The author is testing and reviewing the Urtopia Chord, an e-bike with a maximum pedal assist level and a low gear setting. They are on a climb with a moderate incline, about 20 degrees, where they can easily pedal without much effort, thanks to the bike's gears. The author notes that this is significantly better than their previous experience with the first model of Urtopia, which had carbon fiber components but no gears.

As they ride, the author mentions that the bike feels great, with a comfortable ride and smooth brakes from Tectroso. They also appreciate the corded design, grip shift style, and eight-speed gearset, which makes shifting easier and more convenient. The pedals assist system provides an efficient way to tackle steep climbs, but the author notes that if they turn off the pedal assist, they can still complete the climb without assistance.

Next, the author conducts an emergency braking test, simulating a full-on brake application at 30 kilometers per hour. They successfully come to a stop just before a marked post, demonstrating good braking performance from the Tectroso hydraulic disc brakes. The author compares this favorably with their own experience with Petro brand brakes on their Trek Rail 5, which they found worked well.

Moving on to the range of the Urtopia Chord, the author notes that Urtopia claims a maximum range of up to 120 kilometers, but in reality, they are only achieving around 75 kilometers with their current riding. The author attributes this to their own weight (82 kilograms) and some small climbing exercises, which has an impact on the battery's capacity.

Despite this limitation, the author concludes that the Urtopia Chord is a fantastic bike overall. They love the cord design, grip shift style, and modern frame features such as GPS, voice command, anti-theft protection, and 4G connectivity with an eSIM card. The bike feels great to ride, with smooth braking performance and a comfortable, upright riding position.

However, the author notes that there is one drawback: the battery's gradual drain due to its constant connection to the internet for GPS signal transmission. This can lead to unexpected battery loss if left unattended for an extended period. To mitigate this, the author recommends unplugging the battery if it will be stored away for a while.

