Efneo Information

Rear-wheel electric motor e-bikes are popular in urban/city segment. They usually look more elegant and sleek than mid-drive e-bikes. Efneos GTRO paired with a rear-wheel motor makes a bike practical, stylish and maintenance-free. Three gears are just enough for urban applications. First gear to start (even uphill), second to accelerate or cruise, third to ride at top speed with an acceptable cadence. There are various manufacturers collaborating with Efneo and testing GTRO on their e-bikes with very positive feedback! Our objective is to make GTRO the first choice for this segment. To give you a better idea of how exploding this market is according to eCycleElectricConsultants 34 million e-bikes were sold worldwide in 2017, mostly in China and Europe. Folding bikes segment belongs to the fastest growing in the cycling industry. Folding e-bikes are becoming a first choice of transportation for modern city dwellers in crowded European cities. Efneos GTRO is a perfect match for folding bikes & e-bikes. All small-wheel bikes are facing the same challenge at high speed, the chainring quickly becomes too small and the cadence skyrockets. On the other hand, front derailleurs are too spacious to be used and only small-range rear derailleurs can be applied, due to bikes small size. With the GTRO a bikes designer gets much more flexibility. The physical chainring (or beltring) is small, while virtually it gets very large on a 3rd gear. With a folding e-bike, no rear derailleur is necessary to make gear shifting possible. We are showing GTRO on Strida and Brompton, two top brands with which GTRO is now technically compatible. For both bikes GTRO offers better gear ratios, shifting & ride comfort and (as far as we know) higher reliability than original gear systems used on these brands. Our objective is to make GTRO the first choice for all mid- and high-end folding brands on the planet. Urban bike is a category for which gearboxes (like our GTRO) were made. Urban bike users and manufacturers do not favor derailleurs. ...