Outsider 5.0
The flagship fat-tire scrambler — a 750W rear hub, a 48V 17.5Ah battery hidden in the tank, Tektro hydraulic brakes and 5″ balloon tires. The one Michael Blast shipped to Ryan Reynolds this summer. Read more ↓
Color Boardtrack Black
Battery 840 Wh · Most popular
Add-ons our mechanics recommend.
Hand-picked by the eBikes Calgary shop floor and fitted free when you collect.
The scrambler, all grown up.
Fat-tire scrambler with a 750W rear hub, a tank-hidden 48V 17.5Ah battery, and hydraulic brakes — the flagship of the Outsider line, and the one that went out to Ryan Reynolds.
The 5.0 is the Outsider after every hard lesson: a bigger battery than the 4.0, bigger 180 mm rotors, wider 5-inch tires and more standover room. The battery hides inside the faux “tank” and charges right on the bike, so it reads as a café racer, not an e-bike — right up until you pull away from the lights in silence.
Every Outsider 5.0 leaves our NE Calgary shop fully assembled, torque-checked and road-tested by our mechanics.
- 840Wh
The biggest battery in the lineup
48V 17.5Ah hidden in the tank. Charges on or off the bike.
- 2-in-1
Throttle or pedal
Twist throttle + pedal assist · 5 + throttle. Switch mid-ride.
- 5″
Balloon tires, soft ride
The widest tires Michael Blast makes soak up curbs, gravel and spring slush — and give the 5.0 its imposing stance.
For the riders
The Spec Sheet.
Drive
- Motor
- 750W rear hub
- Torque
- 80 Nm
- Top speed
- 45 km/h
- Battery
- 48V · 17.5Ah (840 Wh, standard) / 48V · 21Ah (1008 Wh, extended)
- Range
- 80–121 km
- Charge time
- 4-6 hrs
- Display
- 3.5" LCD
- Assist
- 5 + throttle
Chassis
- Frame
- 6061 aluminum
- Fork
- 80 mm coil
- Brakes
- Tektro 4-piston hydraulic
- Rotors
- 180 mm
- Drivetrain
- Shimano 7-speed
- Tires
- 20" × 5.0" Arisun fat-knobs, puncture-resistant
- Rims
- 20" aluminum alloy
- Weight
- 37 kg
Trim
- Saddle
- Pleated leather
- Handlebar
- Wrapped leather grips
- Lights
- 800 lm headlight · brake-aware tail light
- Class
- 3
- Rider height
- 163–193 cm
- Max load
- 150 kg
Michael Blast owners on Calgary streets.
Looks like a vintage moto. Rides like a bike.
The Greaser turns heads on the Bow River pathway like nothing else. Picked the matte black with leather grips. People stop me at lights to ask what it is. 500W is enough for the bridges, range gets me to Kensington and back twice. Tested the Outsider 5.0 too but the cafe-racer geo on the Greaser won me over.
Vacay is the right name.
Springer fork, low step-through, 500W mid-drive. I'm 5'2 and finally have an eBike that doesn't feel like a tractor. Took it on the C-Train rack to Eau Claire, rode the river all afternoon. Eight months in, zero issues.
Ponyboy Scrambler — best price/personality.
On sale for $1299 from $2000. Felt like a steal when I bought it; still feels like one 4 months later. Retro scrambler styling, 4 colour options, real range. Calgary-tough so far — I commute through Fish Creek.
Battery key fiddly.
Outsider 5.0 arrived shipped to Airdrie, set up in 20 minutes. Beautiful bike, balloon tires soak up the cracked pavement on 8th Street. The battery key lock is fiddly — takes a second to line up. Otherwise excellent. eBC support answered my questions on the phone twice.
Theft target, but worth it.
Outsider attracts attention which is both the joy and the worry. Bought a heavy chain lock from eBC the same day. Living in the Beltline, I haul it inside every night, but the ride is unlike any commuter I've owned. Looks like a 60s flat-tracker, rides like a Class 2.
Bought one for me and one for my partner.
Two Vacays. We do the 9th Ave path most evenings. eBC discounted the second one and set both up the same day. They throw in a free service after the first 200 km. Did mine in February — they remembered me by name.
See it ride.
A minute of the Outsider 5.0 in its natural habitat — city streets after dark, on 5-inch balloon tires that make curbs disappear.
Scramblers, retold.
The Outsider 5.0 is where the scrambler line lands after a decade of retelling. An 840 Wh battery (48V 17.5Ah) hides in the tank and charges right on the bike. Tektro hydraulic brakes on 180 mm rotors. Five-inch balloon tires that shrug off curbs, gravel and spring slush. A TIG-welded aluminum frame with the battery and controller tucked out of sight, so it reads as a vintage motorcycle right up until it pulls away in silence.
Read the full heritage storyRyan Reynolds rides this exact bike.
Earlier this summer Michael Blast crated up a stock Sand build with a few picks from the accessories wall and shipped it out to Ryan Reynolds. He was kind enough to let the photo make the rounds.
His came straight from michaelblast.com. Yours is closer — we're Michael Blast's exclusive Canadian distributor, and the same Sand build is charged and on our NE Calgary floor.
- Outsider 5.0 · Sand colorway
- Mid basket upgrade
- Bar-end mirrors on both sides · rear rack
A bike, in its element.
