Eunorau META275 1.0 Review: 65 N·m, 9-Speed, $1,399

48V 500W hub · 65 N·m · torque sensor · 624 Wh · 20 MPH · 68.3 lb · 286 lb payload · Shimano 9-speed · $1,399 · verified September 11, 2026

Quick Answer — The Eunorau META275 1.0 is a $1,399 Class 2 city bike: a 500-watt hub motor rated at 65 N·m, a torque sensor, a Shimano nine-speed, 27.5-inch wheels and 20 MPH. Published weight 68.3 lb, payload 286 lb, rider height 5'6" to 6'1".

Those 65 newton-meters are 10 above the other four METAs we stock, the nine-speed shifter is the only one among the five, and $1,399 is the only price in the line under $1,600.

Buy it if you want the family's strongest published pull and its most gears at the family's lowest price, and your height falls between 5'6" and 6'1". If you want a low step-through frame instead, the same platform in step-thru sits one page across at $1,699.

Every figure above is Eunorau's own published specification, read on all three of the company's surfaces the same day, recomputed here, and cross-checked against a US state agency's own eligible-e-bike register.

• How we verified this Eunorau META275 1.0 review
• The frame: what Eunorau publishes, and what its photographs show
• Sixty-five newton-meters, and what a torque sensor does with them
• What $1,399 buys on a list a state agency vetted
• Where you may ride it: 51 jurisdictions, screened
• Thirty-five miles on the battery in the box
• Who it fits: seven inches of rider, six inches of saddle
• The suspension fork, confirmed three ways
• Nine speeds, 180 mm discs, and the parts your hands are on
• Which META suits you: 20, 24, 26, 275 1.0 or 275 2.0
• What $1,399 buys from us: shipping, warranty and returns
• The Mercer fit test
• Has it been recalled?
• Is it UL certified?
• Green flags / Who should read another of ours
• Buy it if / Buy one of our others if
• Before you buy: the checklist
• Frequently asked questions
• Limitations of this review
• The bottom line

Sixty-five newton-meters and nine speeds, at the lowest price in the line it belongs to.

How we verified this Eunorau META275 1.0 review

Verification basis: every specification on this page was confirmed at the manufacturer and recomputed. Eunorau's rendered product page and its storefront product feed were both retrieved on September 11, 2026, and the page carries three distinct specification surfaces — an icon banner, a description block and a full Specification and Components table. All three were read and compared row by row, and the comparison is published below in full.

The family arithmetic is ours and it is shown. All five METAs we stock were retrieved the same morning, each read on the same three surfaces, which is how the 65 N·m figure and the nine-speed shifter turn out to be unique among the five.

Price, colorways and purchasability come from our own store listing through the Shopify Admin API on the same date, and both cart links on this page were resolved live before publication.

The class and certification claims carry an independent government source. The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection publishes the Eligible eBike List for its statewide incentive program — 152 models from 28 manufacturers, each approved by the agency before it appears. The META275 sits on page 1 of 3, and what the state recorded beside it is reproduced in full below.

The federal statute is quoted from its own text. The published 500 W and 20 MPH figures were then put against each of the 51 US jurisdictions' definitions one at a time, using the citation each jurisdiction publishes, from a rules table compiled on August 21, 2026.

The recall and safety-warning searches ran against the Consumer Product Safety Commission's own complete warning listing and recall service and were control-tested against a brand carrying two known open CPSC warnings before Eunorau's absence from those listings was believed.

Written by Milad Ghobadibeygvand, BScN (Western University, 2014). Corrections: support@redtailebikes.com. We sell this bike, so read the fit numbers as carefully as the specifications.

The frame: what Eunorau publishes, and what its photographs show

Frame style is the first fork in the road on this bike, and the maker's own record carries two answers. Both are printed here, with the measurement that settles the question for a buyer.

What the product record says. The Style option on Eunorau's own listing has one value, and that value is Step Over. Both part numbers agree: META275-19-B and META275-19-G carry no -ST- marker, while every sibling's does.

On the same page, the product's tag list carries both Step Over and Step-Through. It is the only META in the line that carries both; every sibling carries Step-Through alone. Eunorau has previously listed a META275 ST 1.0 under its own handle, which returned HTTP 404 on September 11, 2026.

One Style option reading Step Over, one part number without the ST marker, and a tag list carrying both.

What the photographs show. Put Eunorau's own studio photograph of this bike beside its photographs of the META275 2.0 and the META26 and one difference is visible at a glance.

The 2.0 and the 26 have no tube at all between the head tube and the seat tube: the frame drops away in a deep curve and you walk into it. The 1.0 has one — running back from the head tube and sloping down to meet the seat tube well below saddle height, with the seatpost standing clear above the junction.

So the honest description is a sloping top tube rather than a horizontal one. You lift a leg over it; the lift is lower than a classic diamond frame asks for, and higher than a step-through's, which is none.

The number that settles it for your body. Eunorau publishes the saddle's height to the ground as 33.0 to 39.0 inches on this model, and on a sloping-top-tube frame the tube sits below the saddle.

So the leg lift is under those figures. If mounting clearance is the question deciding your purchase, that 33-inch bottom end is the number to measure yourself against. Send us your inseam and we will check it before you order.

Sixty-five newton-meters, and what a torque sensor does with them

Eunorau publishes the motor as a 48 V 500 W hub motor with max 65 N·m torque. Read across the line, that number is the reason to want this bike.

Ten newton-meters, or 18.2 percent, over four siblings that each cost $300 more.

Ten newton-meters over the other four METAs we stock, at $300 less than any of them. That is 18.2 percent more rated torque, on the one of the five that is $1,399 rather than $1,699. Torque is the figure that decides how a hub motor leaves a stop sign and how it holds a grade, and it is the one specification where the cheapest bike in this family is also the strongest.

