Outback

Santa got us Outback with the upgraded battery. Shipping to Canmore took about 3 business days. Staff was very responsive when I had questions on chat. I was very impressed by the quality and tune up right out of box, my first thought were “wow that is better than I expected.” Brakes, shifter, tire install, suspension did not need a single touch. You just install the pedals, handlebar and off you go. Plenty of power. The only thing I would add on are tires with more agressive thread if they were in purchasing options, e.g. maxis minuons or kenda hellcat in 2,8. There is very little benefit in 4 inch fat tires on Yukon, unless you are in deep snow or sand. Outback with its 3 inch Kendas still gives plenty of stability but less weight and more niblemess. The fork and frame are designed to accommodate fat tires so it is unnecessarily wide and heavier. Narrower fork and frame that will work with 2,5-3.0 inch tires would be preferred by me to save the weight. 18,5 frame is great for me at 187cm amd my wife at 170cm also enjoys ride. I was worried it will be too big for her but it is OK. Rack could have been rated to 25kg not only 15kg so we can still ride with kids when they are older, amd we could carry more gear. The free panier bag is awesome great dry bag quality. I will give another review after I have opportunity to ride it more. Thanks Voltbike!

I just went on my first ride on my new outback. I was so impressed, very smooth ride and so much power. A very nice e bike.

The Outback.....WOW! What an amazing bike…… UPDATE Nov 2024

My Outback still has the WOW factor, I have really enjoyed biking this spring, summer and fall and have finally put it away for the winter. I have put on a total of 1002 KM since May using it to commute to work and back several times a week, general paved trail riding in the city, and hitting the trails and gravel roads while camping throughout the summer and fall.

The versatility of 3” tires is awesome, it still preforms well on concrete, with only some minor road noise, and handle the gravel trails and roads with authority. My Outback is still going strong with only minor maintenance required, which involved removing and cleaning my pads of dust and grime, brake rotors and general cleaning as well. I used the Help videos to do this, which makes cleaning or changing pads very easy to do. Whenever I have had question regarding maintenance of my Bike Volt Bike responded to my emailed questions within 24 hours; I am already looking forward to riding next year.

For my Outback I designed and 3D printed a battery terminal cover and a LCD Screen Cover The terminal cover will protect the battery terminal from dust and some moistures when storing or transporting your bike without the battery installed as I do. You can find these STL files on Thingiverse searching for “Volt Outback”

**Just a word of advice**, make you lock your bike up securely no matter where you are storing it as I found out with an attempted theft of my bike from inside of my garage. Luckily, I had I used a 18mm Steel U Shackle with a 10mm hardened steel chain meant for motorcycles to secured it to a concreate floor anchor, this is the reason I still have my Outback.

This is a great bike. As as senior I researched a ton of bikes before picking the Outback. I was a little concerned that there was no step through model but i manage fine with it. The bike handles well on a variety of surfaces from small trails to paved roads. Good service from Volt too. The bike arrived within a couple of days, well packed, and was easy to add the few parts needed to get up and going. Fun bike to ride.

Everything was going very good except for the last moment of the deal ! When I started to inquire about Voltbike , I had asked if I could change to a smaller tire on my Outback and I was told yes but there would be an extra charge for the tire switch plus some labor and I was all good with paying the extra expense . So the next day , I place my order for 2 Ebikes and I request a down sizing of the tire, then I get a No Can Do answer because we do not have the tire in stock so I asked for another size and I get the same response then I asked what can you offer me as an alternative size tire . The response I got was , I should change the tire once the one I'm getting is worn out ???? Long story short , I was happy with the way our dealing started but was very disappointed with the missed information and how it finished . FYI : I have 25 years of experience of manufacturing,wholesale and retailling of recreational product, I was the national sales for Canada , so I do know how things work on the corporate side and at the retail end . As for the bikes I ordered , even if we have less than 50 KM on each bike things seems to be going good so far. Yours truly , Paul