Introducing Riese & Muller – precision-made German engineered premium eBikes…
Stop for a moment and consider how you travel. Do you live in a city or similar built up environment? Do you tend to make short journeys by car, to and from your home? Do you find yourself struggling to navigate your way through busy streets packed full of stationary traffic or constantly struggle to find somewhere to park your car at the end of your short journey? Perhaps now is the time to reflect on how you travel and consider how you can improve your journey times, improve your own health and most significantly make a valuable contribution to improving the transport infrastructure of the environment in which you live.
Riese & Muller is a relatively new brand for Wheelbase but we were quickly drawn to this premium eBike-only brand which positions itself at the top of the eBike tree and has a firm focus on creating a range of high-quality, precision made German engineered eBikes. Riese & Müller are clear in their business strategy – to produce cutting-edge eBikes that play their part in improving the ongoing climate crisis while positively enhancing the lifestyles of its consumers and wider society.
We’re proud stockists of Riese & Muller eBikes; we like their ethos and really trust in their products. These cutting-edge German-engineered eBikes offer a practical, user-friendly mode of transport that will help to enhance your own lifestyle, encouraging you to exercise more, decreasing stress levels typically brought on by congested traffic and allowing you to contribute to the improvement of the environment that you’re living in.
Riese & Muller offer a wide range of eBike models all designed to do slightly different things to help you travel more easily. From setting out on a touring adventure, to picking up your kids from school on the daily school-run, to carrying a heavy load such as your weekly shop there’s a Riese & Muller to suit you and your cycling needs. As well as providing travel solutions for all sorts of activities through specific model choices Riese & Muller also offer a vast array of specification options for your new eBike. This means that as well as the standard models that we have in stock at Wheelbase you are able to custom spec your Riese & Muller to perfectly suit you; we have a number of eBike experts in our stores ready to help you select the exact bike you need and can advise you over the phone too. Below is a small selection of the Riese & Muller eBikes we currently have in store…
NEVO 3
The Riese & Muller Nevo 3 is a great all-rounder which is perfect for everyday use. It features an integrated battery in the downtube and a nice low step through design making it easier to get on and off the bike even when you’re carrying a heavy load. There’s plenty of options to choose from including conventional gearing or internal gears and a belt drive for a really durable drivetrain that performs really well in wetter conditions.
Riese & Muller Nevo3 GT Touring £4,426.00
Riese & Muller Nevo 3 Touring £4,146.00
ROADSTER
The Roadster collection is perfect for cyclists looking for a fast, sporty ride with the assistance of a good eBike motor. Rather than for carrying heavy loads the Roadster has been designed to help you explore further afield thanks to its powerful motor and efficient 625Wh battery. With some clever frame design the battery and motor is completely integrated for a brilliantly handling bike. Again, thanks to the way Riese & Muller produce their bikes there are plenty of options to how exactly your choice of bike is spec’d.
Riese & Muller Roadster Touring £3,981.00
CHARGER3
The Charger3 is the perfect eBike for the daily commute during the week and doubles up perfectly at the weekend as a bike that’s capable of taking you out into the countryside to explore further from home. There’s lot’s of nice design details to help make your riding experience more comfortable and enjoyable including a suspension fork, shock-absorbing seat post and mudguards to help protect you from the elements. You can chose between conventional gearing or internal gears and a belt drive depending too.
Riese & Muller Charger 3 Touring £3,919.00
SUPERCHARGER2
The Supercharger2 really lives up to its name thanks to that double battery capacity. Boasting up to 1,250Wh of fully integrated battery power matched up with Bosch’s powerful Performance Line CX (Gen 4) motor the Ries & Muller Supercharger2 can handle super-long rides making ideal for cycle-touring and is also a great option for the daily commute when you don’t want to be re-charging the bike every day. There’s the welcome addition of a suspension fork and shock-absorbing seat post to make each ride more comfortable too.
Riese & Muller Supercharger2 GT Touring £4,600.00
MULTICHARGER MIXTE
The Multicharger Mixte is the perfect multi-tasker – great for carrying your shopping, dropping the kids off at nursery or striking out at the weekend for a family ride in the countryside. Getting on and off the bike is easy thanks to the step-through design, there’s a short-travel suspension fork to take the sting out of rough roads as well as heavy-duty racks and fat tyres that can handle mixed-surface rides.
Riese & Muller Multicharger Mixte GT Vario £4,000.00
MULTICHARGER MIXTE
The Packster 40 is compact but capable. Only slightly longer than a conventional bike the Packster is agile and confidence-inspiring to ride even when you’re carrying a load. The Packster 40’s large cargo surface can carry your weekly shopping or handle the daily run to nursery thanks to its optional child seat; it’s a great multi-tasker – drop your child off at nursery then fold down the seat to create a useful cargo space at head straight to the supermarket. Again there are different models with different options to choose including belt-drive drive train or conventional chain and rear derailleur.
