We first bought wind of Ducati's ebike aspirations in 2018 with the EICMA debut of an electrical pedal-assist mountain bike developed in collaboration with Thok Ebikes. Extra ebikes have adopted since, together with a trekking highway bike and a bunch of folding fashions, and now the corporate has introduced its first highway racer, the Futa.
Named after a highway that connects Bologna and Florence over the Italian Apennines, and once more the results of a partnership with Thok, the Futa is alleged to be aimed toward riders "who need to practice, have enjoyable and pedal to their full potential."
The design staff has gone all out on carbon fiber, beginning with the monocoque body with sport endurance geometry that is been tweaked for aero and pace, and is on the market in three sizes. It wears a grey and black coloration scheme interrupted right here and there with Ducati crimson accenting, and advantages from internally routed cabling.
The ebike comes with a FSA HM 1.0 rear hub motor rated at 250-W that gives 42 Nm (30.9 lb.ft) of torque and gives pedal help as much as 25 km/h (15.5 mph) according to European laws, with 5 energy ranges chosen through a Garmin wi-fi distant. A Ok-Drive WE 12 S digital drivetrain guarantees "an exceptionally easy and quick 2x12-speed wi-fi digital shifting." And there is a companion iOS/Android cellular app accessible for deep dives into journey stats and bike information.
The Futa retains the traces easy with a frame-integrated 250-Wh FSA battery, and although Ducati does not give per-charge vary figures there's an optionally available 250-Wh vary extender for double no matter that vary is likely to be.
Different key specs embody a carbon fiber drop handlebar for a ahead racing stance, a carbon seat publish topped with a Selle Italia saddle, Imaginative and prescient AGX 30 wheels with carbon rims wrapped in Pirelli Cinturato Velo TLR 700x35c tires and Ok-Drive hydraulic disc braking with 160-mm rotors.
All of that carbon fiber helps towards a complete weight (minus the pedals) of simply 12.4 kg (27 lb) for a medium-frame mannequin.
Ducati can also be portray a restricted version manufacturing run with an unique livery impressed by Corse racing, and solely 50 numbered ebikes might be made accessible.
This taste shares a lot of the characteristic set with the usual Futa, however sports activities much more carbon and comes with Campagnolo Tremendous Document hydraulic disc brakes, a Campagnolo Tremendous Document EPS 12 pace digital drivetrain, a Imaginative and prescient Metron wheelset and extra, and manages to weigh in even lighter at 12.2 kg (26.8 lb).
As you may anticipate from all that carbon fiber goodness and the added premium of Ducati badging, the Futa will not be for these with restricted funds. It is going to ship this Northern Hemisphere summer season for a cool €7,690 (about US$8,440), and you will have to fork out additional if you would like that range-extending additional battery. As for the restricted version mannequin, effectively that carries an eye-watering ticket worth of €11,990. The video beneath has extra.
Product web page: Futa
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