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Once I learnt to ride more smoothly, letting the motor take the strain, the STEPS system made a lot of sense and worked really well indeed. When paired with the STEPS E6100 crank drive motor the gearing makes it relatively simple to ride on all kinds of routes. Even on the hills, the overall weight of 23.6kg doesn’t feel a handful and should you live in lumpy terrain the Volt is still going to be a fun bike to ride.
Volt have done well to minimise any extra welds needed or gussets which gives a clean look, helped also by the internal cable routing. Attached to the frame is a Suntour NCX D-COIL LO fork which has 50mm of travel. It’s a simple fork intended for touring and trekking, and it works well here. As I mentioned earlier it does a good job of taming the larger bumps, at least in the way I had it set up, and you can tweak the settings too.
Other neat features are the included rack and straps, and the Abus rear wheel lock. It’s not going to stop it getting nicked, but it will imobilise the Volt making it a heavy lump for someone to drag away while you are in the shops.
Great review, thanks for sharing 🙌🏻