For the better part of a decade, the electric bicycle market has been completely dominated by tech startups churning out hideous, 90-pound monstrosities that look less like bicycles and more like electric mopeds that swallowed a car battery.
But what if you actually have a 10-mile commute to the office, the weather is finally warming up, and you don’t want to show up to your 9:00 AM budget meeting smelling like a high school locker room? You want motorized assistance, but you don’t want your local cycling club to permanently disown you.
Enter the Solé e-24. It is the ultimate stealth-commuter loophole.
Cheating With Your Dignity Intact
Based in Venice Beach, Solé Bicycles originally built their massive cult following by producing cheap, incredibly stylish single-speeds and fixies. When they finally decided to enter the electric market, they thankfully refused to abandon their aesthetic.
Instead of building a bulky, plastic-wrapped commuter tank, Solé built an e-bike that actually looks like a slightly beefed-up, retro BMX street cruiser. The massive 48V 15Ah battery is cleanly integrated into the down tube, leaving the classic frame geometry completely intact. At a passing glance, it just looks like you are riding a rad, oversized fixie. To the untrained eye, you are still a purist. Your dignity remains secure.
The Specs That Matter
Don’t let the minimalist, classic silhouette fool you; the e-24 is packing serious, sweat-eradicating heat under the hood.
- The Engine: It boasts a 48V 750W brushless hub motor. When you need to get off the line at a red light or conquer a massive headwind, you have three classes of pedal assist that will effortlessly drag you up to 28 mph.
- The Range: A full charge will get you roughly 25 to 40 miles of range, which is more than enough to cover a week of urban commuting or a massive Sunday cruise down the coast.
- The Weight: Most full-power e-bikes weigh as much as a small refrigerator, making them impossible to carry up apartment stairs. Because Solé stuck to a durable, lightweight aluminum alloy frame, the e-24 weighs in at just 55 pounds.
- The Ride: They bypassed heavy, complicated suspension forks in favor of 24-inch rims wrapped in massive 3-inch fat tires, which naturally soak up the potholes and cracked pavement of the concrete jungle. Plus, it’s equipped with Tektro hydraulic disc brakes, so you can actually stop this thing when a car inevitably pulls out in front of you.
The Ultimate Loophole (and a $270 Discount)
We don’t endorse e-bikes lightly around here. But if you want to ditch your car, save on gas money, and stop arriving at your destination drenched in sweat, the Solé e-24 is the smartest urban assault vehicle on the market.
At a retail price of $1,799, it is already aggressively priced compared to the major legacy brands. But because we love enabling your N+1 bicycle addiction, we reached out to Solé and secured a massive discount for the Cyclry audience.
If you use the promo code CYCLRY15 at checkout, you will automatically slash 15% off your entire order. That knocks a massive $270 off the price of the e-24, effectively bringing it down to the cost of a mid-tier set of carbon wheels.
The roads are thawing out. It’s time to commute like a genius.
