On display at this year’s LikeBike Monte Carlo show was this totally bonkers looking machine. Known as the Trefecta DRT, it’s an electric bike like no other and at present it’s the most expensive e-bike on sale.
Designed primarily for military use, the DRT treads the ever-more-blurry line between an electric bicycle and an electric powered motorcycle. Yes, either side of the Trefecta’s substantial aluminium frame there’s a pair of cranks, and a 14-speed Rohloff hub will provide power directly to its rear wheel – but the chances are you won’t be using them much.
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That’s because the DRT’s stealthy black frame contains a motor, and it’s not just any old motor. Churning out 4Kw of power through its own automatic gearbox, the unit develops a colossal max torque figure of 250Nm or 184ft lbs. Trefecta lists the DTR's top speed at 70km/h (43mph).
That gives the DRT comfortably more oomph than any bike we’ve ever featured on this website. To put it into context, this thing has more torque than any motorbike we’ve ever heard of, and likely to have considerably more than the last car you travelled in too. Trefecta staff have even used this bike to tow a Range Rover! In practice, that torque is good enough to push 160kg (353lb) of rider and cargo up a 45% incline.
All of that go requires a lot of juice, and that’s just what the DRT carries. Its lithium-ion cell is good for 55km of tarmac cruising. Meanwhile, the DRT's battery pack has been made easily interchangeable for those who need an extended range.
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