Overall, the Urtopia Chord is a well-designed and functional e-bike that offers a great riding experience with smart features and comfortable ergonomics. While there are some limitations to its range, the bike's strengths make it an excellent choice for those seeking a reliable, feature-rich e-bike.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthis is the new Urtopia chord it's a smart e-bike that has built-in GPS application support  anti-theft and even GPS navigation with its large screen that it has our tires here are 700c by 40c  and they are from a brand called CST the tires on the sidewall of the tires you will notice there  is a reflector strip which is great for safety we've got a rear tail light here that does even  have projectors incorporated into it like their previous model but here we don't get the left and  right indicators it's more just for for Aesthetics and to increase our safety and visibility when  you're riding at night the rear hub motor is 36 volts 250 Watts maximum with 45 newton meters of  torque the bike's kickstand is sturdy it doesn't rattle around and I do like the look of this  Frame now the paint finish here this white has a metallic finish to it so it Sparkles a little  bit it's more of a pearl paint job there are no visible welds with this Frame it's an excellent  finish to it and the bike does weigh 21 kilos now I'll see post here you can raise and drop  the height of it so it caters for Riders from 160 centimeters to 195 the cord the cord X is a small  model that they do have now in order to raise and drop the seat here you need to use an allen  key so there's no quick release mechanism with this bike so you can't swap over Riders on the  go unless you take an allen key with you the seat has decent padding in it and so far it has been  comfortable no complaints from me the cord has two bottle holder mounting points here and here  for brakes we've got a known brand here Tech throw they are 160 millimeter hydraulic disc  brakes and yes we do have a quick release on the front hub but not the rear hub this bike does have  mounting points for a front basket bike rack and mud guards the cord uses a more traditional swept  back handlebar style which is very comfortable and it means when you ride you are in the upright  position the brake levers feel really good thanks to the hydraulic system they're using and not a  cable pull system and our grips here they are lock grips with a synthetic leather they don't  move about which is great now we have a Shimano Revo shift which is like a grip shift system so  you simply just twist up to go up the gears twist down to go down the gears and it works really well  unlike their previous bite we don't have the carbon belt drive system but a typical chain  here so this chain is from KMC that's a known brand and the Shimano Acera is El dorelia so  great to see we don't have the entry level Dior or like all the other brands I typically  review the front crank has a alloy chain guard around it and these pedals they are  not from wellgo they don't seem to have any brand on them plastic pedals they do the job  this bike does have nice little touches like internal frame routing of our cables so our  battery pack here is 352 Watt hours using Samsung cells and it quickly charges and only two and a  half hours it's locked into place with a key so you simply just need to unlock it here flick the  little switch and this battery then drops right out so very easy to charge it in the officer at  home so here we have our little controller here this joypad so pressing the middle that's our Bell  it's quite loud actually the speaker that's built into the main display unit here and  then our pedal assist their resistors to go up and down them so we've got zero no  pedal assist at all Eco number one number two number three and then if you press and hold up  it goes over into the turbo mode and we've got left and right going through the screen here  so this screen is really nice and bright you can see it indirect sunlight now it doesn't Shimmer  like this in person it's just on camera it's doing it so right here we have our fingerprint  reader so yes there is fingerprint unlocking the time is displayed here I've got weather  information so it's showing me that it's going to be cloudy and my signal because it's got a  built-in esim and 4G modem that's how it has its connectivity it's also got GPS on it so  it's constantly transmitting the signal of where it is so you can always track it and  that is how it has the anti-theft functions that are built into it now the screen will show your  speed right here remaining battery life and what pedal assist level you are in you can  also issue the bike various voice commands by pressing and holding the main buttonlight on light on and now let's turn the light on the cord uses a torque sensor instead of a speed  sensor and this is so much better than the speed sensor because it gives you that power  delivery straight away it is very smooth and I'll demonstrate that later on in my writing tests they  also do have their carbon fiber bite Utopia and this is the first model I reviewed from them it's  got a carbon belt drivetrain it does have some downsides to it because it's got no gears the  motor's actually weaker too it's 35 newton meters versus the 45 newton meters we have with the cord  the cord has the gears it's about a thousand Euros cheaper but of course this bike being carbon fiber  the frame is a lot lighter it's only about 16 kilos versus here the 21 kilos very quickly now  our application it's called Utopia I've got it here on Android but you can get it with iOS so  you can see your previous ride and all the other rides which are recorded in here now because the  bike's got its own modem built into it esim it's transmitting that information when you finish the  rides to the app to their servers and you can click on that and get a bit of information so  I rode 15 kilometers one hour and six minutes you can see the CO2 saved calories and average  speed was 13 kilometers I paused a few times to take a few photos and whatnot but I'll be riding  this bike a lot more just to gauge a course on what kind of battery life that I can get out of  it monthly yearly all of that information's in here we do have a Utopia Community where you can  post your rides photos all that sort of stuff and this menu here is very good so this one in  the middle is