The Heinrich e-bike conveys a great sense of dynamism and invites you to go on tours, because the continuously variable automatic transmission always works at your preferred cadence. Thanks to top-of-the-range components such as the carbon belt drive and the Bosch Performance Line motor, you can always transfer the full range of power to the road.
The Performance Line is characterised by particularly powerful assistance and high torque. The PowerTube 500 battery provides a range that is sufficient for several trips to work, shopping or out into nature, depending on the assistance level. The battery is removable and fully charged in 4.5 hours.
The idea behind this bike is as simple as it is consistent: cycling without having to think about gears. The enviolo TR is a stepless hub gear that adjusts its ratio by itself – optionally in AUTOMATIQ mode with electronic eShift shifting, entirely without cables and without any lever. What remains is a constant pedalling frequency: uphill, downhill, with tailwind and against headwind you pedal in the same rhythm while the hub balances the ratio between pedal and wheel in the background. Traffic light starts thus become as calm as a ride with tailwind, and your attention stays free for the surroundings instead of the shifter.
Schindelhauer supplies the frame in AL6061-T6 aluminium: a triple-butted tube set, a forged motor bridge, a multi-cell down tube and a forged dropout secured by a slide tensioning system that takes the specially developed belt port for the drive. Added to this are an integrated saddle clamp, smoothed welds and a five-year warranty. This complex in-house development encloses motor and battery as compactly and elegantly as possible without sacrificing functionality or stability, and gives a mid-drive bike the sporty cornering behaviour you would otherwise expect from a race bike. All cables and the hydraulic brake lines disappear into fork and frame – on a bike with mudguards, pannier racks and a complete lighting system, that is the prerequisite for it to look clean.
The enviolo version is driven by the Bosch Performance Line (Cruise): 250 watts nominal power, 65 Nm of torque, support up to 25 km/h. Power is delivered via the Gates Carbon Drive CDX belt with 50 teeth at the front, 22 at the rear and 118 teeth in total. The PowerTube 500 with around 500 Wh of capacity can be removed on the road and is fully charged in roughly four and a half hours – depending on the assistance level selected, one charge covers several commutes, shopping trips or trips into the countryside. Display and control are handled by the Bosch KIOX onboard computer.
Here the difference to the bare city version becomes decisive: the mudguards are fitted as standard – custom-made Wingee W52 in Schindelhauer specification. They keep rain and dirt away, carry an integrated lighting system from Supernova and have integrated pannier rails at the rear onto which panniers can be hooked without an additional rack. The complete lighting set consists of the Supernova Mini 2 headlight at the front and a Supernova E3 tail light; both are powered from the e-bike battery. A frame-fixed aluminium front rack with VarioStraps is optionally available and rounds off the rear rails into a complete transport system.
For everyday practice this means a bike that rolls out of the door in the morning without accessories and wins in the cellar in the evening: the Hebie 663 FIX18 side stand is part of the equipment, a lock holder can be attached beneath the top tube and a frame lock can also be mounted. The seat tube provides for attaching a child seat, and for the rear wheel axle a child trailer can be hitched via a coupling adapter – subject to approval by the respective manufacturer. At 24.7 kg in size M it is the heavier bike of the family, and there is a simple reason for that: mudguards, pannier rails, Shimano MT401 hydraulic brakes with 160 mm rotors, the enviolo hub and the complete lighting system are simply not lightweights. In return you get all of it from the factory and do not have to retrofit anything.
Equipment in detail: Shimano MT401 hydraulic disc brakes with 160 mm, 47 mm wide WTB Horizon tyres with reflective stripes on 27.5-inch Alexrims EXR25 rims with Sapim Race spokes in three- and two-fold lacing, Schindelhauer high-flange front hub and enviolo TR rear hub, the Miranda Delta crankset, CNC-machined Schindelhauer Urban Pedal in aluminium, Satori Stealth stem, Satori Seagull handlebar, FABRIC Scoop Shallow Sport saddle, a Schindelhauer seatpost, screw-on Schindelhauer grips and a hydroformed aluminium fork with internal cable routing, post-mount and 15 mm thru-axle.