The sensor is the part that decides how those newton-meters reach the road. Torque sensor or cadence sensor is the comparison worth understanding before you spend, and the mechanical answer is short.

A cadence sensor is a switch. It watches a magnet ring on the crank and asks one question: are the pedals turning? When the answer becomes yes, the controller delivers whatever power the assist level is set to — pedalling harder changes nothing, because the sensor cannot see effort. The characteristic feel is a short delay off the line, then a fixed shove.

A torque sensor is a gauge. It measures how hard you are pushing on the pedals and scales assist to that force, continuously. Push gently and you get a little; stand on them and you get a lot. Eunorau fits a torque sensor to this bike, as it does across the META line.

What that means at a junction. With a cadence sensor, the first half-turn of the crank is yours alone and the motor arrives afterwards. With a torque sensor, force on the pedal and force at the wheel rise together, so the motor is contributing during the half-turn that gets you out of the intersection. On a 68.3 lb bike that difference arrives at the moment it matters.

And the throttle is still there. Eunorau publishes a thumb throttle on this model, so motor-only propulsion is available on demand without pedalling at all — the Class 2 limb of the model legislation. A torque-sensing bike with a throttle answers both the "I want assist that feels like me" question and the "I want to not pedal up this one hill" question on the same machine.

What $1,399 buys on a list a state agency vetted

The Eunorau META275 appears on Connecticut's state-approved e-bike register at an MSRP of $1,799; we sell it at $1,399, and only 20 of the 152 models on that register carry an MSRP that low. The best independent check on a budget e-bike's price is a list somebody official had to approve it for, and Connecticut publishes one.

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection runs a statewide e-bike incentive program and publishes the Eligible eBike List of every model it has approved. The list we read on September 11, 2026 carries its own "Last Updated" line of July 29, 2025 and holds 152 models from 28 manufacturers across three pages.

To be on it, DEEP requires an MSRP under $3,000, a one-year warranty on frame and components, and an "Active UL 2849 or EN 15194 for battery and electrical components." The agency sets the bar in one sentence: "an eBike must be approved prior to inclusion on the Eligible eBike List."

The META275 is on it, and this is the row, reproduced as the state prints it:

Two things follow, and both of them are about your money.

First, the state recorded this model's manufacturer suggested retail price at $1,799. We sell it at $1,399 — $400 under the figure on the government's own sheet, and the compare-at price our listing shows.

And $1,399 is the factory's own price. Eunorau's store listed the META275 1.0 at $1,399 on September 11, 2026, the same day we read everything else on this page. Buying it from us costs the same and adds free US shipping anywhere in the contiguous United States, Shop Pay instalments at checkout, and a warranty claim we file with Eunorau on your behalf in your own timezone.

Second, $1,399 is unusual on that list. We parsed all 152 rows of the state's own file and priced them: the median MSRP is $1,999, the range runs $740 to $3,000, and only 20 of 152 models — 13.2 percent — carry an MSRP of $1,399 or below. A bike that a state agency approved, sold to you at a price that would put it in the cheapest eighth of that register.

One hundred fifty-two state-approved models. Twenty of them are priced at $1,399 or under, and this is the price we sell this one at.

What the list does not do for you, stated plainly. Connecticut's vouchers — $500 standard, up to $1,250 for residents who qualify for the enhanced tier — must be redeemed "at a participating Connecticut based eBike retailer", and applied for before purchase. DEEP's own page, read September 11, 2026, also states that "the application period for Round 2 has closed." We are an online store, so an order from us would not be a voucher purchase in any case.

The list earns its place on this page as evidence: a US state agency examined this model against published criteria and wrote down what it found.

Where you may ride it: 51 jurisdictions, screened

Every jurisdiction that publishes an e-bike definition puts this bike inside it, and on a shelf where plenty of machines fall outside, that is worth leading with.

Start with the federal wording, because it is the one every other definition is written against. 15 U.S.C. § 2085(b) defines a low-speed electric bicycle as:

a two- or three-wheeled vehicle with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less than 750 watts (1 h.p.), whose maximum speed on a paved level surface, when powered solely by such a motor while ridden by an operator who weighs 170 pounds, is less than 20 mph.

16 CFR § 1512.2(a)(2) repeats that wording inside the Consumer Product Safety Commission's bicycle regulations, which is what makes it a product-safety definition and not only a highway one.

Five hundred watts is two-thirds of what the federal ceiling allows. Read the speed limb closely and note what it measures: motor-only propulsion, on level pavement, with a 170-pound rider. That is a test figure, and it is not the same measurement as the maximum assisted speed a maker prints on a spec sheet. Eunorau publishes 20 MPH as this bike's maximum.

The class answer does not rest on that reading, and it does not need to. State statutes define Class 2 by where assistance stops, and Connecticut's own programme document prints the wording:

"Class 2: an electric bicycle equipped with a motor that may be used exclusively to propel the electric bicycle, and that ceases to engage when the electric bicycle reaches the speed of twenty (20) miles per hour."

A thumb throttle and assistance ceasing at 20 MPH meets that wording exactly. Two independent records agree on the result: Eunorau's own specification banner for this model carries a CLASS row whose three stacked values read Class 2, Speed limited and Unlockable, and Connecticut DEEP's register enters the META275 as Class 2 after examining it against the state's own criteria.

We screened the published figures — 500 W, 20 MPH, thumb throttle — against all 51 US jurisdictions' own statutory definitions, one state at a time, each against its own citation:

Forty-nine inside, two with nothing on the books to be inside of, and nowhere outside.

Zero jurisdictions place these published figures outside their definition. Alaska and Kentucky are not a warning — neither publishes an e-bike definition to test the bike against, so the honest verdict for those two is "no definition published," and a rider there falls back on the general bicycle rules their state does publish.

