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VTUVIA FMB

Name: VTUVIA FMB
Brand: VTUVIA
Price: 2999 USD

A Bafang mid-drive with 160 Nm and real suspension at both ends — and the most expensive stored energy on this site.

$2,999

Merchant price, checked 2026-08-27. Verify before buying.

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1000W mid-drive
Motor Capacity
160 Nm
Motor Torque
30–50 Miles
Claimed Range
48V 14Ah
Battery

Specifications transcribed from VTUVIA’s product page on 2026-08-27. We have not ridden this bike.

Our verdict — FULL SUSPENSION

The FMB is the only mid-drive and the only full-suspension bike in VTUVIA’s range, and it is built from parts you can look up: a Bafang G510 rated at 1000W with a 1300W peak and 160 Nm, an SR Suntour XCM32 fork, an EXA air shock at the rear and 27.5 × 2.8-inch Maxxis tires. A mid-drive puts its power through the gears rather than the hub, so it climbs steep loose ground in a way no hub motor here can match. Then you reach the battery. It is 672Wh — the same pack as the $1,399 SF20H — on a $2,999 bike, which is $4.46 per watt-hour and the most expensive stored energy on this site, ahead of Velotric’s T1 ST Plus at $3.97. VTUVIA is at least straight about what that buys you: the claimed range is 30 to 50 miles, not the 70 they print for the same pack elsewhere, and that honesty is worth saying out loud. Buy the FMB for the drivetrain and the suspension. You are not buying watt-hours, and the listing does not pretend you are.

Buy it if

You ride proper trail. Full suspension with a named fork and an air rear shock is not something the rest of VTUVIA’s range offers at any price.
You climb steep, loose ground where a hub motor stalls. A mid-drive using the gears is a different tool.
You want the most torque VTUVIA publishes — 160 Nm, against 100 Nm on the Gemini.
You want 27.5 × 2.8-inch Maxxis tires rather than 4-inch fat tires, for a bike that turns rather than ploughs.

Skip it if

You are buying range. 672Wh at $2,999 is $4.46 per watt-hour, the most expensive energy on this site.
You want to know what stops it. The listing publishes nothing at all about the brakes.
You want a specification sheet you can compare. Drivetrain, sensor, weight, payload, frame and display are all unpublished.
You commute. A mid-drive wears its chain and cassette faster and gives you nothing back on flat tarmac.

$2,999

Merchant price, checked 2026-08-27. Verify before buying.

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What we like

Bafang G510 mid-drive with 160 Nm — the highest torque figure VTUVIA publishes
Genuine full suspension, with the SR Suntour fork and EXA air shock both named
Maxxis 27.5 × 2.8-inch tires, a named brand on a plus-tire trail setup
The only mid-drive and the only full-suspension bike in VTUVIA’s range
A 30–50 mile range claim whose lower end matches the arithmetic, where the rest of the range claims 70 from the same pack

What gives us pause

$4.46 per watt-hour — the most expensive stored energy on this site
672Wh is the same pack as the $1,399 SF20H, at more than twice the price
Nothing published about the brakes: no type, no brand, no rotor size
No drivetrain published, on a bike whose motor drives through the gears
The merchant’s compare-at price of $2,199 is lower than the $2,999 asking price — a data error, so no saving is shown here
No sensor, weight, payload, frame, display or certification published

Why this bike is here

VTUVIA lists the FMB in its own Best Sellers collection, checked on 2026-08-27. That is the merchant’s claim about what sells, not a measurement of ours — we have no sales data for any bike on this site, and neither does anyone outside VTUVIA.

Specifications

What VTUVIA publishes about the FMB

Merchant claims on the left of each row, our reading indented beneath. Where the merchant publishes nothing, the row says so.

Every figure below is the merchant's own published claim, transcribed from their product page on 2026-08-27. Indented notes are ours. We have not ridden this bike and we do not publish measurements we did not take.

Motor & performance

Rated motor

Bafang G510 mid-drive motor, 1000W

The only mid-drive VTUVIA sells. A mid-drive turns the cranks rather than the wheel, so it uses the gears you already have — which is why it climbs steep, loose ground that stalls a hub motor, and why it wears a chain faster.

Peak motor

1300W peak

Motor torque

160 Nm

The highest torque figure VTUVIA publishes, well clear of the Gemini’s 100 Nm, and it matches EUNORAU’s SPECTER-S 3.0. Only the EUNORAU FLASH 2.0 at 220 Nm goes higher on this site. Through the gears rather than through the hub, that number does more work than the same figure would on a hub motor.

Top speed

Not published

No speed figure or class is stated for the FMB.

Assist sensor

Not published

Not stated. Bafang’s G510 is commonly paired with a torque sensor, but VTUVIA does not say so and we do not fill in a specification from what a component usually comes with.

