The Quella Electric Varsity range maintains a vintage retro design with a revolutionary electric motor. The motor and battery fit neatly inside the rear hub in a handsome, stainless steel plated body that enables partial re-charging whilst you ride.
- Maximum range - 37 miles / 60km
- Recharge time – 2-3 hours
- Motor and Battery – Zehus rear hub motor with 155wh hub battery, bluetooth app, GPS tracking and KERS regenerative braking
- Frame and fork – 4130 Cromo track style frame and fork
- Gearing – Single speed
- Braking – Dual pivot caliper brakes
- Other – Premium paint finishes and detailing, 40mm deep section rims with CNC brake surface
Bluetooth technology links the hub to your handlebar remote and your phone so you manage your hub settings through an app. The hub incorporates a regenerative KERS (Kinetic Energy Recuperation System) braking system, similar technology as used in Formula One engines, energy is converted to recharge and power the battery whilst back-pedalling and simultaneously slowing the bicycle down.
The rear hub can even be used as a GPS tracker, with tamper proof alarm and wheel lock function.Motor assistance activates once the bike reaches 5km “As soon as you stop pedalling, the motor will stop pushing”.
Extremely lightweight thanks to the 3.2kg rear hub motor and battery combination, the Quella e-bike starts at just 13.9kg for the 51 and 54cm frames and 15.2kg for our 58 and 61cm frames.
The Zehus electric hub has 4 power levels:
- No assist - manual riding
- Eco mode - Pedal assist with maximum distance of 60km from one charge.
- Turbo - Maximum pedal assistance up to 25km/h with a maximum power of 250W
- Turbo Custom - Create your own power mode using the Bluetooth app. You can change 2 parameters: the amount of Boost the motor gives you at low speed and the overall amount of Assistance factor of the motor.