heavy. You can’t just pick it up and bring it up the stairs, for example. You’d need a ground-level garage or something to charge it up. It charges up quickly, it takes 80 minutes to get to full charge. You also get a lot of the power back by re-gen braking (with the rear brake only).

None of that will be a problem for you if you have one, though. If you won one, you already have a ConceptOne and a huge mansion and a garage.

Because it’s 8 T H O U S A N D euros. Fugghetaboutit. A fun toy for the rich.

DISCUSSION (10)

Tristan > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
05/20/2018 at 19:08

I need one... I want to blast down the bike path next to the congested freeway at 50 mph while using no gas.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
05/20/2018 at 19:50

You hit on all the problems: heavy, poor turning, expensive.

These should just be classified as electric scooters or motorcycles. Powered bicycles are limited to 20 or 25 mph in the U.S. , I can’t remember which.
W ith a top speed of 50 mph, it would be considered a scooter or moped over here.

Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' > TheRealBicycleBuck
05/20/2018 at 19:56

I agree, it can outperform most scooters here so I don’t see why it shouldn’t be called a moped. Technical loopholes, I guess.

Nom De Plume > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
05/20/2018 at 20:27

I tried drafting a car that wasn’t having any of it my road bike today. My acceleration from 35 mph to 42 mph was too slow to match them when they floored it. Can you comment on how this e-bike/moped handles rolling starts of this nature?

Also highly curious if you are out(driving)riding your headlight at 50?

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
05/20/2018 at 20:29

Well it’s the same kind of money, I’d rather have a Stealth Bike, they look better and are insane too, like motocross bikes.

Kinja'd!!!

Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
05/20/2018 at 20:30

I like that a lot. Agreed.

Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' > Nom De Plume
05/20/2018 at 20:37

At any speed below 50mph you accelerate faster than traffic around you. Doesn’t matter if it 0-50 or 35-50. The acceleration is relentless, it never runs out of puff until you reach the top speed. And it’s instant.

You operate it with sort of a thumb-trigger on the right handle bar and it’s like a videogame, no matter which intensity or how much percent of the trigger you push, the bike accelerates to the desired strength pretty much immediately.

I didn’t try using the headlight since it was daytime, but I’m told it’s basically like a car, but with a tiny bit of a narrower spread and covering less distance.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
05/20/2018 at 22:04

how does the touch go with gloves? I ride in -2C in winter and in summer I’ll wear gloves cause it’s 40C and I burn easily.

Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
05/21/2018 at 01:33

Didn’t try it but I suspect not great, even with my fingers it was twitchy. Plus, you start it with a fingerprint sensor, so you will have to take them off whether you like it or not.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
05/21/2018 at 03:24

yeah, boo then. I’d rather an RFID keyring or pair it with my phone or something if they wanted it to be ‘cool’