MOST TORQUE · EUNORAU
220 newton-metres from a Truckrun mid-drive, full suspension, and room for three batteries — the most capable and least practical bike on this site.
Merchant claims, dated
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No invented testing
We have not ridden these bikes. You will not find a made-up range test, a score out of ten, or a fabricated review count here.
Gaps stay visible
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If you want the short answer, it is one of these. Each links to the full review, where every claim is sourced and dated.
Most battery for the money
The V9-G60 holds 960Wh for $689 — roughly 72 cents a watt-hour, the best on this site by a wide margin. What you give up is a published torque figure, a stated sensor type and hydraulic brakes.
Merchant price, checked 2026-08-21. Verify before buying.
Best all-round buy
The Zeal LT7 is the cheapest bike VTUVIA sells and has a torque sensor where the model directly above it does not, on road-biased 27.5 × 2.6-inch tread, with a 350 lb payload rating beaten here only by VTUVIA’s own SN100 at 400 lb and the five Velotrics at 440 lb. VTUVIA states no certification for it, which is the catch.
Merchant price, checked 2026-08-21. Verify before buying.
Most capable machine
A Bafang G510 mid-drive at 160 Nm through SRAM 11-speed gearing, suspension with published travel at both ends, and two actual frame sizes. It is also $2,999 and 110 lb.
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Four brands
They are not really competitors. Each one answers a different question, and the price band tells you which question.
Budget fat-tire, big batteries
AMYET sells direct into the US market at the bottom of the fat-tire price band — $639.99 to $1,099 across the five AMYET models we cover, including the cheapest bike on this site. You get large batteries and high claimed speeds for the money. What you generally do not get is a published torque figure, a stated sensor type, a bike weight, or a payload: AMYET puts most of those numbers into advertising graphics rather than a specification sheet, and we do not transcribe advertising.
All five AMYET bikes
Mid-price, fully specified
VTUVIA now runs from $1,299 to $2,999 across six models, and the older three are the ones willing to write things down: torque in newton-metres, fork travel, rotor material, rider height, bike weight and — on the SF20H — both UL numbers. The three newest listings publish considerably less. Four of the six use a torque sensor, and the FMB is a Bafang mid-drive, so VTUVIA is no longer a hub-motor-only brand.
All six VTUVIA bikes
Mid-drives and multi-battery touring
EUNORAU runs from $1,699 to $2,999 across five models and sells more mid-drives than anyone here, where the gearing multiplies the motor’s torque as well as yours — though VTUVIA and Velotric now sell one each too. Four of the five take optional additional batteries, and the better specification sheets name their components — Bafang, SRAM, Samsung, DNM — rather than leaving them generic. The two newest listings are the thinnest.
All five EUNORAU bikes
Certification stated, conditions published
Velotric runs from $1,399 to $2,499 and is the only brand here where every model states both UL 2849 and UL 2271, names its cells to UL 2580, and claims ISO 4210. They are also the only brand on this site that publishes the conditions behind a range figure — a 187-lb rider at PAS 1 on flat roads — instead of a headline number with nothing attached. The six models span the extremes of the site: a 39 lb city bike with the smallest battery we cover, a 75 lb cargo bike with a 176 lb rack, and the only bikes here with indicators.
All six Velotric bikes
The one number that travels
Multiply a battery’s voltage by its amp-hours and you get watt-hours — the only capacity figure that compares cleanly across brands. Divide that by the price and the 22 bikes on this site sort themselves into two groups with almost no overlap.
AMYET’s V9-G60 holds 960Wh for $689, about 72 cents a watt-hour. VTUVIA’s SF20H holds 672Wh for $1,399, about $2.08. EUNORAU’s SPECTER-S holds 840Wh for $2,999, about $3.57. Nobody buying the SPECTER-S is being overcharged for battery: they are paying for a Bafang mid-drive, eleven gears, published suspension travel and a frame that comes in two sizes.
That is the whole argument of this site, and it is why we compare on what each brand is willing to write down rather than on headline wattage.
Every bike we cover
Four brands from $639.99 to $2,999, and one thing worth noticing: the cheapest bikes here carry the biggest batteries.