One point applies to the whole assisted-bike category rather than to this model. On almost every Class 2 and Class 3 e-bike sold in the United States the speed cap is a controller setting rather than a mechanical limit, which is why Eunorau's banner prints the word Unlockable in its CLASS row. A bike of any brand ridden above the cap its class describes is no longer answering that class's statutory wording.

Leave it at 20 and the screen above is the screen that applies to you. Local path and trail rules still vary independently of class, and our state e-bike law pages work through them from the statutes.

Thirty-five miles on the battery in the box

Eunorau rates the META275 1.0 at up to 35 miles on the battery that ships with it, and 65 miles with an optional second pack fitted. The battery is 48 V 13 Ah — 624 watt-hours, the arithmetic being 48 × 13.

Eunorau publishes two range figures beside it, and states the basis for each:

The second pack is listed at two sizes on the same page — the Specification table reads "Optional Second Battery 15Ah/17Ah" while the Range row beside it cites the 17 Ah pack — so both arithmetics are shown above and neither is chosen for you. The top row is the one to plan against, because that is the bike as it arrives.

Thirty-five miles on the pack that ships. Sixty-five needs the accessory.

Seventeen point eight watt-hours a mile is the number to plan your own route against. It is what Eunorau's own pair of figures works out to, and it is a useful planning rate: multiply your round trip by 17.8 and compare the answer to 624. A ten-mile commute each way is 20 miles, 356 watt-hours, and 57 percent of the pack.

What it means for your route. Thirty-five miles is a published figure under favorable conditions, as every manufacturer range figure is. Hills, headwind, cold, a heavy load and a heavy hand on the throttle all raise watt-hours per mile.

Plan around a round trip you can finish inside the published number with room left. Eunorau publishes a charge time of 4 to 6 hours on the 2.0 A smart charger it ships, so a midday top-up is a partial one.

Three of Eunorau's own surfaces, read side by side

Eunorau publishes this bike's specification in three places on one product page: an icon banner at the top, a description block in the body, and a full Specification and Components table further down. We read all three on September 11, 2026. Most rows agree across all three.

On the tire, two of Eunorau's three surfaces read 2.6 inches and one reads 3.0. An independent reading corroborates the 2.6: Electrek's February 2023 review of this model describes "hybrid-ish 2.6″ wide tires" and explains that "The 275 represents the 27.5″ tire size used by the bike." Both figures are published by the manufacturer and both are printed here.

On the display, the Specification table names a model — BC182 LCD — and the description block names a type. Electrek's 2023 review describes a color LCD showing speed, battery state and assist level. The named part number is the more specific of the two published answers.

On range, all three agree on the numbers and differ only in how much of the basis they print. The banner states the dual-battery condition in parentheses; the table names the 17 Ah pack; the description block carries an asterisk. The range section above uses the fullest of the three.

Why publish this instead of picking one. A spec that appears twice one way and once another is a fact about the record, and you are entitled to the record. Our own product page and this review both quote Eunorau's figures as Eunorau states them; where Eunorau states two, you get two.

Who it fits: seven inches of rider, six inches of saddle

Seven inches separate the top of this bike's published fit range from the bottom: 5'6" to 6'1". Both 27.5-inch METAs share that corridor, and both are narrower than any smaller-wheeled bike in the line.

Both 27.5-inch METAs publish the same seven-inch window. The smaller wheels buy a wider one.

The wheel size sets the floor, and it does not lift the ceiling. At 5'6", the two 27.5-inch models publish the highest floor in the family — two inches above the META26's and five above the META20's, which is what a bigger wheel predicts. At 6'1" they tie the smallest-wheeled META20 for the lowest ceiling. So the corridor narrows at both ends; it does not slide upward.

And Eunorau publishes a second fit number, which is the one a fitter would ask for. The Components table gives the saddle as a "JUSTGK Saddle, Height to Ground 33.0"-39.0"" — six inches of saddle-height adjustment.

A bike fitter would ask for that number before any other, because saddle height is what sets pedalling extension, and Eunorau publishes it instead of leaving it to be measured on arrival.

What to do with those two numbers together. The rider-height range is Eunorau's summary of who the frame suits; the saddle range is the mechanical adjustment behind it. If you are inside 5'6"–6'1" you are inside both.

If you are near an edge, check the saddle range specifically. Stand against a wall in the shoes you ride in, measure from the floor to your crotch, and compare that to the 33-inch bottom of the range — a saddle you cannot lower far enough is the failure mode height ranges exist to prevent.

Send us the measurement and we will tell you before you order whether a shorter seatpost is needed.

The suspension fork, confirmed three ways

The Eunorau META275 1.0 is fitted with a telescopic front suspension fork. Eunorau does not carry a fork row in its current Specification table for this model, so two independent records establish it before the retailer copy is even counted.

• Eunorau's own product photography shows it at full resolution: a telescopic fork with polished stanchions visible between crown and lower leg, an adjuster cap on the crown, and Eunorau-branded lowers.
• Electrek's review names the part — a "front Suntour suspension fork" — and adds that "the front fork adds more shock absorption for when your streets don't look like the pretty, manicured pavement in the movies."
• Two retailer listings for this platform describe it the same way, one under a "Front Suspension" heading and one under "Suspension Front Fork." Both are entered in the sources below as corroboration; neither is load-bearing on its own.

The stanchion above the lower leg, and the adjuster on the crown. Eunorau's own photograph, at full resolution.

What is published and what is not. The fork is there and it is a telescopic suspension unit. Travel, spring type and lockout are not figures Eunorau prints for this model on the page we read, so they are not stated here as numbers. Fork travel is a figure this page does not state, because no source publishes it for this model.

This matters more on this bike than on its siblings. A 27.5-inch wheel rolls over a given pothole edge at a shallower angle than a 20- or 24-inch wheel does, and a suspension fork takes what is left. On a bike aimed at city pavement with a 68.3 lb mass behind the front wheel, the fork is doing real work at every kerb cut.

