In Tacherting in Upper Bavaria, the wheels turn a little slower than in the rest of the bike industry. There, at the headquarters of the Syntace/Liteville conglomerate, the product cycles are long, the test phases endless, and some products never even make it past the prototype stage. Yet company founder Jo Klieber is not lacking in creativity. On the contrary: Klieber was the first to preach the mix of different wheel sizes. And with his X12 thru axle, he set a new standard at the time and sidelined the quick release. So there have always been plenty of innovative ideas. But they were all more of a sideshow in Klieber's think tank. The autodidact's core themes are durability, consistent quality and one hundred per cent function. That is what he lives for and what he has sworn his team to for years.
Against this backdrop, it is almost surprising that a motorised bike from Liteville is already going into series production in year four of the big E-MTB boom. Although the 301 CE is based on the Liteville classic 301, not only in terms of the model name but also in terms of its range of use, the motorised version breaks completely new ground in terms of design.
You can read whether the Liteville 301 CE has an easy time in the test in the article, which is available as a PDF in the download area below.
