Model C Order Form 2026 — EUR (EN)
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Charge it anywhere.
From €6,990
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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 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 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 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 C1.6 sits at the base of the frame: a fully sealed gearbox with six speeds and a 295% gear range, driving the rear wheel through a Gates carbon belt. There is no derailleur, no cassette and no chain.
What that means in practice is that the drivetrain does not degrade. A chain stretches, a cassette wears and a derailleur goes out of alignment, and all three do it faster in winter. A gearbox does none of that, because every moving part is enclosed inside the sealed case. The belt needs no lubrication and no re-tensioning.
Every shift is deliberate and tactile — a mechanical connection between your hand and the gear, with nothing to trim and nothing to adjust between services.

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.

The mechanical Model C comes with a Suntour suspension fork as standard, in the base price.
A fork earns its place on a city bike because urban surfaces are unforgiving: tram tracks, kerbs, a manhole cover taken at 45 km/h. The travel takes the edge off all of it and keeps the front wheel on the road.
On most speed pedelecs that is a line on the options list. On the Model C it is already on the bike.

From the adjustable cockpit to the integrated Supernova lighting, every element of the Model C 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'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.
ConfigurePinion 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.
See the Smart.Shift Low EntryA 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 is the one in the range you can charge without a garage, because the battery comes out and comes with you.
Licence, insurance, range and service — 34 questions answered →
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, integrated | Supernova, integrated |
| Power management | FIT system | FIT system |
| Rack | Integrated, Ortlieb QL3 | Integrated, Ortlieb QL3 |
| Colours | 2 per frame | 18 |
| Price from | €6,990 | €9,390 |
Ride one
Take the battery out before you go. That is the whole demonstration.
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