Nine speeds, 180 mm discs, and the parts your hands are on

The META275 1.0 runs a Shimano nine-speed derailleur and a nine-speed push-button shifter, 180 mm hydraulic disc brakes with a motor cutoff switch in both levers, a 42T chainring on 170 mm forged aluminum cranks, and a 48 V 20 A controller. The drivetrain is where this bike stands apart from the four METAs beside it.

Nine speeds against seven is two more gears to find the right cadence in. With a single 42T chainring, every gear you get comes from the rear freewheel, so the count is the whole range. Two extra sprockets mean smaller steps between gears, and that tells most on the flat, where a seven-speed can leave you spinning in one gear and grinding in the next.

Brakes are hydraulic discs on 180 mm rotors, and the Components table adds one more detail: the levers carry a motor cutoff switch. Pull either lever and the controller stops sending power, which is the behavior you want when a car door opens and your thumb is still on the throttle.

16 CFR § 1512.5(b)(1) sets the federal braking requirement for bicycles, including low-speed electric bicycles: a stopping distance "no greater than 4.57 m (15 ft) from the actual test speed."

The test itself names that speed — a bicycle geared above 15 mph "shall stop from an actual test speed of 24 km/h (15 mph) or greater within a distance of 4.57 m (15 ft)." The conditions come with it: a dry, clean, smooth paved course under 1 percent slope, a rider of at least 150 lb, averaged over four runs. Eunorau publishes 180 mm hydraulic disc brakes on this bike, with a motor cutoff switch in both levers.

The rest of the fitted equipment, as published:

Two figures worth knowing before you order, both Eunorau's own. The tire is published at 27.5" × 2.6" on the icon banner and in the Components table, and at 27.5 × 3.0 in the description block on the same page. Electrek's 2023 review describes "hybrid-ish 2.6″ wide tires" on this model.

The display is published as a BC182 LCD in the Components table and as a "Led panel" in the description block. Ask us before ordering if either decides your purchase and we will confirm what is in the carton.

The rack and fenders being included is a real line item. On a commuter bought to carry things in weather, both are purchases you would otherwise make, and a rack bolted to mounts designed for it beats one adapted afterwards.

The controller is 48 V 20 A. Multiply and you get 960 watts of peak electrical input available to a motor rated 500 W continuous, which is the headroom the 65 N·m figure is produced with. Those are two different specifications, and the one the federal definition reads on is the motor's rating — 500 W here, 250 W under the ceiling. Peak controller draw is not the figure the statute measures.

Which META suits you: 20, 24, 26, 275 1.0 or 275 2.0

All five of these are ours, all five are Class 2, all five publish a 286 lb payload and a torque sensor, and all five are sold with free US shipping. What separates them is wheel, frame, gears and price.

Read that table by what you are optimising for.

• The strongest published pull and the most gears: the META275 1.0. It is the only 65 N·m, nine-speed-shifter bike here and the only one under $1,600.
• A frame you walk into: any of the other four. They are all step-through, and the META275 2.0 is the closest sibling — same wheel, same tire, same fit window. Our review of it works through what else changes with the frame.
• The widest fit range: the META26 at 5'4"–6'3", eleven inches, or the META20 at 5'1"–6'1", twelve. The META26 review and the META20 review each measure the fit against the same cast.
• The lightest: the META24 at 61.7 lb, six and a half pounds under the 275s — reviewed here.
• The longest single-charge range: any of the 720 Wh four, which carry 96 Wh more than this one. The META26 at $1,699 is the closest of them to this bike.

What $1,399 buys from us: shipping, warranty and returns

Price: $1,399, in Black or Gray, both available today. Our listing shows a compare-at of $1,799 — the same MSRP the State of Connecticut recorded for this model on its own eligible-bike register.

What ships with the order. Free shipping anywhere in the contiguous United States. Orders are prepared and dispatched within one to three business days, and most e-bikes arrive within five to ten business days after dispatch, with tracking emailed at dispatch. Freight deliveries may need a scheduled appointment.

Why buy this one from us rather than anywhere else. The price is the same as the factory's, and everything on top of it is ours: free shipping in the lower 48, instalments at checkout, and a warranty claim we file with Eunorau ourselves instead of handing you a support address.

What we do that a marketplace listing does not. We file your warranty claim ourselves, and Eunorau's terms cover manufacturing defects in its original parts.

Its own product page for this model carries a 2-Year Limited Warranty badge — the same two-year frame and two-year electrical-component coverage Connecticut recorded on its list. Eunorau's published warranty document states longer terms again: a 10-year frame warranty and 24 months on battery, motor and electrical components for US purchases, issued by Eunorau Bikes, a Nevada corporation.

Both are Eunorau's own published figures and both are printed here. If the answer decides your purchase, we will put the model-specific question to Eunorau in writing for you before you order.

Shop Pay instalments are live at checkout, so $1,399 can be paid across instalments instead of in one charge.

On returns, our terms in plain words. Change-of-mind returns are accepted on unopened, factory-sealed items requested within 72 hours of delivery, with a 15 percent restocking fee plus return shipping. Order cancellations carry a 3 percent transaction fee, because card-processing fees are not recoverable. Inspect the shipment at delivery and report any damage with photos within 48 hours — that is the window in which a freight claim can still be filed, and we file it.

The Mercer fit test

The Mercers are our editorial cast — a fixed set of bodies and ages we hold every bike against, so that "who does this fit" gets the same measuring stick on every review we publish. They are fit archetypes; none of them rides anything. Every verdict below reads Eunorau's published 5'6"–6'1" rider-height range, its 33.0"–39.0" saddle range, its 286 lb payload and the Class 2 rules, and nothing else.

The sharpest contrast in that table separates Maya from Ruth by a single inch. Maya at 5'6" meets the published floor to the inch and can ride this bike with the saddle near the bottom of its range. Ruth at 5'5" sits one inch under it.

