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The Van Rysel E-GRVL AF wants to experience adventure, be challenged and get you safely through the night. The e-gravel bike is equipped for all the challenges of a real gravel tour. The new Decathlon e-bike offers high-quality components and well thought-out details, perfect for your next bikepacking adventure.
Features include the full carbon fork, which also allows mudguards to be attached. Furthermore, the cables are routed inside the fork and there are holes for attaching a pannier rack. Powerful front and rear lights from Axa, which are powered directly from the bike battery, ensure that you can ride at night or at dusk.
Van Rysel Gravel E-Bike E-GRVL AF: Handling and comfort as strengths
Even on long rides, the endurance geometry of the Van Rysel gravel e-bike enables a relaxed riding position and precise control, especially on demanding terrain. Thanks to the wide tyres (45 or 47 millimetres), the hydraulic Sram Apex disc brakes with 160 mm discs and the optional Sram Apex 1×11 or 1x12 groupset (Brose motor), the gravel bike demonstrates its stability both on the mountain and on unpaved paths in real use. The drop bars on the handlebars are not only used to shift gears, but also to intuitively control the support level to keep the bike safely on course.
Mahle or Brose e-bike motor with powerful but unobtrusive support
The Van Rysel E-GRVL AF HD is usually fitted with the Mahle X35 motor with a torque of up to 40 Nm. This e-bike motor offers three support levels and, as a rear hub motor, pushes forward discreetly without having a major impact on pedalling. Thanks to the slim integration of the 250 watt-hour battery in the frame, the e-drive is barely visible. The battery enables a maximum range of 100 kilometres, while the optional range extender in the bottle cage increases the maximum range to a total of 180 kilometres, as stated by the manufacturer.
The BC900 display, which is prominently mounted on the stem, can be paired with a smartphone or other compatible devices such as Garmin via Bluetooth Smart and the Decathlon Connect app. In this way, GPS data for the current ride can be received wirelessly. It is also possible to display additional information such as heart rate, cadence and power in watts using external sensors.
In limited quantities: Brose Drive T Magnesium
Since 7 April 2024, a limited edition of the Van Rysel E-GRVL AF MD with the Brose Drive T Magnesium as a powerful mid-motor has been available. According to Decathlon, this motor has the same continuous output of 250 watts as the Mahle X35, but delivers a significantly higher torque of 70 Newton metres. Despite this, it weighs just 2.9 kilograms (compared to 3.6 kilograms for the Mahle X35) and offers four support levels as well as walk mode (push assist).
The battery installed in the frame of the Brose gravel bike also has more capacity: with 500 watt hours, it offers more energy. A range extender for the bottle cage with a further 360 watt hours is available as an option. Another feature of the significantly more expensive version of the E-GRVL AF are the DT Swiss HG1800 Spline wheels compared to the in-house rims on the cheaper model.
Decathlon has not yet made any pictures of the Brose model available.
Facts and figures about the Van Rysel E-GRVL AF E-gravel bikes
Van Rysel E-GRVL AF HD Mahlen X35 1x11
(Manufacturer information)
- Frame: Aluminium 6061 T6
- Fork: Full carbon, thru axle 12×110 Road Boost, mounting options for mudguards, maximum tyre width 700×50 mm
- Motor: Mahle X35 rear wheel hub motor, continuous output 250 W, torque 40 Nm
- Battery: Mahle 36 V, 250 Wh, integrated in the down tube with charging point on the frame; range extender optional (208 Wh)
- Display: BC900 display; Bluetooth in conjunction with Decathlon Ride app
- Brakes: Sram Apex, 160 mm rotors front/rear
- Circuit: Sram Apex 1×11 cassette, 11 - 42 teeth; chainring 40 teeth
- Impellers: Aluminium rims 25C, 700 mm, tubeless ready
- Handlebar/stem: Gravell handlebar with 16° flare, aluminium stem with 6° inclination
- Tyres: Hutchinson Touareg Hardskin Tubeless Ready, 700x45 mm
- Lighting: Axa Lighthammer 60 Lux (front), Axa LS 651 Cob Line (rear); powered by the bike battery; complies with StVZO
- Weight: 14.5 kg in size M
- Price: 2899 Euro >> available at Decathlon
Van Rysel E-GRVL AF MD Brose Drive 1x12
(Manufacturer information)
- Frame: Aluminium 6061 T6
- Fork: Full carbon, thru axle 12×110 Road Boost, mounting options for mudguards, maximum tyre width 700×50 mm
- Motor: Brose Drive T Magnesium mid-motor, continuous power 250 W, torque 70 Nm, weight 2900 g, 4 support levels + walk mode
- Battery: 500 Wh, integrated in the down tube with charging point on the frame; range extender for bottle cage optional (360 Wh)
- Display: None (connect smartphone to bike via Bluetooth and Decathlon Ride app)
- Brakes: Sram Apex, 160 mm rotors front/rear
- Circuit: SRAM Apex, 1×12 cassette, 11-44 teeth, chainring Miranda 42 teeth
- Impellers: DT Swiss HG1800 Spline (aluminium), tubeless ready
- Handlebar/stem: Gravell handlebar with 16° flare, aluminium stem with 8° inclination
- Tyres: Michelin Power Gravel Competition Line 700×47 mm
- Lighting: Axa Lighthammer 60 Lux (front), Axa LS 651 Cob Line (rear); powered by the bike battery; complies with StVZO
- Weight: 18 kg in size M
- Price: 3499 Euro
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