Riese & Muller Packster 40 Touring £4,450.00
LOAD 60 VARIO
The Load 60 is Riese & Muller’s rugged, load-carrying adventure machine. With a nice low centre of gravity and a very large cargo platform you’ll be able to pack everything you need for a week-long cycle touring expedition. By putting all of the weight low down the Load 60 feels particularly agile and maneuverable while those beefy tyres and front and rear suspension mean that this cargo eBike is really up for any terrain you care to explore. With Bosch’s powerful Cargo Line Cruise (Gen 4) motor and efficient 500Wh battery you won’t be getting ‘range anxiety’ between camping stops either.
Riese & Muller Load 60 Vario £5,300.00
We recently took a more detailed look at the Riese & Muller Load 75 Cargo eBike, with photos by our regular photographer James Vincent. Read the review below…
You may be familiar with the term ‘Cargo Bike’. If you’ve spent any time in some of the larger cities in the UK you will have no-doubt seen cargo bikes being used to quickly navigate congested city centres, either moving small loads from place to place by courier, or by high-street vendors selling various goods.
In mainland Europe it is now common to see families using cargo bikes as an alternative to getting into their cars for small journeys, with Mums and Dads transporting their kids on the daily school run.
The Riese & Muller Load 75 eBike is just such a cargo bike and is packed full of user-friendly features to make it a truly multi-purpose electric vehicle that can be a great alternative to getting into your car. With its low centre of gravity and a huge loading surface, the Load 75 has been designed to help you carry significant loads that would previously of had you reaching for your car keys; this very-special e-Bike has been engineered to be as comfortable as it is practical, using Riese & Muller’s Control Technology design principle to provide an optimised chassis and finely tuned full suspension platform.
The Load 75’s long, low geometry means that steering remains predictable at slow speeds while negotiating the typical tight turns and traffic controls found in towns and cities. Low loading of heavier objects (including your kids!) keeps you safe at higher speeds while Riese & Muller’s suspension design guarantees obstacles such as cobblestones, curbs and potholes are negotiated in comfort and control.
The Load 75’s long, low geometry means that steering remains predictable at slow speeds while negotiating the typical tight turns and traffic controls found in towns and cities. Low loading of heavier objects (including your kids!) keeps you safe at higher speeds while Riese & Muller’s suspension design guarantees obstacles such as cobblestones, curbs and potholes are negotiated in comfort and control.
So what if you wanted to use this Cargo eBike for the twice-daily school run? Well this model can safely transport up to three children for the short journey, while the practical removeable cover means that wet weather doesn’t have to be a deal-breaker either. The Riese & Muller designers have created a space that allows one child to face the rider while the other two children are forward facing in the direction of travel, a spacious footwell means your little ones remain comfortable without getting in each other’s way so while not guaranteed there should be little cause for bickering!
With a maximum load carrying capacity of 200kg this versatile cargo bike can be used for so many activities including carrying camping equipment for bicycle-touring, for the weekly shop, the school run, carrying work-tools, delivering parcels and so much more. The addition of the Bosch motor means there’s very little to stop you carrying loads that just would not be possible on a conventional ‘acoustic’ bike.
Riese & Muller have also included a Supernova M99 Mini Pro daytime/nighttime running front light to enhance your visibility to other road users, this is complimented by a Supernova M99 rear light which, in stop-start traffic quickly catches the attention of motorists behind you. A potentially heavy load needs to stop quickly and in control; with this in mind Riese & Muller have spec’d Tektro TRP C 2.3 hydraulic disc brakes featuring four pistons to greater enhance braking power along with thicker disc brake rotors to ensure durability and controlled braking in all weather conditions.
For time-pushed family members or small business owners bicycle maintenance may well be far down on the list of priorities and again the Load 75 has been designed with this in mind. A user-friendly Gates belt-drive replaces a conventional bicycle chain, with this technology meaning your eBike is driven by a flexible, reinforced, toothed belt which does not need to be oiled and maintained like a chain does; the bike’s gears are neatly housed internally within the rear hub meaning, again that bicycle maintenance is minimal.
We’re not all the same size, with the potential for this cargo eBike to have multiple users within the same family or commercial organisation Riese and Muller have included a good amount of adjustability including the angle and height of the stem as well as the saddle height to accommodate riders from 1.50m to 1.95m high.
See the Riese & Muller range here
Written by Johnny Dodgin
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