Veloce Urban 2.0 - Review

The Veloce Urban 2. is built on a full Alloy frame. This frame is well designed, sturdy and lightweight. The ergonomics on the Urban 2. is the perfect combination of comfort and aggressiveness for a Hybrid Cycle. You will find yourself forward bent to an extent, which ensures that you are in an ideal position for balanced riding. The frame has a combination of circular and tapered tube profiles across the frame sections. This results in optimizing strength at the key joints, while minimizing weight where larger tubing is not required.The Suntour front suspension fork comes with a 63mm travel and is ideal to tackle bumps and speed breakers.

The 24-Speed drivetrain on the Veloce Urban 2. is a combination of a 3-speed Shimano Tourney as the front derailleur, and an 8-speed Shimano Altus as the rear derailleur. Shifting was good across gears, with hardly any lags felt during the test ride. This gear combination is ideal and expected at this price point. These are mid-level components in terms of performance and build quality. The drivetrain is controlled by Shimano Altus M31 shifters, which were positioned well and are easy to use.

The Veloce Urban 2. is a sporty looking Hybrid. The frame design, unique and eye catchy tube profiles, along with one of the best paint jobs in the market, translates to the Urban 2. being a head turner on the roads. The Bicycle which we test rode came in a full Red primary colour and Black as the secondary colour for graphics and text. The matte finish paint job was superior in quality.

The Veloce Urban 2. comes with Tektro branded Mechanical Disc brakes. These brakes were solid in stopping power and felt balanced to use even when jamming them. The levers were also lengthy and had an easy spring action which made it possible to operate using just 2 or 3 fingers.The 66mm handlebar with a 2mm raise was perfect in length for a comfortable riding posture.

The Veloce Urban 2. rolls on a pair of 7x38C tires that are fixed on to Double Walled Alloy rims. The treading and size of the tires were ideal for city commutes and long rides. The rolling resistance was fast and the tread pattern provided enough traction on wet roads as well.The stock Veloce Saddle comes with its performance focused centre slit design, making it ergonomic as well.