Fulgur Mula, 160mm Travel EMTB

[Rob Rides EMTB]

Just arrived, this Fulgur eMTB.

160mm travel front and rear, 504Wh internal AND 126Wh internal range extender. 160mm travel with EXT Era V2 and Storia E shock. Mullet, 22.59KG with both batteries, with tubes. Polini motor that's fully user serviceable with kits sold by the manufacturer.

 

[StuR]

Just arrived, this Fulgur eMTB.

160mm travel front and rear, 504Wh internal AND 126Wh internal range extender. 160mm travel with EXT Era V2 and Storia E shock. Mullet, 22.59KG with both batteries, with tubes. Polini motor that's fully user serviceable with kits sold by the manufacturer.



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That's a thing of beauty Rob
Any UK dealer backup ?
Availability ?
Price ?

Thanks

 

[Rob Rides EMTB]

That's a thing of beauty Rob
Any UK dealer backup ?
Availability ?
Price ?

Thanks

Yes

Berkshire Cycles are the exclusive UK dealer
£7300
Stock in UK now at Berkshire but sold out but new stuff coming in every month.

 

[StuR]

Yes

Berkshire Cycles are the exclusive UK dealer
£7300
Stock in UK now at Berkshire but sold out but new stuff coming in every month.

Thanks Rob
I've been checking them out online for a couple of months
Its the 1st bike in ages that has genuinely got me thinking that a divorce wouldn't be all bad

 

[apac]

Should be fairly easy to get down to 22kg if wanted.
Modular battery, DIY motor care, and big top shelf suspension make it a winner in my book.

Do we know any figures on geometry?

 

[Rob Rides EMTB]

Should be fairly easy to get down to 22kg if wanted.
Modular battery, DIY motor care, and big top shelf suspension make it a winner in my book.

Do we know any figures on geometry?

 

[GDAS]

did it put on some weight (like many of us!) over Xmas then, or was that a different model? Fulgur Mula, 20KG Full Fat ebike - EMTB Forums

 

[Rob Rides EMTB]

did it put on some weight (like many of us!) over Xmas then, or was that a different model? Fulgur Mula, 20KG Full Fat ebike - EMTB Forums

Fulgur advertise it on their website as 20KG https://www.fulgurcycles.it/bikes/Mula

Must be for the small, tubeless, no range extender, XC tyres, etc

 

[nathdogg]

very well specced for the price................I'm tempted

 

[peteandsoo]

If Berkshire are looking after it, will take away a lot of the potential nervousness around buying from a ''new brand'

 

[cappuccino34]

Good to meet you on Thursday Rob.

Can't wait to get my shiny new Mula back from the wrapper's shop next week.

With regards to the weight, I'd be very concerned about a 20kg bike with a 625 battery, full fat motor, coil shock, alloy wheels, alloy cranks and alloy bars.
The frame would have to be tissue thin and no use to anbody.

 

[cappuccino34]

It would be interesting to see some sort of 'hook to flat' landing in slow-mo, to see if the hydraulic bump stop reduces the rear wheel hop after landing that you always tend to see with elastic bump stops overpowering the rebound circuit from bottom out, as the energy gets released.

 

[Rob Rides EMTB]

Here's a first look video:

 

[MadTurnip]

looks really good and love the component choice. Unfortunately I already have an ebike so will have to wait a few years to consider getting one. The serviceable motor is great to see even if only select locations service them in each country its something better than going straight to Shimano to never be seen or heard form again. Will hopefully try an EXT shock in the next year or two as I want to change over to a coil at some point. Display computer is a bit much and do prefer the more slimline shimano option.

 

[steve_sordy]

By the time I will be ready to get a new bike the Fulgar Mula will be on maybe its third iteration. Hopefully by then they will have sorted out the bar furniture and display. What gives me a lot of motivation to at least strongly consider one is the motor repairability. I have never had a problem with my Shimano motors, I just don't like their approach.
Best wishes to Berkshire Cycles for taking the risk. Now their approach to customer service, I like!

