In this video, I take the Volt Urban LS on a full-day adventure across the capital, starting at Volt’s London showroom near Borough Market before riding through Notting Hill, climbing the hills of Hampstead, and finishing in the heart of the City at the Barbican.
With a claimed range of up to 55 miles, automatic gearing, a carbon belt drive and a lightweight urban-focused design, can the Volt Urban LS make a city as vast as London feel manageable?
Along the way, I’ll be testing:
⚡ Real-world battery range
⚡ Hill climbing performance
⚡ Comfort over longer distances
⚡ Automatic gear shifting
⚡ Everyday practicality for commuting and exploring
Whether you’re considering your first e-bike, looking for a commuter bike, or simply curious about electric bikes in London, this review should give you a good idea of what the Urban LS is capable of.
🚲Check out the Volt Urban LS:
🔗https://voltbikes.co.uk/e-bikes/urban/urban-ls
00:00 A British bike with RANGE
00:55 The spec
03:04 Volt HQ
03:41 The biggest landmarks
04:02 Riding impressions
05:40 Buckingham Palace and beyond
05:55 Stop no.1 with a range check
06:25 MIK rear rack
06:59 Comfort and inclines
07:42 Quad lock convenience
08:33 Long incline
09:29 Stop no.2 with a range check
10:08 The biggest hill of them ALL
12:15 Reflecting with a view
13:18 Volt’s elite battery
14:30 Range results
#Volt #electricbike #bike
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30 Comments
Unfortunately the Specs dont match the price
The translation is frighteningly good… the German one, anyway. It’s also interesting to hear you speak Spanish for a change 😂
Really enjoy these city tour reviews
I like the look of the Alpine.
I loved the volt I bought back in 2018, but wish I’d known the gearbox needed an oil service after just 400 miles (missed that one and ruined it eventually), and also found out the motor used plastic gears which eventually wore out and can’t be replaced at component levels. So I’m now at the point where the battery has expired (replacement was recommended after 5 years), the motor and the gearbox needs replacing. £1500 all told! Hence the bike has sat unused for a couple years and I dusted off my 25 year old Trek and got that back on the road for about £150. Harder work for a 50+ year old in hilly Devon, but fitter as a result
Most of my work/clients are in Bath – Sion Hill/Langridge area. Could it handle the schlepp in/out of town?
Volt make quality bikes. Looks very good.
2k,for that.. rather have a trek, or any other main brand
Sorry but it is not premium!
Another interesting cycling tour video, nicely done. That is quite useful information to know that Volt takes precautions and prioritizes battery safety and reliability.
No! Not London! Londinistan!
wow and peace be upon you from me
A well thought out e-bike, but for the price it would be nice to choose your own colour.
And for a taller rider maybe a different stem length option as well.
Nice review and professionally edited.
Most of that bike is probably made in China and then assembled in the UK, not made in the UK. Price wise it's to expensive for what you get. Great review though.
Assembled in the UK. Another person with money importing the same Chinese bike.
Great channel 🙏
Why would you celebrate cycling through Khan and Starmers London.
tthe idiott who isn`t know nothing … THRROW THISE BICYCLE IN THE BINN
I'm curious, the Quadlock mount is nicely integrated, but I notice there's no vibration dampener. Has anyone heard any reports of destroyed iPhones?
I like this bike but I prefer choosing the gear I want. Plus, I find brakes with auto electrical cutoff is unnecessary & just another thing to go wrong in the future.
Really nice review, but I have to say, I really hate those 180 (or whatever it is) degrees takes you use in your videos. I can see how they’d be useful for security tootage, but in this case they don’t seem to add anything and the image is heavily distorted, so what’s the point?
There must be a way to make the bike drop down to a lower gear when you are climbing. Nice looking bike and I like the rack system accessories.
£2,000+ ???!!! How are lower income households supposed to afford these things. The e-bike market seems to only pander to middle and upper income people.
Are there any more affordable options?
£2000 of that price is pure profit
Now owning sth this expensive can be quite dangerous. I know how lovely they are.
You are lovely. The bike isn't bad either. Thanks for the tour of London.
Cheers from across the pond from less restricted US where more places allow 28mph versus 15.5.
As a performance cyclist with and without a motor, as I routinely hit 25 mph on my roadbike with no motor, crazy how onerous UK ebike speed restrictions are when performance cyclists on both sides of the pond routinely sustain higher average speeds than your laws allow for ebkes.
Ride safe and thank you pretty lady.
i am a175,000 miler imcan tell just by looking at the bike thats its going to be uncomfortable and it has not got shimano hydraulic brakes either
ive had to unsubscribe i hate adverts
You sold me with your phrase, “It is buuutttery 🧈 smooooth.” Nicely done Eilis.
Quadlock mounting a phone to a rigid bicycle is going to destroy its lens stabilization. Optical lens stabilization literally moves the lens around to compensate when you take photos, shaking the phone will kill that mechanism sooner or later. Going on the grass and watching the phone smash up and down… won't take long at that rate. Also, since this is almost certainly a sponsored video, you're required to state that up front and center so people know you're not doing unbiased reporting.