VTUVIA ranked
VTUVIA’s three oldest listings sell specification you can check. The three newest sell rather less of it — and one of them, the FMB, is a Bafang mid-drive, which means this is no longer a hub-motor-only brand.
Ranked on published specification and value per watt-hour. We have not ridden these bikes.
BEST OVERALL
Sixty pounds — the lightest fat-tire bike on the whole site — and it folds. It ties Velotric’s T1 ST Plus as the cheapest bike here stating both UL 2271 and UL 2849, and is the only one outside Velotric’s range to do so. Six hundred and seventy-two watt-hours at $1,399 is about $2.08 per watt-hour, which only the Zeal LT7 matches inside this range, and the brakes are specified down to the martensitic stainless rotor material, which is a level of detail almost nobody offers at this price.
Against it: Cadence sensor rather than torque, which is the one thing the cheaper Zeal LT7 does better. Eighty-five newton-metres is matched by the SF20H and beaten by the Gemini’s 100 Nm and by EUNORAU’s FLASH Lite rear hub at 92 Nm, and the fork is the only suspension.
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BEST VALUE
The cheapest bike VTUVIA sells and the one with the torque sensor — assist that scales with how hard you push rather than switching on when the cranks turn. Add 27.5 × 2.6" wheels that genuinely roll on tarmac, a 350 lb payload beaten in this range only by the SN100’s 400 lb, published 80mm fork travel and a Shimano derailleur named to its model number, and it is the most equipment per dollar in the middle of the market.
Against it: VTUVIA states no certification for this model, where the SF20H states two. It is also the smallest pack in the range at 624Wh and the lowest torque figure at 65 Nm, and it is a road bike — not a trail or sand bike.
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BEST PERFORMANCE
A switchable sensor — torque mode when you want the bike to feel like a bicycle, cadence mode when your legs are done — and a 5’0” fit floor that only Velotric’s three Discovers now go below, at 4’11”. For shorter riders who want a step-through fat-tire folder, that is the whole argument.
Against it: Same 750W motor, same 85 Nm, same 672Wh as the SF20H, ten pounds heavier at 70 lb, $200 more, and no UL number where the SF20H has two. At about $2.38 per watt-hour it is level with the SN100 and beaten inside VTUVIA’s range only by the FMB, though nine bikes elsewhere on this site cost more per watt-hour still.
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DUAL BATTERY
One hundred newton-metres is more than any confirmed single hub motor on this site publishes — the nearest is EUNORAU’s FLASH Lite rear hub at 92 Nm — and more than any VTUVIA states except the mid-drive FMB. VTUVIA does not say where the motor sits. The torque sensor is named outright — VTUVIA writes it into the colour option values rather than leaving you to infer it. Hydraulic discs, a hydraulic front fork and 26 × 4-inch tires make it the most capable rough-ground bike VTUVIA sells short of the mid-drive FMB, and the claimed 90 miles is the longest range VTUVIA publishes anywhere.
Against it: The battery is described only as "Dual 52V 21Ah", which is either 1,092Wh or 2,184Wh depending on whether that is one pack or two, so no capacity and no price per watt-hour can honestly be printed for it — and at $1,899 that is the number you most need. No payload beyond the word "heavy", no top speed or class, no weight, no frame, no drivetrain and no certification. Ask VTUVIA to resolve the battery in writing before you order.
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BEST FOR HUNTING
Four hundred pounds of payload — the most VTUVIA rates any bike to carry, and behind only the five Velotrics at 440 lb across the whole site — with a torque sensor as standard, which is what slow, loaded riding over broken ground actually wants. Twenty-six-inch fat tires, hydraulic discs, Shimano 7-speed gearing and lights fitted to the bike rather than bought for it.
Against it: The UL claim names no standard: "with UL certification" is not the sentence VTUVIA writes for the SF20H, which names UL 2271 and UL 2849 for $200 less. No torque figure, no peak output, no weight, no frame detail and no top speed or class. At $1,599 for 672Wh it is about $2.38 per watt-hour, where the same pack on the SF20H works out at $2.08. Camo is the only finish listed.
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FULL SUSPENSION
The only mid-drive and the only full-suspension bike VTUVIA sells, built from parts you can look up: a Bafang G510 at 1000W and 160 Nm, an SR Suntour XCM32 fork, an EXA air rear shock and Maxxis 27.5 × 2.8-inch tires. A mid-drive turns the chainring rather than the wheel, so the cassette multiplies that 160 Nm on a climb — something no hub motor’s torque can be multiplied by at any ratio. VTUVIA also claims only 30 to 50 miles from it, where the same 672Wh pack is credited with 70 elsewhere in the range — an unusually honest number, and worth saying so out loud.