the bike the bike settings so very important here now you need to be paired up with  Bluetooth the bike is just out of range from where I shoot and I'm not going to lift it up the stairs  here but you get the idea we've got our light alarm mode beep power I hear the volume of it  sounds fingerprint reader to set that up for the bike speaker so yes you can pair up your phone  to the built-in speaker and microphones handle calls through it what not advanced settings here  firmware updates about esim so I think think when you first get the bite you've got the E74  one year mine is expiring in March the 20th okay next year so that's good I've got about a year  with it and update at the time of this video I do have the latest firmware which is 1.2.3  so good to see they push out firmware updates you've got this right here which will tell you  exactly where your bike is you can locate it on the map and again it's pinging their servers so  that's handy if it does get stolen you'll be able to locate where it is until someone removes the  battery that is if you cut the power to it of course then it can't transmit and then you just  got user information there too you can see your writing stats um at 4 hours and 20 minutes so far  and a lot more information in there too so it's a app that's reasonably useful but for me this  is the best page of course all the settings and the firmware updates for the bike itself  road test time so I think this is a fantastic looking e-bike what do you think let me know in  the comments I think it looks really nice now this seat post unfortunately we cannot just on the Fly  release this with no quick release so you need an allen key with you if you're going to change  Riders halfway through your ride but most people wouldn't and once you lock it into place it's not  going anywhere the bike is super comfortable to ride now we've got a torque sensor with it so as  soon as you put it into the pedal assist level one and above and start to Pedal gives you that power  straight away and it is very smooth power delivery now the bike because it does have the sweat back  handlebar Style you are riding really upright so your backs not arched over you're not going to get  a saw back with this bike here and it makes your visibility a lot better too and just so smooth  now the gear changes really great I like this Revo shift here they do have so a grip shift style so  easy to go up and down those gears and the shifts are nice and clean no problems at all with them  the power delivery from the torque sensor is very smooth and it's pretty much instant it's not like  speed sensors you don't need to wait at all the motor assists you up to 25 kilometers per hour  then it cuts out that is the the law here so it's EU legal this bike of course 250 watt motor up to  25 kilometers per hour now because the gearing on this is very good I love the high gear that  I can go right up to the eighth gear and cruising Along on my own pedal pal then I can quite happily  get up to around 30 31 kilometers per hour so great for City commute and on the road like now  time Chase now I am in the maximum pedal assist level and I have it in the lowest gear course on  the first gear now this is pretty easy but about here it starts to get a little bit steeper it's  about 20 degrees this climb I'm having to put a little bit of effort in but this is so much  better than their first model their first carbon fiber bike yes it's lighter this is 21 kilos  but it has no gears it's got that carbon belt drive but with the gears here I can happily do  this climb so what happens if I turn off then the pedal assist I've put it into zero oh you feel it  you definitely feel it but I can still do this climb just but I'll certainly get fit doing this  with no battery or the pedal assist off and then it wouldn't be one of my e-bike reviews without  our emergency braking test so from the White Post here full-on brakes at 30 kilometers per hour  and I made it just before this post here it's pretty good 160 millimeter hydraulic  disc brakes from tectroso a known brand I actually have Petro brand brakes on my Trek  rail 5 and they work really well and they are just as good here very good braking performance  what about our range then so their claim is you can get up to 120 kilometers that's quite a lot  now I'm looking at only around about 75 with my current riding I weigh 82 kilos and I've been  going around and up some little small climbs too which is going to have a bit of an impact on the  battery so overall this is a fantastic bike from Utopia I think it's better than their first model  I love the cord here the fact that it's got the eight gears the grip shift style shift there is it  was really good they smoked those shifts excellent and it's not the most powerful 250 watts and the  45 newton meters of torque but of course we've got the gears and that really does help with  those clients but if you've got very steep climbs to go up you have to put a little bit of effort  to finish the style of the frame is excellent it's a very modern bite we've got all those  smart features built into it so the GPS the voice command the application anti-theft it's all there  even weather and it's got the 4G connectivity with the esim which when you buy the bike you get for  one year but I think later on you do have to pay a subscription fee if you want to continue on with  that 4G esim which is normal that's going to have a a cost attached to it brakes work fantastic very  smooth comfortable ride sweat back handlebar style means you're riding along very upright you're not  leaned lint over you're not going to get a saw back and I I think this is a great bike yes it  is a little more expensive than some of the other e-bikes out there but it's definitely worth it if  you want the GPS or the smart features anti-theft the only real con for me with this bike is  the battery when it's always connected because of the 4G it will slowly drain  that battery because it's transmitting the GPS signal it's transmitting its location and that  slowly steps away at the battery so if you leave the bike for about a week and you come  back to it don't get a shock to find out a big surprise that you've lost half your battery uh  because of that so I do recommend you unplug the battery if you're going to be storing it  away for a while that is really the only con to this wonderful ebike here the Urtopia chord\n"