The answer for Ruth is a different bike of ours; it need not be a compromise on this one: the META26 publishes a floor of 5'4", a step-through frame that suits a 61-year-old rider's dismount, and the same 286 lb payload. Same family, same warranty, same shipping; a fit range that starts two inches lower.

Has it been recalled?

No federal recall names Eunorau, and neither does any CPSC safety warning. The Consumer Product Safety Commission's recall database holds 19 federal electric-bicycle recalls as of September 11, 2026; Eunorau is named in none of them. Its complete product-safety-warning file held 359 entries on the same date, and Eunorau is in none of those either.

Both are the Commission's own complete listings, not a search box — the recall service and the downloadable warning file, each read in full. What that means for you is that nothing on the federal record stands between you and this bike, on the date above. Limitation 7 below states what that answer cannot cover.

What the CPSC does publish for every e-bike owner, this one included. Its micromobility battery charging guidance gives six steps, and two of them speak directly to a bike sold with an optional second pack:

"Only use an approved replacement battery pack." · "Never use an micromobility device with a battery pack that has been modified/reworked by unqualified personnel or with re-purposed or used cells."

The other four: buy only products certified to the applicable consensus safety standards, be present while charging and never charge while asleep, use the supplied charger and unplug when done, and take dead lithium packs to a battery recycler and never the trash.

Is it UL certified?

Yes. The Eunorau META275 carries UL 2849 certification, and two independent records say so: Eunorau's own model-level specification banner, which prints "UL CERTIFIED: Yes," and the State of Connecticut's Eligible eBike List, which records the certification type by number after the agency has examined the model.

Eunorau's own specification banner for this model prints "UL CERTIFIED: Yes" — a model-level row on the META275 1.0's own product page, narrower and stronger than a company-wide statement.

Connecticut's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection recorded the standard by number. Its Eligible eBike List enters the META275 with a certification type of UL 2849, and the agency's own program rules require an "Active UL 2849 or EN 15194 for battery and electrical components" before a model may appear. That is a US state agency's independent record of the same fact, and of the two, only one of them sells bikes.

Eunorau also publishes the company-wide statement, in its own announcement: "all of our ebikes have passed the UL 2849 testing", and its batteries the UL 2271 battery standard.

What the two standards cover, because they are not the same thing. UL 2849 is the standard for the electrical system of an e-bike evaluated as one combination — motor, controller, battery and charger together, because a battery that is safe alone can still be part of an unsafe system. UL 2271 covers the battery pack on its own. UL 2849 is the broader of the two.

Where this stops being a nice-to-have. New York City's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection states the rule for sellers plainly: "Powered bicycles, such as e-bikes must be certified to UL standard 2849," their "storage batteries… must be certified to UL standard 2271."

The same department adds that "businesses cannot sell, lease, or rent micromobility devices and batteries… without proper certification and labeling," and that for online sellers "the safety certification must be on each product listing page."

Connecticut's incentive program requires the same certification for eligibility. Insurers and building managers increasingly ask for it in writing. On this model, the answer is on record in three places and one of them is a government file.

UL 2849 evaluates the whole electrical system as one combination. UL 2271 is the battery pack alone.

Green flags / Who should read another of ours

The left column is what Eunorau publishes and we verified. The right column names bodies and priorities this bike does not serve, and sends each one to a specific machine we stock.

Green flags

• 65 N·m of published torque, the highest of the five METAs we stock and 10 N·m above the other four.
• A Shimano nine-speed derailleur and a nine-speed push-button shifter, where the other four METAs we stock publish a seven-speed shifter.
• A torque sensor and a thumb throttle on the same bike, so assist scales with effort and motor-only propulsion is still there when you want it.
• UL 2849 on a state agency's own register — Connecticut DEEP lists the META275 with the standard by number, and it approves a model before listing it.
• $1,399, which is $400 under the MSRP the same state recorded and inside the cheapest 13 percent of that 152-model register.
• A telescopic suspension fork, visible at full resolution in Eunorau's own photography and named as a Suntour unit by Electrek.
• Rack, fenders, lights, manual and tool kit included, and a motor cutoff switch on both brake levers.
• 180 mm hydraulic disc brakes with a motor cutoff switch in both levers, published by Eunorau.
• 286 lb total payload, leaving 217.7 lb for rider and cargo after the bike's own 68.3.
• Class 2 as shipped, inside the definition of 49 of the 51 US jurisdictions and outside none.
• A published saddle-height range of 33.0 to 39.0 inches, given as a figure rather than left to be measured on arrival.

Who it is wrong for, and where to go instead

• You want to step through the frame — the META275 2.0 is the same 27.5-inch platform with a step-through frame at $1,699.
• You are under 5'6" or over 6'1" — the META26 publishes 5'4" to 6'3", two inches lower at the bottom and two higher at the top.
• You want the longest single charge in the family — the four 720 Wh METAs carry 96 Wh more than this one, and the META26 review works through what that buys.
• You want 720 watt-hours in the frame — the other four METAs carry a 15 Ah pack where this one carries 13, and the META26 is the closest of them to this bike.
• You need it to fold for a train or a closet — the META20 is the folding member of this family.
• You want the lightest bike here — the META24 is 61.7 lb, six and a half pounds under this one.
• You are shopping for off-road first — this is a city bike on 2.6-inch city tires; the Eunorau Defender is the full-suspension 27.5 × 3.0 machine on our shelf, reviewed here.

Buy it if / Buy one of our others if

Buy the Eunorau META275 1.0 if you are between 5'6" and 6'1", your longest regular round trip fits inside 35 miles, and you want the strongest published torque and the most gears available for $1,399. Buy one of our other METAs if you are outside that height range, need an unambiguous step-through frame, want 720 watt-hours instead of 624, or need the bike to fold.