Battery & range

Battery

48V 14Ah pack, LG or Samsung cells

Energy capacity

672Wh

48V × 14Ah = 672Wh nominal — the same capacity as the $1,399 SF20H, on a bike costing $2,999. That is $4.46 per watt-hour ($2,999 ÷ 672Wh), the most expensive stored energy on this site, ahead of Velotric’s T1 ST Plus at $3.97. The money is in the motor, the fork and the shock, and it is worth being clear-eyed that none of it is in the battery.

Claimed range

30–50 miles

A modest band, and an honest one. VTUVIA claims up to 70 miles from this same 672Wh pack on the SF20H, SX20 and SN100; here they claim 30 to 50. Check it: 672Wh over 50 miles is 13.4Wh per mile, and over 30 miles it is 22.4Wh per mile — and 22.4Wh per mile is close to what a mid-drive on 27.5 × 2.8-inch tires actually draws. This is the one range claim in VTUVIA’s line-up whose lower end matches the arithmetic.

Charge time

Not published

Frame & running gear

Frame

Not published

The frame material is not stated, only that it is a full-suspension design.

Wheel size

27.5 inch

Tire

Maxxis 27.5" × 2.8"

A named tire brand, which is rare on the listings we read. 2.8 inches is a plus tire rather than a fat one — narrower and faster-rolling than the 4-inch tires on the rest of VTUVIA’s range, and better suited to a trail bike.

Suspension

Full suspension: SR Suntour XCM32 fork with EXA air rear shock

Both units named, and the rear is an air shock rather than a coil, which means it can be set to your weight with a pump. The only full-suspension bike VTUVIA sells. Travel figures are not published for either end.

Brakes

Not published

Nothing is published about the brakes on this listing — no type, no brand, no rotor size — on the most expensive bike VTUVIA sells and the one with the most torque. VTUVIA names LOGAN hydraulics and 180mm rotors on bikes costing half as much. This is the single largest gap on the page and worth a direct question before ordering.

Drivetrain

Not published

No gear count, chainring or derailleur is published. On a mid-drive that is a real omission: the motor drives through the gears, so the drivetrain is part of how the bike climbs, not an accessory to it.

Display

Not published

Fit & limits

Max payload

Not published

Not published, where VTUVIA states 330 lb, 350 lb and 400 lb across the rest of the range.

Bike weight

Not published

Rider height

Not published

Water resistance

Not published

Buying it

Certification

Not stated on the product listing

No UL standard is named. VTUVIA states UL 2271 and UL 2849 for the $1,399 SF20H, so the omission on their most expensive bike is a choice rather than a house style. Ask before you order if it matters to you.

Warranty

Not published

VTUVIA states a two-year frame warranty on other listings; nothing is stated here and we do not carry it across.

Assembly

Not published

In the box

Not published

Shipping

Not published

Returns

See VTUVIA’s published return policy at checkout

Questions

FMB — common questions

Why does this page show no discount when VTUVIA lists a higher-looking crossed-out price?

Because the numbers are the wrong way round. VTUVIA’s listing carries a compare-at price of $2,199 against a selling price of $2,999 — the "was" price is $800 lower than the "now" price. That is a data-entry error in the merchant’s own record, not a discount and not a price rise, and presenting it as either would mislead you. We have set no original price for the FMB and we show no saving until VTUVIA corrects the field.

Is the FMB good value?

Not on energy, and it is worth doing that sum plainly. $2,999 for 672Wh is $4.46 per watt-hour, the highest figure on this site — ahead of Velotric’s T1 ST Plus at $3.97, and against $0.72 for AMYET’s G60. What you are buying instead is a Bafang G510 mid-drive, 160 Nm, a named fork and an air rear shock. Those are expensive parts and they do things no hub-motor bike here does. Judge it on the drivetrain and the suspension, because on watt-hours it is the worst buy we cover.

What does a mid-drive actually change?

Where the power goes in. A hub motor drives the wheel directly, at whatever speed the wheel happens to be turning; a mid-drive drives the cranks, so it passes through your gears and can be geared down for a steep climb exactly as your legs are. That is why 160 Nm at the crank climbs loose, steep ground that stalls a hub motor. The costs are a chain and cassette that wear faster, and no drive at all if the chain comes off.

How far will it really go?

VTUVIA claims 30 to 50 miles, and unusually the lower end of that band stands up to arithmetic. 672Wh over 50 miles works out at 13.4Wh per mile, which is optimistic; over 30 miles it is 22.4Wh per mile, which is close to what a mid-drive on 2.8-inch tires draws on mixed ground. On real trail, with climbing, expect the low end. VTUVIA claiming 30 to 50 here while claiming 70 from the same pack on their cheaper bikes is the most honest range statement in their line-up.

What brakes does it have?

VTUVIA does not say. Not the type, not the brand, not the rotor size — nothing, on the most expensive bike they sell and the one with the most torque. They name LOGAN hydraulic brakes and 180mm rotors on bikes at half the price, so the silence here is conspicuous rather than customary. We are not going to assume a full-suspension mid-drive has hydraulics because it ought to. Ask VTUVIA before you order.

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