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

Here's a first look video:

I love it and if I didnt have a nice Levo and a mountain of debt I would have one...
I do wonder if it will be 'typically Italian' though, like an Alfa..
look great while its broken down at the side of the road

 

[flash]

It would have made more sense to make the 500 wH battery fixed and the range extender easily removable.

Gordon

 

[Peaky Rider]

I do wonder if it will be 'typically Italian' though, like an Alfa..
look great while its broken down at the side of the road

Guess you've never had an Alfa then, but do watch Top Gear.

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

Guess you've never had an Alfa then, but do watch Top Gear.

no but my mate bought one and that was enough to confirm the myth for me

 

[Peaky Rider]

Ahh! the good old mate. I've got one of those who's on his third motor on his Levo. If only you'd asked before you bought yours I could have saved you a lot of heartache.

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

Ahh! the good old mate. I've got one of those who's on his third motor on his Levo. If only you'd asked before you bought yours I could have saved you a lot of heartache.

I knew what I was getting into

 

[Mcharza]

no but my mate bought one and that was enough to confirm the myth for me

I have had two Alfas. 156 and 159, I kept both 3 years without problems. Ciao Bella!

 

[apac]

I had an Alfa years ago. On a good day it went up to 75 on a hill.



problem was I lived at 96.

 

[Peaky Rider]

I had an Alfa years ago. On a good day it went up to 75 on a hill.



problem was I lived at 96.

Another Levo rider? If we Alfa lovers can't get a bit of empathy from you guys with all your electrical failures, who can we?

 

[Peaky Rider]

I have had two Alfas. 156 and 159, I kept both 3 years without problems. Ciao Bella!

Over the last forty years I've had thirteen Alfas Mcharza. I have two at the moment, a Giulia and a Stelvio and I luv em.

One of the best things is that they are not clitoris cars and I doubt the Fulgar will ever be a clitoris bike either.

 

[mastakilla]

i dont understand the battery choices. if you cant take out the extender easily, what good is it for lightening the bike weight for short days? And two separate charges for the batteries? This is not a design that has been optimized doesnt sound like. I do however want to see how extra powerful the motor is, that is the only intriguing thing I see here

 

[apac]

do however want to see how extra powerful the motor is, that is the only intriguing thing I see here

it also has 3k worth of top level suspension.

 

[cappuccino34]

i dont understand the battery choices. if you cant take out the extender easily, what good is it for lightening the bike weight for short days? And two separate charges for the batteries? This is not a design that has been optimized doesnt sound like. I do however want to see how extra powerful the motor is, that is the only intriguing thing I see here

You wouldn't complain if it just had a 630 battery with no flexibility though?

It's arrived at this design because it originally was a 500 that has had a separate 130 added quite recently, because some people want the bigger capacity. To add the extra meant making it less easy to remove, that's all.

It's just less easy to remove the extra than it is to remove the 500.

Maybe consider that it's 19kg full power bike with a 130 battery, with the option to add another 500 extender inside the frame?

Polini are quite a small company, so hopefully should be quite dynamic when it comes to design changes. I think it would be great to see an internal 300+300 battery setup myself.

 

[apac]

You wouldn't complain if it just had a 630 battery with no flexibility though?

It's arrived at this design because it originally was a 500 that has had a separate 130 added quite recently, because some people want the bigger capacity. To add the extra meant making it less easy to remove, that's all.

It's just less easy to remove the extra than it is to remove the 500.

Maybe consider that it's 19kg full power bike with a 130 battery, with the option to add another 500 extender inside the frame?

Polini are quite a small company, so hopefully should be quite dynamic when it comes to design changes. I think it would be great to see an internal 300+300 battery setup myself.

The more modules the better if you ask me. It can easily be done by just having separate groups of the same voltage. So you can just keep adding more AH (parallel groups). It could be bricks of 36v and 3ah, approx 100wh per module...... Or similar layout. If it were 6ah at 36v you would need 20 cells per brick. Room for 3 or 4 bricks of 216wh each.

 

[cappuccino34]

Keeping the water out of all the joints would be difficult with many joints, but I'm in full agreement that energy flexibility is a good thing.

The new Bosch setup, and others like it with a fixed heavy 700+ battery, doesn't appeal to me one bit.