Best Electric Belt Drive Bikes: Top 14 Belt E-Bikes in 2024

The Classic was the first bicycle model to wear the Priority badge and it continues to represent everything the brand stands for.

The e-Classic Plus builds on its predecessor by electrifying the original platform and enhancing your ride without the maintenance demands and heft of other e-bikes on the market.

The e-Classic Plus seamlessly delivers a natural ride feel with comfort and safety at its core. It’s the perfect choice for a relaxed, fuss-free commute, or a blissful and breezy spin around town.

A cutting-edge e-city bike designed to provide riders with a combination of simplicity, performance, and enjoyment. This lightweight champion boasts several noteworthy features that set it apart.

One of its standout features is the Gates Carbon Belt Drive, offering riders the freedom of a belt-driven system, eliminating concerns about rust, grease, and chain maintenance. With a remarkable 30,000 km maintenance-free lifespan, this drive system ensures a hassle-free and efficient riding experience.

The bicycle is powered by a 360 Wh portable battery, providing riders with up to 62 miles (100km) of assisted riding on a single charge. This seamless integration of the battery is reliable and durable, ensuring you can enjoy extended rides without worrying about running out of power.

To enhance the overall riding experience, the Tenways GCO600 Pro includes an integrated front light with 35 Lux brightness, making commuting safer and more convenient. This light is STVZO compliant and IPX4 water-resistant, ensuring it meets the highest road safety and durability standards.

The Cowboy 4 is a strong contender for anyone wanting a city bike that’s practical and reliable but still looks the part. It’s also a bike that is perfect for any commuters wanting to go electric, as it’s easy and offers a comfortable ride.

This quirky bike is available in a range of three trendy neutral colours – black, sand and khaki. Therefore there’s a colour to suit everyone’s taste. This bike also comes with mudguards and a single ring on the front, to keep it low maintenance.

It’s fitted with a 10 Ah, 360 Wh removable Lithium ion battery, which is 100% recharged in 3hours and 20min. This bike also benefits from having fitted a custom designed 45 Nm / 250 W motor which is integrated in the rear wheel.

Now this is a cool looking e-bike. It just looks fast and futuristic.

Indeed, this isn’t just an electric bike. This is a smart bike and has incredible useful features such as a built-in navigation, AI voice controls, indicators, fingerprint unlock and anti-theft GPS.

And the list of impressive features doesn’t end there. It uses a belt-drive to keep maintenance to a minimum and has an outstanding range of up to 62 miles (100km).

Urtopia have done an especially god job on the appearance – or lack thereof – of the battery pack as it is discreetly built into the frame, but it is still removable, so you can take it from the bike to charge inside.

And as you might have guessed from the name of the bike: it’s got a carbon frame. Which explains how it’s managed to pack all these awesome features into a total weight of just  33lbs (15kg).

The Urtopia bike is available across mainland Europe and north America, but sadly not the UK as it stands.

Featuring 140Nm max torque, a 500-watt motor, an integrated 500-watt-hour battery, and an ultra-responsive e-bike-specific Shimano or Enviolo hub, daily commuters will surge down city streets and adventurers will power through weekend rides.

The signature feature of all Priority Bicycles is the rust and grease free Carbon Drive belt. Originally designed for use in automotive applications, the Carbon Drive belt manages torque much better than a chain and won’t break like a chain leaving you stranded. Plus, it won’t stain your hands or clothing.

Front and rear fenders keep your clothes clean in all conditions. The construction bends to keep in place without rubbing in case someone leans their bike next to yours in a rack.

CGO800S is the go-to bike for regular commuters, where geometrically designed comfort meets outstanding, technologically advanced performance.

Start every journey with a relaxed posture, and let the front suspension tackle the cobblestones. Enjoy extra reassurance during your urban exploration with enhanced safety features.

A portable battery that is completely removable, easy to carry, and packed with power. Enjoy an assisted range of up to 62 miles (100km).

A bigger budget option is the Emil, which has the option between either a 6 speed or 9 speed version. This electric belt drive system bike is a more luxurious choice for those wanting quality and style.

This bike has an undeniably classy aesthetic, which in part is thanks to its Mineral Grey paint job coupled with tan side walled tyres and saddle. It’s also fitted with mudguards, hydraulic disc brakes and kickstand.

This model from Schindelhauer benefits from the MAHLE ebikemotion 250-Watt motor (which is located in the rear hub) and an integrated 250Wh-battery

Thinking of style, sophistication, something minimalist yet practical? The Ampler Curt ,complete with hydraulic disc brakes, ticks all of those boxes. It’s an electric belt drive single speed, which is perfect for commuting.

In addition to its chic good looks (coming in all matte black) this bike also benefits from having useful accessories such as a front light and mudguards.

The Curt has an impressive range of up to 62 miles (100km) is thanks to its 336 Wh battery capacity, which takes 2.5 hours to fully charge. The bike is fitted with a 250W hub motor.

On the other end of the price spectrum, we have the very suave looking Desiknio Singlespeed. This high end option would make the perfect weekend single speed electric bike, and maybe even a highly sophisticated commuter.

Aesthetically this bike has to be one of the best looking. It has a minimalist vibe which is helped by the battery being integrated within the stem, keeping everything streamlined and neat.

Regarding the electronics, this electric single speed benefits from a 250W hub motor as well as a 250 Wh battery. A full charge for the bike will take between 2 to 3 hours.

Bonvelo invested almost two years in the development of this first singlespeed e-bike. Due to the newest generation batteries being integrated into the bike’s downtube, it’s hard to recognize the bike as an e-bike at first sight. The powerful engine is located in the rear hub and boosts this bike in 5 different levels up to a speed of 25km/h.

The bike is easy to handle and free of unnecessary gimmicks. The frame is made of robust and light 6061 aluminum, finished in polished aluminum or a decent matte-black design.

Every bike comes with a (StVZO-approved) LED-set for the front and rear.

Next (available in only EU countries) is the Electric Ace from Veloretti. This is a great mid range belt drive electric bike. It would without a doubt make the perfect stylish commuter.

In their own words, the Electric Ace is a bike with a clean design without any fuss. It comes in three minimalist colours, Ace Graphite, Ace Jet Black and Ace Matte Black. Hydraulic brakes are also fitted.

The motor on this model is a Bafang 36v 250W with a maximum torque of 65 Nm. It’s has been paired alongside a Samsung Removable Smart Battery / 36V, 510 WH which offers a 37 (60km) to 75 miles (120km) range.

Stand out from the crowd with smooth tan-wall tIres; make sure your ride fits your style with an adjustable handlebar stem and sleek, integrated cable routing; and stay seen with brighter lights for those darker nights.

One speed, all the assistance you need. Smooth and silent, the Bafang H400 rear motor makes the daily commute smooth sailing. Well, riding.

Choose from two batteries, ride up to 62 miles (100km) on a single charge. Take it off, take it indoors, charge it up, head off. Beautifully simple. Easy to replace, easy to upgrade.

Coming in just behind the Pro version the CGO600 from TENWAYS is a solid and well-priced option for anyone looking for a belt-drive electric bike to ride around on that won’t break the bank.

This bike comes in various colors to suit your personal style: Midnight Black, Sky Blue, Light Grey, Lime Green, and Arctic Blue. It also comes equipped with hydraulic brakes.

Electronically, the CGO600 has a 36V, 7AH Lithium-ion battery with Samsung/LG/Panasonic cells that are paired with a Mivice M070 250W motor located in the rear hub. This motor allows (in the European market) for speeds of up to 25km/h or 16mph.