Ride1Up CF Racer 1: Everything You Need to Know
Carbon drop-bar bike. The cart this crawl showed was $2,195, with a banner for up to $100 off. A review’s MSRP is $2,295. The sheet is a 36V 250W hub at 42 Nm and a 36V 7Ah pack. Thirty-six times 7 is 252. No range line on that sheet.
By SickEBike desk
The short answer
The Ride1Up CF Racer 1 is a carbon drop-bar bike with a cadence sensor. The cart this crawl opened was $2,195, and a banner offers up to $100 off select models. A review still prints a higher MSRP. The motor is a 36-volt, 250-watt geared hub at 42 newton-meters. The pack is 7 amp-hours. Thirty-six times 7 is 252 watt-hours. The sheet does not print a range.
The Ride1Up CF Racer 1 on the product sheet this crawl opened is a carbon drop-bar bike at $2,195.00. A banner says save up to $100 on select models. The class tile reads “3 & 28mph.” The motor cell is a 36V 250W geared hub at 42 Nm, with a 36V 15-amp controller. The pack cell is 36V 7Ah, internally housed, Samsung cells, and a tile also prints 252Wh. Thirty-six times 7 is 252, so that pair agrees. The sheet does not print a range. Mass is 28.6 lb on the small and the large. Capacity is 225 lb. The sensor is R1CBC, a current-based cadence system, not torque. The row on the list links here.
The sale tag against the old MSRP
Ride1Up’s CF Racer1 sheet, 99 Spokes, Rider Guide’s Sept. 24, 2026 card, Electric Bike Report’s review, and an ebikes.org ride. Not averaged.
| What is printed | |
|---|---|
| Sheet | Cart $2,195. Banner: save up to $100. Class tile “3 & 28mph.” Motor 36V 250W geared hub, 42 Nm. Pack 36V 7Ah, and a tile prints 252Wh. Mass 28.6 lb, both sizes. Capacity 225 lb. Sensor R1CBC cadence. Fork: rigid carbon. Brakes: 160 mm SRAM Apex hydraulic. Tires: 700x40c, Schwalbe G-One or Continental Terra Trail. One-year warranty. Charger line: certified to UL through TUV. No distance sentence. |
| Catalog cards | 99 Spokes: manufacturer price $2,195 from $2,295, 28.6 lb, 250W at 42 Nm, rigid. Rider Guide, price-checked Sept. 24, 2026: $2,195, and it prints 28 mph, 28 miles, 252 Wh, 36V at 7Ah, a 225 lb limit, and a “suspension setup.” The fork cell says rigid carbon. |
| Ridden loops | Electric Bike Report prints MSRP $2,295, Class 3, nominal 250 watts and peak 250 watts, 42 Nm. It attributes a factory claim of 16 miles on PAS 1 and 40 on PAS 5. Their loop was 15.3 miles on PAS 5 and 47.6 on PAS 1. The lede names a SRAM Rival 1 group. The current sheet says SRAM Apex 1, 12-speed. An ebikes.org mixed ride was 32 miles at level 4 and 24 miles once hills showed up. That site’s stated band is 16–40. |
Do not blend 15.3, 24, 28, 32, 40, and 47.6 into one “real” distance. Rider Guide’s lone 28-mile figure is not on the sheet. The factory pair the review quotes is backwards from the usual pattern: 16 miles in the low setting and 40 in the high one. The test loop flipped it, 47.6 low and 15.3 high. The watt-hour pair is the quiet agreement. The dollar fight is $2,195 against $2,295. The group fight is Apex on the cart against Rival in that lede.
The cart prints no range. A review’s MSRP is $2,295. Their loop was 15.3 and 47.6 miles. A database prints 28 miles and a suspension line the fork cell does not support.
Who it is for
It is the light drop-bar bike, if 252 watt-hours is the day you actually ride and a cadence sensor is enough. It is not the Vorsa. That one is the heavier commuter, with a torque-or-cadence switch. It is not the Roadster V3. That one is the city hub. Cadence adds power because the cranks are turning. Read torque versus cadence before you expect a shove that follows how hard you push.
Pedals are on the bike. The class writeups this crawl used do not list a throttle. Two hundred fifty watts sits under the federal bicycle line. A tile that says 28 is pedal assist, which is a Class 3 label where that chart is the law, not a motor-only speed. The watt-hour page is why 36 times 7 is 252, and why a 28-mile card is not a loop. Buy it for a small carbon gravel bike. Do not buy it because a database mentioned suspension.
Questions people ask
Does that gravel sheet print a distance?+
No. The cell is blank. A Sept. 24, 2026 database card prints 28 miles and also mentions suspension. The fork line says rigid carbon. A review quotes a factory pair of 16 miles in the low setting and 40 in the high one, then measured 15.3 and 47.6 the other way around. Another ride was 24 and 32. Do not blend them.
Is the gruppo Apex or Rival?+
The live sheet says SRAM Apex 1, 12-speed, with 160 mm hydraulic rotors. The review’s opening names SRAM Rival 1. Buy the group in the photo of the frame you clicked. Mass is 28.6 pounds on both sizes. Capacity is 225 pounds. The sensor is current-based cadence.
What does the class tile actually say?+
It reads “3 & 28mph.” The review files Class 3, with nominal and peak both at 250 watts, and the writeups used here do not list a throttle. Two hundred fifty watts sits under the federal bicycle line. Twenty-eight is pedal assist. That is a state label, not a motor-only cap.
Why are there two dollar figures?+
The cart was $2,195. A catalog prints that tag from $2,295. The review’s MSRP is the higher one. A banner says save up to $100 on select models. Those are dates and tags, not an average. The charger line says certified to UL through TUV. The warranty block is one year.
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