Model C SSi Low Entry Order Form 2026 — EUR (EN)
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Charge it anywhere.
From €9,390
01 Dolomite glossy
That used to be true.
With the Model C, that final barrier has disappeared. Its removable 1060 Wh battery brings everyday practicality to a 45 km/h speed pedelec — charge it wherever life takes you.
What hasn't changed is what defines an Opium: precision, design, and the feeling of pure, silent power beneath you.
This is the Low Entry frame: the same geometry as the Diamond Frame, with a lower step-over for getting on and off.

Every other Opium keeps its battery in the frame. The Model C Smart.Shift takes it out. Release it, carry it inside, and charge it where you happen to be — at home, at the office, or in a flat three floors up with no socket anywhere near the front door.
The pack holds 1060 Wh, which is up to 150 km of assistance at 45 km/h. For most riders that is a week of short journeys, or one long Sunday. The battery sits flush inside the down tube, and the Model C Smart.Shift keeps the silhouette and the proportions of every other bike in the range. Nothing on the outside of the bike tells you the battery comes out.

At the core of the Model C Smart.Shift is Opium's 1000 W rear-hub motor, with assistance to 45 km/h. Power arrives the moment you put weight on a pedal, and it arrives smoothly rather than in a surge, pulling away safely from a junction with traffic behind you.
It is torque-rich at low speed, where a city bike spends most of its life, and quiet at every speed. Quiet enough that you hear the road and the traffic rather than the bike, and quiet enough that nobody hears you arrive.
Hub-drive has one further advantage on a bike like this: nothing about the motor is exposed to the weather, the road salt or the bike rack, and nothing about it needs your attention between services.

The Pinion C1.12i brings electronic shifting and a 600% range, driving the rear wheel through a Gates carbon belt. You press a button and the gear changes: at any speed, under load, or standing still at a junction.
Standing still is the part that changes a city ride. Arrive at a red light in twelve, wait, and select second while stationary — so you pull away in the right gear every time rather than the gear you happened to stop in. On a route with a dozen junctions that happens a dozen times.
Everything else about the drivetrain is unchanged: fully sealed, no chain, no cassette, no derailleur, nothing to lubricate and nothing to re-tension.

FIT sits between the battery and the motor and decides how much of one goes into the other. It reads your cadence and the load and adjusts the assistance continuously, so what you feel is your own effort amplified rather than a motor cutting in and out.
The practical effect is range. The same 1060 Wh goes further when the assistance is matched to what the ride actually needs.

Diamond Frame and Low Entry share the same improved geometry, evolved for stability, balance and all-day comfort. The choice between them is about how you get on the bike, not about how it rides once you are on it.
Every angle is set to make the ride feel natural from the first turn of the pedal: a wheelbase long enough to stay settled at 45 km/h, and a steering geometry quick enough to place the bike in a gap in traffic.

A rigid fork for direct handling, or an optional suspension fork for comfort on rough surfaces. Both sit on the same stable front geometry, and both keep the Model C Smart.Shift composed at 45 km/h.
A fork earns its place on a city bike because urban surfaces are unforgiving: tram tracks, kerbs, a manhole cover. The travel takes the edge off all of it and keeps the front wheel on the road.

From the adjustable cockpit to the integrated Supernova lighting, every element of the Model C Smart.Shift is there for visibility, comfort and control.
Hydraulic disc brakes stop predictably in all conditions — the same lever pressure gives the same result wet or dry, which is not true of a rim brake and matters at 45 km/h. The Supernova light is wired into the bike rather than clipped to it, so it is on when the bike is on and there is nothing to charge separately or forget.
The rest is integration. Cables run inside the frame, the light cable is concealed, and none of the equipment that makes the bike usable every day is visible enough to spoil it.

The Model C Smart.Shift's mudguards double as a pannier rack, built around Ortlieb's QL3 mounting interface, with the light cable concealed inside the structure.
QL3 is the detail worth knowing. The hardware is set into the rack rather than clamped onto it, so a pannier goes on and comes off without tools, and nothing is left hanging when the bag is not there.
Clean, secure, and built to carry what matters — without giving the silhouette away.
Drivetrain and frame
Pinion C1.6 · 6-speed mechanical
From €6,990
Six sealed gears with a 295% range, on a Gates carbon belt. A Suntour suspension fork is included in the price. Diamond Frame. Two colours.
See the mechanical DiamondPinion C1.6 · 6-speed mechanical
From €6,990
The same gearbox, motor and removable battery in a low step-through frame. Two colours.
See the mechanical Low EntryPinion C1.12i · 12-speed electronic
From €9,390
Twelve electronic speeds with a 600% range, changed by button at any speed or standing still. Diamond Frame. Eighteen colours.
See the Smart.Shift DiamondPinion C1.12i · 12-speed electronic
From €9,390
The same gearbox, motor and removable battery in a low step-through frame. Eighteen colours.
ConfigureA speed pedelec assists to 45 km/h, where a standard e-bike stops assisting at 25 km/h. In most of Europe it is classed as a light moped: an insurance plate, a helmet, and in some countries a moped licence category. The Model C Smart.Shift Low Entry adds electronic shifting to the one model in the range whose battery comes out and comes with you.
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Specifications
| Model C | Model C Smart.Shift | |
|---|---|---|
| Assisted speed | 45 km/h | 45 km/h |
| Motor | 1000 W rear hub | 1000 W rear hub |
| Battery | 1060 Wh, removable | 1060 Wh, removable |
| Range | Up to 150 km | Up to 150 km |
| Gearbox | Pinion C1.6, 6-speed, 295% | Pinion C1.12i Smart.Shift, 12-speed electronic, 600%, automatic shifting |
| Drive | Gates carbon belt | Gates carbon belt |
| Fork | Suntour suspension, included | Rigid, or optional DT Swiss suspension |
| Frames | Diamond Frame · Low Entry | Diamond Frame · Low Entry |
| Brakes | Hydraulic disc, 203 mm | Hydraulic disc, 203 mm |
| Lighting | Supernova M99 Pro 2, up to 3,000 lm | Supernova M99 Pro 2, up to 3,000 lm |
| Power management | FIT system | FIT system |
| Rack | Integrated, Ortlieb QL3 | Integrated, Ortlieb QL3 |
| Colours | 2 per frame | 18 |
| Price from | €6,990 | €9,390 |
Guides
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