RGNT to try electrical bike ice velocity report th…

RGNT has introduced a brand new venture wherein it goals to set the world report velocity for an electrical bike on ice.

RGNT is a producer of electrical bikes from Sweden. As the house of the one winter spherical of the World Rally Championship, Sweden is well-known for the icy situations that may type within the winter, though RGNT shall be competing on a big, frozen lake reasonably than an iced-over gravel forest highway to attain their report.

And there may be not too lengthy to attend for the primary try, both, as it’s going to happen this weekend on 24-25 February 2023, throughout the SMA-sanctioned (Svenska Motorsport Alliansen) Pace Weekend in Årsunda.

The bike RGNT is hoping will take the report shall be ridden by Timmy Eriksson, who’s an engineer at RGNT. The bike itself is a modified RGNT No. 1 Traditional SE.

The modifications give attention to maximising the ability output (comprehensible), and the utmost is now 30kW (40 horsepower) in comparison with the 21kW of the usual bike. The bike additionally has spiked tyres to chunk into the ice, and a light-weight, streamlined fairing has been developed from idea designs of “a future RGNT racer mannequin,” RGNT says.

Weight has additionally been minimize, with the record-attempting bike weighing in at 160kg.

An ordinary model of the RGNT No.1 Traditional SE will even be raced this weekend in Årsunda, which shall be making an attempt to set the report for inventory electrical bikes on ice.