Buy the META275 1.0 if:

• You are between 5'6" and 6'1" and comfortable swinging a leg over a top tube.
• You want the strongest published pull in this family — 65 N·m — and are riding somewhere with stop signs, grades or a load.
• You want nine gears rather than seven, because your route has flat stretches where cadence matters.
• Your daily round trip fits inside 35 miles, or you intend to add the second pack.
• You want $1,399 to buy a bike that a state agency has already approved against published criteria.

Buy one of our others if:

• You want a step-through frame → META275 2.0, same wheel and tire, $1,699 — our review.
• You are 5'4" or 5'5" → META26 1.0, published floor 5'4", step-through — our review.
• You are 6'2" or 6'3" → META26 1.0 again, published ceiling 6'3".
• You want the lightest bike here → META24 1.0 at 61.7 lb.
• You need it to fold → META20 1.0.
• You want 720 Wh rather than 624 → META26 1.0 or META24 1.0, both $1,699.

Before you buy: the checklist

Ten things to settle before you order a META275 1.0, in the order they decide the purchase: your height against the published fit range, your inseam against the saddle range, the frame, the range, the age rule, the battery policy where you live, the tire width, the charge time, the carton, and the photograph you take at delivery.

1. Measure your height against 5'6"–6'1", Eunorau's published range, before anything else.
2. Measure your inseam and check the resulting saddle height against the published 33.0"–39.0" range.
3. Decide step-over versus step-through now. This model is step-over only, so the decision belongs to the model you pick.
4. Add up your longest regular round trip and compare it to 35 miles, not 65 — 65 needs the optional second pack.
5. Check your state's age rule if the rider is under 18, on our state law pages.
6. Check your building's battery policy if you live in an apartment; this bike's UL 2849 answer is on record and worth having in hand.
7. Plan the charge. Four to six hours on the 2.0 A charger that ships with it.
8. Weigh the carton against your doorway. 160 × 30 × 89 cm arrives by freight or parcel depending on the address.
9. Photograph the carton at delivery before you open it. Damage reported with photos inside 48 hours is a claim we file for you.

Frequently asked questions

What is a torque sensor on an e-bike, and how does it work?

A torque sensor measures how hard you press on the pedals and scales the motor's assistance to that force, continuously. A cadence sensor only detects whether the pedals are turning and then delivers a fixed level of power.

A torque-sensing bike therefore starts helping during the first half-turn of the crank and gives more when you push harder. Eunorau fits a torque sensor to the META275 1.0.

Is a torque sensor better than a cadence sensor?

For riding with frequent stops, varying gradients and a wish for the bike to feel like your own legs, a torque sensor is the more responsive of the two. For riding where you would rather set an assist level and let the motor do a fixed share regardless of effort, a cadence sensor does that job directly.

The META275 1.0 carries a torque sensor and a thumb throttle, so motor-only propulsion is available on demand as well.

How far can the Eunorau META275 1.0 go on one charge?

Eunorau publishes up to 35 miles on the 48 V 13 Ah battery that ships with the bike — 624 watt-hours — and 65 miles with the optional second pack fitted. Those are manufacturer figures measured under favourable conditions; hills, cold, headwind, load and throttle use all shorten them.

What is the difference between the META275 1.0 and the 2.0?

Frame style, motor torque, gears, battery and price. The 1.0 is step-over, 65 N·m, nine-speed, 624 Wh, $1,399. The 2.0 is step-through, 55 N·m, seven-speed, 720 Wh, $1,699. Both are 27.5-inch wheels on 2.6-inch tires, both are Class 2, both publish the same 5'6"–6'1" rider height and 286 lb payload.

What is a step-over bike, and how is it different from a step-through?

A step-over frame has a top tube running from the head tube to the seat tube, so you lift a leg over it or over the saddle to mount. A step-through frame drops or removes that tube so you can walk into the frame.

Step-through is easier to mount and dismount, which matters on routes with frequent stops; step-over keeps the top tube and the frame triangle it completes. The META275 1.0 is step-over; every other META we stock is step-through.

Can I add a second battery to the META275 1.0?

Yes. Eunorau lists an optional second battery for this model, published at 15 Ah and 17 Ah on the same page, and its 65-mile range figure is stated on the dual-battery configuration. CPSC's guidance on this is one line: "Only use an approved replacement battery pack." Eunorau lists the second pack at 15 Ah and 17 Ah on the same page, and both capacities are shown in the range table.

Is the Eunorau META275 1.0 UL certified?

Yes. Eunorau's specification banner for this model prints UL CERTIFIED: Yes, and Connecticut's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection records the META275 on its Eligible eBike List with a certification type of UL 2849 — a standard the agency requires before a model may be listed. The state's row names the platform rather than a trim; the model-level row is Eunorau's own.

What class of e-bike is the META275 1.0?

Class 2. Eunorau's specification banner carries a CLASS row reading Class 2, Speed limited, Unlockable, and Connecticut's state register enters the META275 as Class 2 as well. Class 2 means a throttle may propel the bike without pedalling and assistance stops at 20 MPH.

How much does the Eunorau META275 1.0 weigh?

68.3 lb, published by Eunorau. Total payload capacity is 286 lb, which leaves 217.7 lb for rider, clothing and anything on the rack.

What size rider does the META275 1.0 fit?

Eunorau publishes a recommended rider height of 5'6" to 6'1", and a saddle height to the ground of 33.0 to 39.0 inches. Riders under 5'6" are better served by the META26 at 5'4" or the META24 at 5'3"; riders over 6'1" by the META26's published 6'3" ceiling.

Does the META275 1.0 have a suspension fork?

Yes. Eunorau's own product photography shows a telescopic suspension fork with visible stanchions and a crown adjuster, and Electrek's review of this model names it as a Suntour unit. Travel and spring type are figures no source publishes for this model, so this page does not state them.

What tire does the META275 1.0 come with?