The model name consists of three parts which together describe the concept of the bike.
Heinrich – the family name that all versions of the series carry. The brand uses first names that sound Old High German and follows a rule with an immediate technical counterpart: male names belong to the diamond frame, female names to the step-through frame. Heinrich is therefore the closed version; the female counterpart Hannah carries technically the same construction but a swan neck with a low step-through.
Enviolo – the name of the manufacturer of the stepless hub gear after which this bike is named. enviolo hubs do not work with fixed gears but continuously specify the ratio between pedal rotation and wheel rotation – there are no individual gear steps to choose between. The AUTOMATIQ suffix with electronic eShift expands this by an automatic function that tracks the ratio itself. Alongside it, the Alfine version with eight fixed gears and the SSP version with a fixed ratio exist in the same series; the three names therefore denote three different gear concepts of the same basic construction.
perlblau – the colour variant. A pearl blue with a flat, shimmering gloss which, together with black rims, dark add-on parts and dark tyres, forms a cool, calm contrast. Graphitschwarz, titansilber and granatrot are also available in the Heinrich family.
Frame, fork, Gates CDX belt, wheels, Bosch Performance Line motor and PowerTube 500 battery are identical across the entire Heinrich series. What differs is the gear, the equipment level and therefore also weight and character.
The enviolo version is the most comprehensively equipped: Wingee W52 mudguards with integrated Supernova lighting and integrated pannier rails are part of the delivery scope, complemented by Shimano MT401 hydraulic brakes, the KIOX onboard computer and the optional front rack. Its weight of 24.7 kg in size M is therefore higher than that of its siblings. Compared with the Alfine version – likewise with Bosch Active Line Plus, but with an eight-speed hub gear and a Shimano Alfine hydraulic brake system – the enviolo works with 65 Nm instead of 50 Nm and correspondingly offers more reserve. Compared with the SSP, it is aimed at everyone who uses the bike as a commuter or tourer over the years: where the SSP focuses on 19.7 kg, weight reduction and purism, this bike focuses on weather protection, luggage and comfort.
The choice is therefore not about power versus comfort, but about maintenance effort versus equipment. All three drives – belt instead of chain – are low-maintenance. Yet if you regularly transport loads, ride in the rain or take the bike along in a luggage compartment, the enviolo is the best fit, because mudguards, pannier rails and rear lights are part of the factory specification.
This bike is for everyone who covers distance without wanting to deal with the technology. Anyone who commutes daily, retrieves the bike from the cellar at the weekend and rides it in the rain gets a complete package here: the all-rounder among the Heinrich models, as the manufacturer calls it. The wide 47-millimetre tyres on 27.5-inch wheels absorb unevenness, the raised handlebar position ensures relaxed sitting, and the hydraulic disc brakes deliver predictable deceleration in the wet. The 65 Nm of the motor offset traffic light starts, headwind and steep driveways, and the automatic gear keeps the pedalling frequency constant at the same time – the result is a bike that after the first ride you barely have to consciously ride.
Within the family, the division of roles is clear: the SSP is the lightest, purest bike in the range, the Alfine the cheaper alternative with gears and Active Line Plus, the SSP Bosch Smart the digital version with Kiox, LED remote and 85 Nm. Anyone who goes for this enviolo gets automatic ratio adjustment, comfort and full equipment; anyone who instead values minimal weight, maximum manoeuvrability and a pure silhouette without mudguards and rails is better served by the SSP.
It is also worth drawing a line to the manufacturer's other series: the Arthur and Antonia models are set up in a more sporty-upright way, the Emil is designed to be more urban and nimble, and the Wilhelm family is built as a custom and gravel bike with Pinion, Rohloff or Alfine Di2 technology for entirely different purposes. Gender-specific alternatives and frame shapes remain worth mentioning: Hannah is the female counterpart to Heinrich and technically identical, but relies on the swan-neck trapezoid frame with a low step-through. Here the Heinrich is offered exclusively as a diamond frame – in this article in size M (49 cm); further frame sizes are carried by the series as separate variants.
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