G1 Eboxx 2023

The Nicolai G1 Eboxx is a hand-welded, made-in-Germany aluminium enduro eMTB built around the brand's Geolution geometry, a concept developed with Chris Porter of Geometron. Across five sizes from S to XXL it pairs a long wheelbase, a slack 64.7-degree head angle and a steep effective seat angle of 78 to 79 degrees with 160 mm of Horst-Link travel and a mixed 29in front, 27.5in rear wheel package. The 7020-T6 alloy frame is consumer-direct and semi-custom, with the swingarm Mutator scaling chainstay length per size and the RADO dropout allowing track and camber adjustment.

For 2023 the G1 Eboxx came in two published builds. The QLF is the derailleur version at 8,999 euro, running a SRAM GX Eagle 1x12 drivetrain, EXT e-Era fork and e-Storia coil shock and a RockShox Reverb AXS dropper. The E14 is the gearbox version at 10,499 euro, swapping in a Rohloff Speedhub E14 electronic 14-speed hub with a Gates Carbon Drive belt, a Fox 38 Float Factory GRIP2 fork and a BikeYoke Divine post. Both share Magura MT7 brakes, Hope Fortus wheels, Continental Der Baron Projekt tyres and a claimed 27.2 kg weight.

Power is the Bosch Performance Line CX Smart System with 85 Nm and a 600 W peak, fed by a Bosch PowerTube 700 battery, with an optional second battery mount for extended range. As a small-batch, made-to-order German bike there is no fixed retailer build to compare on value, and pricing is quoted in euro only.

This 2023 model is now discontinued. The platform continued largely unchanged into later model years on the same Geolution EBOXX frame, with the line later re-badged (the derailleur build becoming the KLF) but keeping the same 160/160 mm aluminium chassis and Bosch CX power.