Against it: Six hundred and seventy-two watt-hours in a $2,999 bike is $4.46 per watt-hour ($2,999 ÷ 672Wh), the most expensive stored energy on this site, for the same pack the $1,399 SF20H carries. Nothing at all is published about the brakes, the drivetrain, the sensor, the weight, the payload or the certification. And VTUVIA’s compare-at price of $2,199 sits below the $2,999 it asks — a data error rather than a discount, so no saving is shown against it here.
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Side by side
01 · BEST OVERALL
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02 · BEST VALUE
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03 · BEST PERFORMANCE
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04 · DUAL BATTERY
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05 · BEST FOR HUNTING
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06 · FULL SUSPENSION
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| Compare | BEST OVERALL VTUVIA SF20H | BEST VALUE VTUVIA Zeal LT7 | BEST PERFORMANCE VTUVIA SX20 | DUAL BATTERY VTUVIA Gemini | BEST FOR HUNTING VTUVIA SN100 | FULL SUSPENSION VTUVIA FMB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | VTUVIA | VTUVIA | VTUVIA | VTUVIA | VTUVIA | VTUVIA |
| Best for | Riders who need the bike to fold and to be liftable, and who want certification paperwork they can show a building manager. | Daily road commuting where ride quality, a natural-feeling assist and a high weight limit matter more than raw power. | Riders who want to choose how the assist behaves day to day, and shorter riders who struggle to fit a standard frame. | Long days on rough ground, for a rider willing to ask VTUVIA one direct question about the battery first. | Carrying a rider and a load over rough, quiet ground, where a natural-feeling assist and a high weight limit matter more than a top speed. | Steep, loose, technical trail riding where a mid-drive and real suspension are the point, and range is not. |
| Rated motor | 750W | 500W | 750W | 1000W | 750W | 1000W mid-drive |
| Torque | 85 Nm | 65 Nm | 85 Nm | 100 Nm | Not published | 160 Nm |
| Energy capacity | 672Wh | 624Wh | 672Wh | See note — not resolvable | 672Wh | 672Wh |
| Claimed range | 40–70 mi | 38–70 mi | 40–70 mi | Up to 90 mi | Up to 70 mi | 30–50 mi |
| Top speed | 20 MPH (Class 2) | 20 MPH (Class 2) | 20 MPH (Class 2) | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Wheel size | 20" | 27.5" | 20" | 26" | 26" | 27.5" |
| Brakes | 180mm hydraulic disc | 180mm hydraulic disc | 180mm hydraulic disc | Hydraulic disc | Hydraulic disc | Not published |
| Assist sensor | Cadence | Torque sensor | Dual (switchable) | Torque sensor | Torque sensor | Not published |
| Bike weight | 60 lb | 62 lb | 70 lb | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Price | $1,399 | $1,299 | $1,599 | $1,899 | $1,599 | $2,999 |
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All figures are merchant claims, dated on each product page. Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
All figures are merchant claims, dated on each product page.
Written-down specification — on the three bikes that have been here longest. The SF20H, the Zeal LT7 and the SX20 each publish a motor torque figure, a bare bike weight, a rider height range, a 180mm rotor size (martensitic stainless, on the SF20H) and, unusually, separate range figures for pedal assist and for throttle-only riding rather than one flattering headline.
The three newest listings do not keep that up. Taking the range as it now stands, VTUVIA states a torque figure for five of the six bikes — the SN100 is the exception — a sensor type for five, and a bare bike weight for only three. The Gemini, the SN100 and the FMB publish no weight, no rider height, no frame detail and no top speed or class at all. That is the listings' own limit rather than a gap on our part, and it is worth knowing before you reach for VTUVIA as the brand that writes things down.
The FMB is a Bafang G510 mid-drive rated at 1000W with a 1300W peak and 160 Nm, on genuine full suspension — an SR Suntour XCM32 fork and an EXA air rear shock — with Maxxis 27.5 × 2.8-inch tires. A mid-drive turns the chainring rather than the wheel, so the gears multiply its torque exactly as they multiply yours. That used to be EUNORAU's argument alone on this site. It is not any more: counting the FMB, the EUNORAU FLASH, SPECTER-S and SPECTER-ST, and Velotric's Discover M, there are five mid-drives here across three brands.
The FMB also sets a record nobody wants. Its pack is 672Wh — the same one the $1,399 SF20H carries — in a $2,999 bike, which is $4.46 per watt-hour ($2,999 ÷ 672Wh) and the most expensive stored energy on this site, ahead of Velotric's T1 ST Plus at $3.97. One thing to be clear about on price: VTUVIA's compare-at figure for the FMB, $2,199, is lower than the $2,999 it asks. That is a merchant data error rather than a discount, and no saving is shown for it here or anywhere else on this site.
