CITY COMMUTER · Velotric
750W, 705.6Wh, TEKTRO hydraulics on 180mm rotors and both UL numbers at $1,699 — with indicators in the rear light, which nothing else on this site has.
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750W
Motor Capacity
75 Miles
Claimed PAS
20–28 MPH
Class 1/2/3
48V 705.6Wh
Battery
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Specifications transcribed from Velotric’s product page on 2026-08-27. We have not ridden this bike.
Our verdict — CITY COMMUTER
The Discover 2 is the cheapest of Velotric’s three Discover commuters and the most straightforwardly sensible bike the brand sells. A 48V 750W hub with 75 Nm, a 705.6Wh pack, an 80mm hydraulic fork with a lock-out on a thru-axle, TEKTRO hydraulic discs with 180mm rotors at both ends, KENDA 27.5 × 2.4 tires and a 440 lb bike load. At $1,699 that is $2.41 per watt-hour, which puts it between the Nomad 1 Plus and the Packer 1 on value. Two things set it apart from everything else here. The rear light contains turn signals, integrated with the rack — the three Discover models are the only bikes on this site with indicators at all. And the sensor is switchable between torque and cadence, where Velotric’s Nomad and Packer are cadence-only. The gap in the sheet is the weight: Velotric publishes one for every other bike we cover from this brand and does not publish one here, which matters if the bike has to go up steps or onto a rack.
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What we like
What gives us pause
Why this bike is here
Velotric lists the Discover 2 in its own Best Sellers collection, checked on 2026-08-27. That is the merchant’s claim about what sells, not a measurement of ours — we have no sales data for any bike on this site, and neither does anyone outside Velotric.
Specifications
Merchant claims on the left of each row, our reading indented beneath. Where the merchant publishes nothing, the row says so.
Every figure below is the merchant's own published claim, transcribed from their product page on 2026-08-27. Indented notes are ours. We have not ridden this bike and we do not publish measurements we did not take.
48V 750W rear hub motor
Not published
The Discover 3 publishes 1100W peak from what reads as the same 750W motor. Velotric states nothing here.
75 Nm
The same figure as the Nomad 1 Plus and the Packer 1. Velotric’s Discover M, a mid-drive, publishes 100 Nm.
Class 1/2/3; 20 MPH default, adjustable 12–28 MPH
Velotric states all three classes for this model, which means the setting — and the responsibility for where you then ride — is yours.
Torque/cadence sensor, switchable
Velotric publishes this as a switchable pair rather than as one or the other, and we state it as published. Both the Nomad 1 Plus and the Packer 1, which cost more, are cadence-only.
48V 705.6Wh, IPX7, UL 2271 Recognized; Samsung/LG 21700 cells, UL 2580
705.6 Wh
$1,699 ÷ 705.6Wh = $2.41 per watt-hour. That sits between the Nomad 1 Plus at $2.75 and, at the other end of the brand, the T1 ST Plus at $3.97 — the best energy value of the Velotrics we cover.
Up to 75 miles pedal assist, up to 60 miles on throttle (*a 187-lb rider using PAS 1 in Eco on flat roads)
75 miles from 705.6Wh implies 9.4Wh per mile, which is a very light draw for a 27.5 × 2.4 tire and a bike of this size. Velotric is the only brand on this site that states any conditions behind a range figure at all, and we quote them with the number rather than the number alone. At a more typical 15 to 20Wh per mile the same pack gives roughly 35 to 47 miles.
Not published; the charger is specified as 48V 3A fast
A 3A charger into a 705.6Wh pack implies somewhere around five hours from empty. That is our arithmetic, not Velotric’s claim.
Triple-butted aluminium, two sizes (Regular and Large)
27.5 inch
KENDA 27.5" × 2.4" puncture resistant
A commuter tire rather than a fat one. It rolls far more easily on tarmac than the 4-inch tires common on this site and gives up float on sand and snow.
Hydraulic front fork, 80 mm travel, with lock-out, 15 × 110 mm thru-axle
The same fork arrangement as the Nomad 1 Plus. The Discover 3 and Discover M above it use an air fork instead.
TEKTRO hydraulic disc, 180 mm rotors front and rear, levers with motor power cut-off
Both the rotor size and the maker are published, which the Nomad 1 Plus does not manage. The cut-off switches kill motor power the instant you touch a lever.
46T narrow-wide chainring, 170 mm alloy cranks, Shimano 8-speed 11–32T, KMC chain
3.5" full-colour high-brightness display with Bluetooth and adjustable angle; USB-C phone charging; Apple Find My
440 lbs maximum bike load; rear rack rated 66 lbs
440 lb matches the Nomad 1 Plus and the Packer 1 — the joint highest ceiling on this site. The 66 lb rack rating is a normal pannier-and-groceries figure, not the Packer’s 176 lb passenger rating.