Eunorau publishes two widths on the same product page. The icon banner and the Components table both read CHAOYANG 27.5" × 2.6"; the description block reads 27.5 × 3.0. Electrek describes "hybrid-ish 2.6″ wide tires". Both published figures are printed on this page.

Are 27.5 × 2.6-inch tires good for trails?

They are city tires on a city bike. A 2.6-inch casing is wider than a typical hybrid tire and takes a rough kerb cut, gravel path or hardpack well, and the suspension fork helps. Technical singletrack, roots and drops are a different category of riding, and our e-mountain-bike reviews cover the machines built for it.

Is the battery removable for charging?

Yes, and Eunorau publishes how. Its product page for this model states: "With a simple twist of a key, you can take out the battery and put it to charge." Charge it on the 2.0 A charger Eunorau ships, on a hard surface, following CPSC's micromobility guidance.

How long does the META275 1.0 take to charge?

4 to 6 hours, published by Eunorau, on the US-standard 2.0 A smart charger supplied with the bike.

Does the META275 1.0 have a phone app?

Eunorau describes one on this model's own product page: "In addition to the Intellegent LCD Display comes an APP where you can sync information. It holds useful smart functions: calorie tracking, trip records, social networking and OTA updates."

Its Components table lists the display as a BC182 LCD; the four other METAs name the app on that same row as "EUNORAU GO App Support." Both are Eunorau's own published descriptions. Tell us which functions matter to you and we will confirm the app name and version for this model before you order.

Are Eunorau bikes any good?

Judge for them on the record. On this model: a US state agency approved it for a public incentive program against published criteria, and UL 2849 is on file for it in two independent places.

No federal recall and no CPSC safety warning names the brand across the 359 warnings and 19 e-bike recalls we screened. The maker's own review widget on this product page shows 247 reviews with 201 at five stars and 46 at four — none below four. We sell the brand, so weigh that; every figure here is checkable at the source links on this page.

What warranty comes with the META275 1.0?

Eunorau's product page for this model carries a 2-Year Limited Warranty badge, and Connecticut's state register records two years on the frame and two on electrical components. Eunorau's published warranty document states a 10-year frame warranty and 24 months on battery, motor and electrical components for US purchases. Both are Eunorau's own published figures. We coordinate every claim for bikes bought from us, so it comes to us and we take it from there.

Is the META275 1.0 legal where I live?

Its published figures — 500 W, 20 MPH, thumb throttle — sit inside the electric-bicycle definition of 49 of the 51 US jurisdictions. The two exceptions, Alaska and Kentucky, publish no e-bike definition at all, so there is none for this bike to fall outside. Local trail and path rules are set separately from class; our state law pages work through them from the statutes.

How does the META275 1.0 ship, and can I return it?

Free shipping anywhere in the contiguous United States, dispatched within one to three business days and typically delivered five to ten business days later. A change of mind is accepted on a sealed, unopened carton if you tell us inside 72 hours, against a 15 percent restocking fee and return shipping. Delivery damage photographed and reported inside 48 hours is a claim we file for you.

Limitations of this review

Ten numbered facts about the record behind this page: what is published, what is published two ways, what no source publishes at all, and the date after which each figure needs re-reading.

1. This review's evidence is specification and arithmetic. Every figure was confirmed at the manufacturer and recomputed, and the Mercer verdicts are derived from published numbers — rider height, saddle height, payload, class and the age rules — so each one is checkable at the source.
2. Fork travel, spring type and lockout are not published by Eunorau for this model on the page read 2026-09-11. The fork's presence is established by the maker's own photography and an independent review; its travel is not stated here because no source publishes it.
3. Tire width is published two ways on the same page — 2.6 inches on two surfaces and 3.0 on a third, with an independent 2023 reading at 2.6. Both published figures are printed in the surfaces table, and the carton's own tire is a question we will put to Eunorau in writing for any buyer whose decision turns on it.
4. Frame geometry is published as a diagram rather than a numeric table. Eunorau's Geometry section for this model carries a single image, shared across the META24 and META275 platforms, with no numeric wheelbase, reach or standover figures.
5. The warranty term is published at two lengths — a 2-Year Limited Warranty badge on the model's own page and a 10-year frame / 24-month component document at /pages/warranty. Both are reproduced above.
6. Connecticut's list was last updated 2025-07-29 by the document's own line, and it records an MSRP of $1,799, which is a 2023-era figure and not a current street price. It is used here as evidence of class and certification; the price on it is the 2025 MSRP.
7. The CPSC warnings route is screened against a 359-entry file; a warning published after 2026-09-11 would not appear in it. The recall screen read 19 federal electric-bicycle recalls in the database on that date.
8. Two jurisdictions could not be screened on their own definitions because Alaska and Kentucky publish none.
9. No volume, difficulty or intent figure appears anywhere on this page. The demand behind its structure was harvested from observed sources and is published with the page; a keyword tool was not available for this build, and an absent tool is not an absent audience.
10. The 247-review figure is Eunorau's own review widget on its product page, read 2026-09-11, and counts reviews of this model on the manufacturer's store, not ours.

The bottom line

The strongest META is also the cheapest, and those are rarely the same bike. Sixty-five newton-meters against 55 on four siblings, nine gears against seven, a torque sensor and a throttle, a suspension fork, rack and fenders in the box.

All of that at $1,399 — $400 under the MSRP a state agency has on file, and inside the cheapest 13 percent of that agency's 152-model register.

What you trade for it is a top tube and 96 watt-hours. This is the one META in the line with a tube between the head tube and the seat tube, so if you would rather walk into the frame, the 2.0 is the same platform for $300 more.

The 624 Wh pack is the smallest of the five, and Eunorau rates it at 35 miles — 17.8 watt-hours a mile, the rate to plan your own route against.

Who should buy it: a rider between 5'6" and 6'1" with a daily round trip inside 35 miles who wants the strongest published pull and the most gears available at this price, and who does not need a step-through frame.