The Gemini is a different sort of problem. VTUVIA describes its battery as "Dual 52V 21Ah" and never says whether that is one pack or two — 1,092Wh or 2,184Wh, a factor of two in both capacity and value — so we print no watt-hour figure and no price per watt-hour for it at all, and it cannot be placed on the value table with the rest.
Four of the six use a torque sensor: the Zeal LT7 has V-Adapt as standard, the SX20 has a switchable torque-or-cadence system, and the Gemini and the SN100 both state one — the Gemini names it inside its own colour option values. The SF20H is cadence-only, and the FMB publishes nothing at all. It still does not track price: the cheapest bike in the range has one of the better sensors, and the dearest does not say what it has.
The SF20H states both UL 2271, which certifies the battery pack, and UL 2849, which certifies the complete electrical system. It ties Velotric's T1 ST Plus as the cheapest bike on this site to state both, and is the only one outside Velotric's range to do so — if a building manager has asked you for certification in writing it is among the strongest paperwork here.
The Zeal LT7, the SX20, the Gemini and the FMB state nothing. The SN100 sits in between: its battery is described as "with UL certification" without naming a standard, which is a materially weaker claim than the SF20H's and we record it as the weaker claim it is. Because VTUVIA clearly knows how to name a standard when it has one, we treat those omissions as meaningful rather than as oversights, and we do not carry the SF20H's numbers across the range.
VTUVIA publishes its own best-sellers collection, and all three appear in it. That is the only basis on which any of them is called a best seller here: the merchant lists them there, and we are reporting that rather than asserting it ourselves. We have no sales data of our own for any bike on this site, and nobody outside the merchants does. The collection runs to fourteen entries, but several of those are colour variants of a single bike, which is why three models came out of it rather than fourteen.
Questions
The SF20H at $1,399 if you carry the bike or need certification in writing: 60 lb, folding, and the only bike outside Velotric’s range stating both UL 2271 and UL 2849. The Zeal LT7 at $1,299 if you commute on tarmac — it is the cheapest bike in the range and it has a torque sensor, which changes how the bike feels more than any other component. The SN100 if you are a heavier rider or carry a load, the Gemini only once VTUVIA has told you in writing how much battery it actually has, and the FMB only if you ride real trail and are not buying range.
They share a motor, a torque figure, a battery and a wheel size. The SX20 adds the switchable torque-or-cadence sensor and a fit range starting at 5’0”; it also weighs 70 lb against 60 lb and states no UL number where the SF20H states two. If you are tall enough for the SF20H and you ever lift the bike, the SF20H is the better buy. If you are around five foot, the SX20 earns its premium on fit alone.
It measures how hard you are pressing the pedals and scales the motor to match, instead of simply applying a fixed assist level whenever the cranks turn. In practice the bike surges as you stand on a climb and eases as you soft-pedal, which most riders describe as the difference between riding a bicycle and steering a moped. It also tends to stretch range, because you are not drawing full assist on flat ground.
No, and the answer has become more complicated as the range has grown. VTUVIA states UL 2271 and UL 2849 for the SF20H. It states nothing at all for the Zeal LT7, the SX20, the Gemini or the FMB. For the SN100 it describes the battery as "with UL certification" without naming a standard, which is a weaker claim than the SF20H’s and we record it as such rather than rounding it up. Since VTUVIA clearly knows how to name a standard when it has one, we treat the omissions as meaningful and do not carry the SF20H’s numbers across the range.
On stored energy, badly — and that is the honest answer. VTUVIA’s bikes run about $2.08 to $4.46 per nominal watt-hour against AMYET’s $0.72 to $1.06, and the Gemini cannot be placed on that scale at all, because VTUVIA does not say how much battery it has. What the extra money buys now varies by model: hydraulic brakes on five of the six, a published torque figure on five, a torque sensor on four, a published bike weight on three, and two named UL standards on one. On the three oldest listings it also buys published fork travel, rider heights and separate pedal-assist and throttle range figures, none of which the three newest offer. Whether that is worth roughly double AMYET depends entirely on which VTUVIA you are looking at.
Because the merchant’s data is wrong, not because there is a saving. VTUVIA lists a compare-at price of $2,199 against an asking price of $2,999, which is the wrong way round for a discount. We treat it as a data-entry error, record no original price for the bike and show no percentage saved. Every other price on this site is reported as published, with the date we last checked it.