Not published
The only Velotric on this site with no published weight. Its sibling the Discover 3 is 61 lb and the Nomad 1 Plus is 70 to 71 lb, which brackets the likely answer — but bracketing is not publishing, and if you have stairs this is the figure to ask for.
Regular 4'11"–5'9"; Large 5'6"–6'4"
The 4'11" lower figure is the shortest fit stated on this site.
IPX6 bike, IPX7 battery
UL 2849 certified, UL 2271 Recognized battery, UL 2580 cells, ISO 4210 compliant
Both UL numbers, the cell standard and the frame standard. Velotric is the only brand on this site where every model states all four.
See Velotric’s published warranty terms
Not published in the specification block
130 Lux light-sensing LED front light; rear light with turn signals, integrated with the rack; removable trigger-control throttle; walk mode at 2.9 MPH. Velotric publishes no box-contents list in this block
See Velotric’s published shipping terms at checkout
See Velotric’s published return policy at checkout
Questions
The rear light is integrated with the rack and carries left and right indicators, operated from the bars. The three Discover models are the only bikes on this site that have them. Whether they change your safety is not something we can tell you — we have not ridden this bike, and nobody publishes data on indicator lights on bicycles. What we can say is that they let you signal a turn without taking a hand off the bars, which is worth something in traffic and in the wet. They are an addition to hand signals, not a replacement, and the law where you ride still assumes the hand signal.
Not in ordinary riding, and Velotric is unusually honest about why. Their footnote attaches the figure to a 187-lb rider in Eco at PAS 1 on flat roads, which works out at 9.4Wh per mile from the 705.6Wh pack. A more typical draw on a 27.5 × 2.4 commuter at moderate assist is 15 to 20Wh per mile, which puts real range at roughly 35 to 47 miles. That is still a good day out. It is worth stressing that no other brand on this site states any test conditions at all, so the Velotric figure is the one you can at least reason about.
We do not know, and it is the specification we would most want added. Velotric publishes a weight for every other model we cover from them — 39 lb for the T1 ST Plus, 61 lb for the Discover 3, 70 to 71 lb for the Nomad, 75 lb for the Packer. The Discover 3 is the closest relative and the sensible thing to expect is a figure in that region, but that is inference and we are not going to print it as a fact. If the bike has to go up steps, onto a car rack or into a lift, ask Velotric for the number in writing before you order.
A cadence sensor only knows whether the pedals are turning, so the motor arrives shortly after you start and holds a set output until you stop. A torque sensor measures how hard you are actually pushing and scales the assist to match, which feels like stronger legs rather than a shove. Velotric publishes this bike as switchable between the two, so you can have the steady push when you want it and the natural feel when you do not. It is the more flexible arrangement, and it is on the cheapest Discover rather than the dearest.
The Discover 3 is $300 more and fills in most of the gaps: an air fork rather than a coil-sprung hydraulic one, 730Wh rather than 705.6Wh, a published 1100W peak, a published 61 lb weight, a front light rated at 500 lumens where the Discover 2’s is stated in lux, NFC unlocking and Google Find Hub alongside Apple Find My, and an 11–40T cassette rather than 11–32T for steeper hills. The Discover 2 is the better value per watt-hour at $2.41 against $2.74, and it has the switchable sensor. Choose the 3 for the fork and the published weight; choose the 2 if neither is worth $300 to you.
The rest of the Velotric range
BEST ALL-ROUNDER
A 750W fat-tire bike with a lock-out hydraulic fork, a 440 lb ceiling and both UL numbers stated — with a cadence sensor at $1,899.
750W
Motor Capacity
55 Miles
Claimed PAS
20 MPH
Top Speed
48V 691Wh
Battery
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LIGHTEST HERE
At 39 lb it weighs a little over half what the next lightest bike here weighs, and it is the only one you could reasonably carry up a flight of stairs.
350W
Motor Capacity
70 Miles
Claimed PAS
28 MPH
Class 3 Max
36V 352.8Wh
Battery
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BEST FOR CARGO
A 176 lb rear rack and four-piston brakes — the only bike on this site built to carry a second person and stop with them aboard.
750W
Motor Capacity
52 Miles
Claimed PAS
25 MPH
Unlocked Max
48V 14.4Ah
Battery
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AIR-FORK COMMUTER
An air-sprung fork, 730Wh, a published 1100W peak and a published 61 lb weight — the Discover 2 with the missing rows filled in, for $300 more.
750W
Motor Capacity
80 Miles
Claimed PAS
20–28 MPH
Class 1/2/3
48V 730Wh
Battery
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MID-DRIVE COMMUTER
Velotric’s first mid-drive on this site: 500W and 100 Nm through a 9-speed Shimano Cues cassette, and the highest torque figure of any Velotric we cover.
500W
VeloCore Mid-Drive
95 Miles
Claimed PAS
Class 1/2/3
No MPH stated
48V 801.6Wh
Battery
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Velotric Discover 2
$1,699 · city commuter