Wilier Urta Hybrid: Light-Weight, Baby!

Tim Folchert

· 02.12.2022

Photo: Hersteller

The new minimal-assist bike from the Italians should weigh less than 16 kilograms. Record!

The road bike specialists at Wilier know how to build lightweight bikes. They want to prove this in the e-bike sector with their new Minimal-Assist E-MTB. The top version of the Wilier Urta Hybrid should weigh less than 16 kilograms. Although the Urta Hybrid only has 120 millimetres of suspension travel at the front and rear, the low suspension travel paired with the carbon frame should result in the lightest minimal-assist downcountry bike ever.

Photo: WilierThe Fazua Ride 60 motor lies deep in the frame. Test winner in the last test of our sister magazine EMTB.

Photo: WilierMinimalist: The tiny LED display provides information about the battery status.

Wilier Urta Hybrid: Powered by test winner Fazua Ride 60

With a 66.5 degree head angle and 75 degree seat angle, the Wilier Urta Hybrid is worthy of a downcountry bike. In combination with the Fazua Ride 60 motor and the 430 watt-hour battery, it is therefore ideally equipped for shallow trails. Nice to know: The new Fazua Ride 60 motor, with a torque of 60 Newton metres, won the test in the last EMTB comparison test of the minimal assist motors. If you want to go on longer tours, you can tune the battery to an impressive 640 watt hours with a range extender. The additional battery is attached to the down tube outside the frame triangle. This means there is still room for a water bottle inside the frame triangle.

With a reach of 458 millimetres and a steering angle of a steep 66.7 degrees in frame size L, the Wilier Urta Hybrid is on the conservative side.

Photo: HerstellerWith a reach of 458 millimetres and a steering angle of a steep 66.7 degrees in frame size L, the Wilier Urta Hybrid is on the conservative side.

Related & related by marriage: Wilier Urta Hybrid resembles Racebike SLR

The Urta Hybrid is not only visually similar to the motor-free Wilier Urta SLR. The engineers also adopted some technical features. The rear triangle, for example, bears a strong resemblance to the XC race bike. And rightly so, as Simone Avondetto became U23 XCO World Champion on an Urta SLR this year. The rest of the frame is also very similar to that of the non-motorised race bike - just with a thicker down tube and LED display on the top tube.

Noble: The carbon monocoque is said to save an impressive 150 grams. The top version of the Urta Hybrid costs an impressive 12,500 euros.

Photo: HerstellerNoble: The carbon monocoque is said to save an impressive 150 grams. The top version of the Urta Hybrid costs an impressive 12,500 euros.

Prices & models: 16 kilos in the top version

Noble: The Wilier Urta Hybrid is available with a carbon monocoque cockpit. This is said to save an impressive 150 grams compared to a conventional handlebar and stem. The handlebar/stem unit is available in three different lengths: 60 millimetres, 75 millimetres and 90 millimetres.

The Wilier Urta Hybrid is available in four versions. Prices start at 7,000 euros and end at an impressive 12,500 euros for the top version. For this you get a bike weighing just 16 kilograms with the finest Rockshox and Sram parts. Without cables, of course. The brakes are again fitted with Shimano XTR series stoppers.

The Wilier Urta Hybrid in detail:

Frame material: Carbon
Motor Fazua Ride 60: 60 Nm Torque
Battery capacity: 430 watt hours (640 watt hours with range extender)
Weight: from 16 kilogrammes (manufacturer's specification)
Price: from 7,000 euros (Top version: 12,500 euros)

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