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Mercedes-AMG E-Bikes

These are built by N+, who make the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team's bikes, and the F1 connection is more than a sticker: carbon frames, belt drives and the team's petronas green on the rims.

Four editions here from $4,000 to $7,500, each aimed at a different surface.

Four editions

City Edition at $4,000 is the urban bike. Track Edition and Urban Edition at $5,500 are the faster road-biased builds. Rallye Edition at $7,500 goes off-road, with Pirelli Scorpion tyres and a suspension fork.

All four use carbon frames and belt drives, so there is no chain to oil and nothing to index.

Buying one honestly

Nobody needs an F1-branded bicycle. But a bike you enjoy looking at is a bike you ride more, and these are properly made rather than badge exercises. If that is why you want one, it is a perfectly good reason.

What we would not claim is that the money buys capability a $2,000 bike lacks. It buys carbon, a belt drive, and a livery you will either love or find silly.

Straight answers

Who makes the Mercedes-AMG e-bikes?
N+, who build the bikes for the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team. They are licensed and engineered rather than rebadged, with carbon frames and belt drives across the range.

Weighing up Mercedes-AMG against another make? What separates a real e-bike company from a box-mover covers the certification, warranty and parts questions worth asking of any brand, including the ones we sell.