Who should buy a different one of ours: anyone under 5'6" or over 6'1" — add the META26 at $1,699 — and anyone who wants an unambiguous step-through frame — add the META275 2.0 at $1,699. Both ship free, both carry the same 286 lb payload, and we file the warranty claim on either.

Source register

Every claim on this page is graded by the kind of source behind it, from a statute or a government agency's own record down to a retailer listing used only as corroboration. Aggregators, AI summaries and undated content are not cited here at all.

Expiry conditions

Every figure on this page was read on September 11, 2026, and each of the six conditions below invalidates a specific one of them. Re-verify the page if any of them happens:

• Eunorau changes the published specification for the META275 1.0 on any of its three surfaces.
• Connecticut DEEP publishes a revision of its Eligible eBike List after the 2025-07-29 version read here.
• A CPSC recall or safety warning naming Eunorau is published.
• Our price or the compare-at figure on the listing changes.
• Any state adopts, amends or repeals an e-bike definition that changes the 49/2/0 screen.
• Eunorau revises any figure this page quotes, on any of its surfaces.

Primary sources

Twenty-four sources, each with its issuing body, document title, pinpoint location and the date it was read. Every one was retrieved on September 11, 2026 and deposited locally the same day.

1. United States Code. 15 U.S.C. § 2085 — Low-speed electric bicycles, subsection (b). Accessed 2026-09-11. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/2085
2. Code of Federal Regulations. 16 CFR § 1512.2 — Definitions, paragraph (a)(2). Accessed 2026-09-11. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/16/1512.2
3. Office of the Federal Register / GPO. 16 CFR § 1512.5 — Requirements for braking system, paragraph (b)(1), current eCFR text. Accessed 2026-09-11. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-16/chapter-II/subchapter-C/part-1512/section-1512.5
4. Office of the Federal Register / GPO. 16 CFR § 1512.18 — Tests and test procedures, paragraph (d)(2)(v)–(vi), the braking performance test and its specified ground speed. Accessed 2026-09-11. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-16/chapter-II/subchapter-C/part-1512/section-1512.18
5. Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Connecticut eBike Incentive Program — Eligible eBike List, page 1 of 3; document's own "Last Updated" line 2025-07-29. Accessed 2026-09-11. https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/deep/air/mobile/ebikes/ebike-incentive-program---eligible-ebike-list.pdf
6. Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Electric Bicycles — eBike Incentive Program, eligibility and voucher terms. Accessed 2026-09-11. https://portal.ct.gov/deep/air/mobile-sources/cheapr/electric-bicycles
7. US Consumer Product Safety Commission. Product Safety Warning listing (complete file, 359 entries on the access date). Accessed 2026-09-11. https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/recall-data/product_safety_warning_listing.csv
8. US Consumer Product Safety Commission. Recall database, SaferProducts REST service. Accessed 2026-09-11. https://www.saferproducts.gov/RestWebServices/Recall
9. US Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC PSA — Micromobility Battery Charging Safety, the six consumer steps. Accessed 2026-09-11. https://www.cpsc.gov/node/65775
10. New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. Micromobility Notices — safety-certification requirements for businesses selling powered bicycles and their batteries. Accessed 2026-09-11. https://www.nyc.gov/site/dca/about/micromobility-notices.page
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13. Eunorau. META275 2.0 City eBike — product page, for the family comparison. Accessed 2026-09-11. https://eunorau-ebike.com/products/meta275-2
14. Eunorau. META26 1.0 City eBike — product page, for the family comparison. Accessed 2026-09-11. https://eunorau-ebike.com/products/meta-26-1
15. Eunorau. META24 1.0 City eBike — product page, for the family comparison. Accessed 2026-09-11. https://eunorau-ebike.com/products/meta-24-1
16. Eunorau. META20 1.0 Folding eBike — product page, for the family comparison. Accessed 2026-09-11. https://eunorau-ebike.com/products/meta-20-1
17. Eunorau. 24-Month+ Limited Warranty. Accessed 2026-09-11. https://eunorau-ebike.com/pages/warranty
18. Eunorau. We are UL 2849 tested and UL 2271 tested! Accessed 2026-09-11. https://eunorau-ebike.com/blogs/news/we-are-ul-2849-tested-and-ul-2271-tested
19. UL Standards & Engagement. UL 2849 — Standard for Electrical Systems for eBikes. Accessed 2026-09-11. https://www.shopulstandards.com/ProductDetail.aspx?productId=UL2849
20. UL Standards & Engagement. UL 2271 — Standard for Batteries for Use in Light Electric Vehicle Applications. Accessed 2026-09-11. https://www.shopulstandards.com/ProductDetail.aspx?productId=UL2271
21. Toll, Micah. Eunorau Meta275 e-bike review: A budget torque-sensing commuter electric bike. Electrek, 2023-02-08. Accessed 2026-09-11. https://electrek.co/2023/02/08/eunorau-meta275-e-bike-review-torque-sensor/
22. Redtail eBikes. Eunorau META275 1.0 City eBike — price, colorways and purchasability via the Shopify Admin API. Accessed 2026-09-11. https://redtailebikes.com/products/eunorau-meta275-1
23. Really Good Ebikes. Eunorau Meta275 ST 1.0 500W 48V13Ah Electric Cruiser w/ Torque Sensor — retailer listing, recorded only as corroboration of the front suspension fork; its title names the ST trim, which Eunorau has discontinued. Accessed 2026-09-11. https://reallygoodebikes.com/products/eunorau-meta275-step-thru-500w-electric-cruiser-w-torque-sensor
24. eBike Haul. EUNORAU META275 1.0 Dual Battery City Commuter EBike — retailer listing, recorded only as corroboration of the front suspension fork. Accessed 2026-09-11. https://ebikehaul.com/products/eunorau-meta275-500w-48v-cruiser-electric-bike