On February 23, 2023, UBCO formally launched its 2×2 Particular Version bike. For these acquainted with the UBCO 2×2, your first thought is perhaps that it’s just a few new paint and graphics—however that’s positively not all there’s to see right here. Though the inexperienced and electrical orange coloration scheme makes it stand out amongst different UBCO 2x2s on supply, there are some cool options on this limited-edition bike that you simply may need to find out about.
Whereas the common UBCO 2×2 comes with two built-in racks (entrance and rear), in addition to ample handlebar actual property the place you may mount the devices you deem crucial with ease, the UBCO 2×2 Particular Version comes with some alternative carrying choices included for the stuff you’ll need to deliver in your subsequent journey.
Each of the included, color-matched baggage on the 2×2 Particular Version are weatherproof and removable. The middle tote, which sits instantly over the place the battery is mounted, simply in entrance of the seat, is a 12-liter case. The rear bag can maintain as much as 30 liters because of its ingenious foldaway growth panels that may come right down to allow transport of bigger, flatter objects than you may count on on first look. In different phrases, if you wish to take your laptop computer with you and never fear that it’s going to get moist, UBCO thought of you. (Whereas we clearly can’t let you know how properly the weatherproof baggage work from expertise, it definitely looks like an amazing concept.)
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Past the 2 weatherproof and very useful-looking carrying instances that come commonplace on the 2×2 Particular Version, this bike additionally boasts a brand new Peak Design telephone mount, in addition to a set of Pronghorn straps from Large Loop that can assist you strap down anything that you must carry with you, and that gained’t match within the two totes. Want your backpack, picnic basket, toolbox, or absolutely anything else that matches? With these straps, so long as you may safe it, you may in all probability take it alongside.
As it’s possible you’ll recall, I had the possibility to take a look at an UBCO 2×2 for just a few weeks again in 2022—and there’s one different vital change that the corporate made for the 2×2 Particular Version. The corporate says that it’s redesigned the braking system for the reason that one I rode, in order that it now makes use of “motorcycle-grade braking pads and extra substantial brake levers.” I discovered the brakes on the 2×2 to be satisfactory for the duty at hand final 12 months, if not significantly thrilling or spectacular—so I’ve requested for extra particulars about these adjustments, and can report again if and once I acquire extra detailed info.
Issues that stay the identical on the 2×2 Particular Version (as in comparison with the earlier 2×2) stay its 30 mph /50 kph prime velocity (I obtained it as much as an indicated 31, however its digital limiter wouldn’t let me go larger, and I additionally don’t assume you’d need to go lots sooner with the inventory brakes as they have been at the moment), its 156-pound curb weight, its claimed 75-mile vary, its 3.1 kilowatt-hour battery pack, and its four-to-six-hour cost time with the included quick charger.
Simply 1,000 of the 2×2 Particular Version bikes will probably be made, and they’ll even be numbered. MSRP on the UBCO web site is $6,999, excluding tax.
