Alutech ePelmo X1P: A Spring 2027 Preorder, Not a Bike
Electric MTB UK’s page, indexed 27 September 2026, is a preorder. First deliveries are late March to early April 2027. The early-bird window ends 15 October 2026. No price. No watt-hours.
By SickEBike desk
The short answer
The Alutech ePelmo X1P is a preorder, not in stock. Electric MTB UK’s page, indexed 27 September 2026, says a Gobao motor-transmission, a belt, and automatic gearing. The Enduro 29 Launch Edition lists a 170 mm fork. Weight is claimed from 23 kg. The first 50 frames are a late March to early April 2027 delivery. The early-bird offer ends 15 October 2026. No price and no watt-hours are printed.
The Alutech ePelmo X1P is a preorder, not a bike you can ride this month. Electric MTB UK’s page, indexed 27 September 2026, says the German brand opened a limited run built around Gobao’s combined motor and transmission. The drivetrain claim is a belt with automatic, continuously variable gearing, and a manual mode. The Enduro 29 Launch Edition lists a 170 mm RockShox Zeb Ultimate and a Vivid Coil Ultimate. A 29-inch build, an MX build, and a frameset are listed. Complete-bike weight is claimed to start at 23 kg, which is about 51 pounds, and the page says to check the figure for the size you actually order. The first 50 Signature Series frames are to be welded by managing director Jürgen Schlender. Deliveries of that first run are late March to early April 2027. The early-bird offer runs until 15 October 2026. No UK landed price is on the page. No watt-hours are on the page.
Electric MTB UK, indexed 27 September 2026. Company claims are labeled. A blank stays blank.
| What is printed | |
|---|---|
| Status | Preorder. Early-bird until 15 October 2026. Not a shop floor bike. |
| First bikes | 50 Signature frames, welded by Jürgen Schlender. Late March to early April 2027. |
| Motor | Gobao X1P, a combined motor and transmission. No newton-metre and no watt on this page. |
| Drive | Belt, automatic continuously variable gearing, manual control. Integrated belt tensioner. A cooling duct in the left motor cover. |
| Launch Edition | Enduro 29: 170 mm RockShox Zeb Ultimate, Vivid Coil Ultimate. Rear travel in millimetres is not printed. MX and a frameset are also listed. |
| Weight | Claimed from 23 kg. About 51 pounds if you convert. Not a scale this desk owns. |
| Charge claim | 10 to 80 percent in 20 minutes, on a 30-amp, 1,500-watt setup. Not a full charge. Not a test. |
| Price and pack | Not printed. No watt-hours. No confirmed UK retail package. |
Twenty minutes is not a battery
A charge window from 10 percent to 80 percent needs a tank to mean anything. This page does not print watt-hours or volts. One thousand five hundred watts divided by 30 amps is 50 volts. That is arithmetic on the two charger figures. It is not a printed pack voltage, and it is not a watt-hour. Do not shop the ePelmo as a 50-volt bike because the division came out even. The watt-hour page is why a missing amp-hour line stops the sum.
Twenty-three kilograms is a claim that starts at a size the page does not name. It is not a weighed Launch Edition.
What this page is waiting on
A price, a watt-hour, a torque, and a rear-travel number. The 15 October 2026 early-bird date is the first reason to look again. If that window closes without a price, write that it closed, and do not invent the euro. The delivery window, late March to early April 2027, is the second look. A bike that arrives then is a new row, not a rewrite that pretends it was for sale in October 2026. The Shockwave is the motorcycle with the same problem. The Inbound+ at least has a torque on a Trek page. This one does not.
Questions people ask
Can you buy an Alutech ePelmo X1P now?+
You can preorder. Electric MTB UK says the early-bird window runs until 15 October 2026, and the first 50 Signature frames deliver in late March to early April 2027. No landed UK price is printed.
What battery does the ePelmo X1P use?+
The page does not print watt-hours or volts. A claim of 10 to 80 percent in 20 minutes, at 30 amps and 1,500 watts, is a charger sentence. 1,500 divided by 30 is 50, and that is not a printed pack voltage.
How much does the ePelmo weigh?+
The claim starts at 23 kg, about 51 pounds, and the page says to check the size you order. It is not a scale weight for a named build.
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