BEST OVERALL
The most stored energy of AMYET's two single-motor bikes, on 20-inch fat tires that suit both a rough trail and a bad city street.
1000W
Motor Capacity
65 Miles
Max Range
32 MPH
Top Speed
48V 20Ah
Battery
Merchant price, checked 2026-08-21. Verify before buying.
BEST VALUE
The cheapest way into AMYET's line, and the only one of the three on 26-inch wheels.
1000W
Motor Capacity
60 Miles
Max Range
28 MPH
Top Speed
48V 15Ah
Battery
Merchant price, checked 2026-08-21. Verify before buying.
BEST PERFORMANCE
Two motors, 1200Wh, hydraulic brakes and full suspension — the only AMYET built for terrain rather than errands.
2×1000W
Motor Capacity
75 Miles
Max Range
32 MPH
Top Speed
48V 25Ah
Battery
Merchant price, checked 2026-08-21. Verify before buying.
FOLDING DUAL MOTOR
Two 1000W motors and 1,040Wh in a folding frame, on the only 24-inch wheels we cover.
2×1000W
Motor Capacity
Not published
Claimed Range
32 MPH
Top Speed
52V 20Ah
Battery
Merchant price, checked 2026-08-27. Verify before buying.
CHEAPEST HERE
The cheapest bike on this site, and the cheapest here to claim hydraulic brakes.
1000W
Motor Capacity
35–60 Miles
Claimed Range
28 MPH
Top Speed
48V 15Ah
Battery
Merchant price, checked 2026-08-27. Verify before buying.
BEST OVERALL
The lightest bike VTUVIA sells, folding, and the only bike outside Velotric's range certified to both UL 2271 and UL 2849.
750W
Motor Capacity
70 Miles
Max Range
20 MPH
Class 2 Limit
48V 14Ah
Battery
Merchant price, checked 2026-08-21. Verify before buying.
BEST VALUE
VTUVIA's cheapest bike is also the only one with a torque sensor as standard and the highest payload rating in the VTUVIA range.
500W
Motor Capacity
70 Miles
Max Range
20 MPH
Class 2 Limit
48V 13Ah
Battery
Merchant price, checked 2026-08-21. Verify before buying.
BEST PERFORMANCE
The same 750W drivetrain as the SF20H with a switchable torque-or-cadence sensor and the widest rider fit on this site.
750W
Motor Capacity
70 Miles
Max Range
20 MPH
Class 2 Limit
48V 14Ah
Battery
Merchant price, checked 2026-08-21. Verify before buying.
DUAL BATTERY
The longest range VTUVIA claims, and a battery description we cannot turn into a number.
1000W
Motor Capacity
100 Nm
Motor Torque
90 Miles
Claimed Range
Dual 52V 21Ah
Battery (as published)
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BEST FOR HUNTING
A 400 lb payload and a torque sensor on 26-inch fat tires, in the one finish VTUVIA offers for it.
750W
Motor Capacity
70 Miles
Claimed Range
Not published
Top Speed
48V 14Ah
Battery
Merchant price, checked 2026-08-27. Verify before buying.
FULL SUSPENSION
A Bafang mid-drive with 160 Nm and real suspension at both ends — and the most expensive stored energy on this site.
1000W mid-drive
Motor Capacity
160 Nm
Motor Torque
30–50 Miles
Claimed Range
48V 14Ah
Battery
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BEST VALUE
EUNORAU's entry point: a torque-sensor step-through commuter that can carry a second battery for a claimed 100 miles.
500W
Motor Capacity
100 Miles
Dual Battery
20 MPH
Top Speed
48V 15Ah
Battery
Merchant price, checked 2026-08-22. Verify before buying.
MOST TORQUE
220 newton-metres from a Truckrun mid-drive, full suspension, and room for three batteries — the most capable and least practical bike on this site.
1000W
Mid-Drive
220 Nm
Peak Torque
20 MPH
Top Speed
52V 16Ah
Battery
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BEST PERFORMANCE
A Bafang G510 mid-drive with a torque sensor, SRAM 11-speed gearing, two frame sizes and the only stated certification in the EUNORAU range.
