Rondo’s upcoming Ioon gravel ebike appears to be like rather a lot like their newest second-generation Ruut gravel bike, perhaps giving a bit extra rationalization for that bike’s distinctive outsized aesthetics. But it surely’s not fairly an actual duplicate with a motor added. The brand new Rondo Ioon neatly integrates a Fazua ebike drive system into the carbon body, though it required some downtube reshaping and even barely closing-in the Ruut’s interrupted seattube design.
Particulars are slim, however what do we all know?
2025 Rondo Ioon carbon gravel ebike coming quickly!
What first grabbed our consideration a few years in the past with Rondo’s full Ruut’s gravel bike redesign was the curious rear triangle design. – breaking the continuity of the standard seattube, and leading to a body of two trapezoids, as an alternative of two traditional triangles. However whereas that distinctive new design launched some rear-end-flexing consolation that I may really really feel when driving the brand new Ruut 2.0, the boxy outsized entrance finish felt stiff and perhaps even a bit overbuilt.
Now, that I see a 5kg heavier ebike model with a motor and battery tucked into its downtube, I can perhaps begin to perceive why that entrance finish stiffness might need already been there ready.
What’s new?
What’s new is that Rondo has not made an ebike earlier than. And so their new Ioon goals to interrupt into an all-new marketplace for the Polish bike firm.
We’ve already coated quite a lot of carbon gravel ebikes fitted with light-weight Fazua system, together with the Cervélo Rouvida, Cyklaer E-Gravel, Look E-765, Pinarello Nytro & Santa Cruz Skitch. However the brand new Ioon does seem to deviate the least from its analog Ruut counterpart.
(Simply to be clear about its identify – Rondo alternately seek advice from it in all uppercase IOON and lowercase ioon, as part of ‘gravel revolutioon‘, which perhaps additionally suggests how we’re purported to say its identify. And we’ll attempt to not confuse it with any waterfowl.)
This upcoming Rondo Ioon is powered by a light-weight and smooth-powered Fazua Journey 60 mid-drive ebike system. That integrates the mixed 60Nm/max 450W motor unit and inner 430Wh battery into the body, extending from the underside bracket up the decrease aspect of the carbon downtube. The result’s that the Ioon’s downtube is similar depth as the newest Ruut, however now seems to be utterly spherical as an alternative of an angular aero form.
Rondo locates the Fazua charging port into the decrease spar of the seattube. And it seems they wanted a bit extra inner body quantity, as there’s a brand new extension that partially fills within the hole in the direction of the rear tire between seat & chainstays. Curiously, the Fazua Journey 60 motor itself doesn’t want this house, so it doubtless has extra to do with room for the system’s management wiring and connectors.
Tech particulars (presumed)
- Fazua Journey 60 motor with 450W max energy output & 60Nm of torque
- plus its Fazua Vitality 430 built-in 430Wh battery within the downtube
- low-profile Fazua LED hub controller & easy show built-in into the toptube
- plus Fazua Street management buttons built-in below the bar tape to alter help modes whereas driving on the bar tops
- max 700c x 45mm tire clearance
- UDH
- built-in absolutely inner cable routing by the headset (however exterior at separate bar & stem)
- Twin-Tip adjustable geometry fork for all-road or gravel driving
Rondo describes the brand new performance-focused Ioon as a “groundbreaking electrical gravel bike” serving their objective of “redefining the expertise of gravel driving“. Carrying over the identical boxy design styling that has come to outline many new Rondo bikes, the Ioon definitely blurs the traces a bit extra between pedal-powered and pedal-assist bikes.
We’ll be curious to see if later this 12 months there’s rather more to this new gravel ebike than we’ve already surmised.
Rondo Ioon gravel ebike – Pricing & availability
For now Rondo is generally staying tight-lipped relating to extra concrete particulars about their new Ioon introduction into the gravel ebike market.
However we do know that this construct (or no less than one thing fairly near it) ought to retail for 9999€ and weigh in at roughly 14.7kg full. Additionally they verify that the brand new egravel platform will get an official launch in late spring/early summer season, with a number of construct choices.
Past that, Rondo simply verify that the Ioon is “coming quickly” and directs us to maintain up to date with the Ioon’s devoted touchdown web page – anticipate availability round early June by way of their supplier community…