1000W
Bafang Mid-Drive
160 Nm
Torque
28 MPH
Top Speed
48V 17.5Ah
Battery
Merchant price, checked 2026-08-21. Verify before buying.
CONFIGURABLE PLATFORM
One bike sold several ways — a 750W rear hub at $1,899, a 1500W dual-hub AWD at $2,099, a mid-drive option, and a choice of step-over or step-thru frame.
750W
Rear Hub (Base)
220 Miles
Claimed, Three Packs
Not published
Top Speed
52V 16Ah
832Wh
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STEP-THRU MID-DRIVE
A Bafang G510 mid-drive on a step-through frame — the same motor, torque figure and $2,999 price as the SPECTER-S, with a good deal less written down.
1000W
Bafang Mid-Drive
80 Miles
Claimed, Dual Battery
Not published
Top Speed
48V 17.5Ah
840Wh
Merchant price, checked 2026-08-27. Verify before buying.
BEST ALL-ROUNDER
A 750W fat-tire bike with a lock-out hydraulic fork, a 440 lb ceiling and both UL numbers stated — with a cadence sensor at $1,899.
750W
Motor Capacity
55 Miles
Claimed PAS
20 MPH
Top Speed
48V 691Wh
Battery
Merchant price, checked 2026-08-27. Verify before buying.
LIGHTEST HERE
At 39 lb it weighs a little over half what the next lightest bike here weighs, and it is the only one you could reasonably carry up a flight of stairs.
350W
Motor Capacity
70 Miles
Claimed PAS
28 MPH
Class 3 Max
36V 352.8Wh
Battery
Merchant price, checked 2026-08-27. Verify before buying.
BEST FOR CARGO
A 176 lb rear rack and four-piston brakes — the only bike on this site built to carry a second person and stop with them aboard.
750W
Motor Capacity
52 Miles
Claimed PAS
25 MPH
Unlocked Max
48V 14.4Ah
Battery
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AIR-FORK COMMUTER
An air-sprung fork, 730Wh, a published 1100W peak and a published 61 lb weight — the Discover 2 with the missing rows filled in, for $300 more.
750W
Motor Capacity
80 Miles
Claimed PAS
20–28 MPH
Class 1/2/3
48V 730Wh
Battery
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CITY COMMUTER
750W, 705.6Wh, TEKTRO hydraulics on 180mm rotors and both UL numbers at $1,699 — with indicators in the rear light, which nothing else on this site has.
750W
Motor Capacity
75 Miles
Claimed PAS
20–28 MPH
Class 1/2/3
48V 705.6Wh
Battery
Merchant price, checked 2026-08-27. Verify before buying.
MID-DRIVE COMMUTER
Velotric’s first mid-drive on this site: 500W and 100 Nm through a 9-speed Shimano Cues cassette, and the highest torque figure of any Velotric we cover.
500W
VeloCore Mid-Drive
95 Miles
Claimed PAS
Class 1/2/3
No MPH stated
48V 801.6Wh
Battery
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Browse by what you need
Most people arrive knowing what they want the bike to do, not which model number does it. These are the routes in.
The ranking
The bikes we would spend the money on first, in the order we would actually buy them.
I live somewhere steep
Torque, gearing and why a mid-drive climbs what a hub motor cannot.
I need a high weight limit
Payload ratings run 286 to 440 lb — and seven bikes publish none at all.
Sand, snow, bad roads
What a four-inch tire actually buys, and what it costs you in range.
20, 26 or 27.5 inch?
Wheel diameter changes storage, acceleration and how the bike carries speed.
Head to head
Fifteen comparisons, brand against brand and model against model.
The four questions
None of them are answered by a spec table alone. Each of these has a guide behind it.
Almost certainly not, and the arithmetic is public. Divide the pack’s watt-hours by 20 to 25 for a fat-tire bike and you have a planning figure. A 960Wh battery is a realistic 38 to 48 miles, not 65.
How range claims are builtNot reliably. Watts describe electrical input; newton-metres describe how hard the motor turns the wheel. A 750W VTUVIA publishes 85 Nm; a 1000W VTUVIA publishes 100. A 1000W bike that publishes nothing cannot be compared at all.
Watts versus torqueThey mean UL — and there are two standards. UL 2271 covers the battery pack, UL 2849 covers the whole electrical system. Seven bikes on this site state both. Eleven state nothing at all.
What we checkMore than any spec on the list. A cadence sensor switches assist on when the pedals turn. A torque sensor scales it to how hard you push, which is the difference between riding a bicycle and steering a moped.
How to choose
Where the money goes
EUNORAU’s FLASH 2.0 publishes 220 Nm through a mid-drive, and because a mid-drive turns the chainring the gears multiply that figure — arithmetic no hub motor's torque is subject to. It also weighs nearly three times what the lightest bike here weighs, and EUNORAU publishes no payload figure for it at all.
Read the FLASH reviewWhat the spec sheets do not say
Watts describe electrical input. Newton-metres describe how hard the motor turns the wheel, which is what a hill actually demands. VTUVIA publishes 65 to 160 Nm across five of its six bikes. EUNORAU publishes 55 to 220 Nm across all five of its. AMYET publishes no torque figure for any of its five bikes.
That does not make AMYET’s motors weak. It makes them impossible to compare on the number that matters — and it is the single biggest gap in their specification sheets.
The same is true of assist sensors. A cadence sensor switches help on when the pedals turn; a torque sensor scales it to how hard you push. Thirteen of the 22 bikes here state which they use. Nine do not.
Brand against brand
The most useful pages on this site. Each one puts an entire range beside another and shows the arithmetic underneath.
Brand comparison
AMYET sells more stored energy per dollar than anyone else we cover. VTUVIA sells a specification sheet you can actually check. Neither of those is a small thing, and almost nobody needs both.
Brand comparison
One brand sells 1,200 watt-hours for $1,049 and publishes no torque figure. The other sells 840 watt-hours for $2,999 and publishes almost everything else. This is the largest gap in kind we cover.
Brand comparison
These are two of this site’s four brands, and their price bands now overlap where they once only met. The result is the closest comparison we run — and the one where the deciding specifications are the small ones.
Sixty seconds
One question, because one question is usually enough. Everything else is a trade you can read about afterwards.
Buying guides
Nine guides, written around the questions people actually arrive with rather than the ones that make good headlines.
Buying guide · 14 min
The decisions that actually determine whether you will enjoy the bike, in the order worth making them — now applied to twenty-two bikes from four brands rather than three from one.
Buying guide · 13 min
Rated, peak, nominal and "3000W". What each number means, which one predicts how a bike climbs, and which is marketing.
Buying guide · 14 min
Volts times amp-hours gives watt-hours, and watt-hours is the only battery number worth comparing across brands.
Other people’s footage
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Photography by the brands
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Before you ask
No. Ebike Rider is an independent publication. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by any of the brands we cover, and each brand name and logo belongs to its owner. We link out to the merchants’ own stores and may earn a commission if you buy through those links, which costs you nothing and does not change what we write.
No, and we will not pretend otherwise. Everything on this site is built from each merchant’s own published specifications, transcribed with the date we checked them, plus arithmetic we show our working for. You will not find a made-up range test, a score out of ten, or a fabricated review count here. Where a brand publishes nothing, we print “Not published”.
It depends on one thing: what you want the money to buy. Under $1,100 the AMYET bikes give you far more stored energy per dollar than anything else here — the V9-G60 holds 960Wh for $689. Above about $1,200 you stop buying watt-hours and start buying hydraulic brakes, torque sensors, real gearing, suspension with published travel, and specifications the brand is willing to write down.
UL 2271 certifies the battery pack; UL 2849 certifies the complete electrical system — battery, charger, controller and motor tested together. They are not interchangeable. A growing number of US cities and building managers require certification before you may store or charge an e-bike indoors. Of the 22 bikes here, seven states both standards, two state UL 2849, two says “UL certified” without naming a standard, and eleven state nothing.
Because a wrong price is worse than no price. Every figure carries the date we verified it, and once it passes our staleness window the site stops showing a number and sends you to the merchant instead. The merchant’s own page is always the authority on what you will pay today.
AMYET, VTUVIA, EUNORAU and Velotric are trademarks of their respective owners. Ebike Rider is an independent publication and is not the official website of any brand it covers. How we review.
