FAQs

 The bike senses your pedalling effort and amplifies it with power from the rear hub motor. 

Placing the motor in the rear wheel allows for greater acceleration and a natural feeling ride. 

It’s a 220W rear hub motor, powered by a lithium ion battery (which is integrated into the top tube).

You can charge the ebike by simply plugging the charger into the nearest mains socket, using the charging port located on the top tube. The charging time is 3 hours.

You can also easily remove the battery to charge, just remove the seat post and security screw to slide the battery out, then plug into the mains using the charger.

No, not on the current version of our ebike, but for future models we are looking to feature regenerative braking to recover energy during braking.

We currently don’t have any plans to build a non-electric version, however it is possible to change the assistance level on our ebike. You can choose from 6 different levels of assistance, including off, if you fancy more of a workout.

As the handlebars are a sensitive part during the fold of the bike, on the current version it isn’t possible to change the handlebars. The handlebar height however can easily be adjusted up to 80mm to suit you.

We have chosen to manufacture and assemble our ebike in Taiwan, renowned for its high quality manufacturing particularly for aluminium bikes and specialist frames. 

For your peace of mind, the bike’s battery locks into the frame with a security screw to deter theft.

Yes! An extended 600mm seat post will be available, which should be fine for riders up to 6ft 6″. The handlebars are also adjustable up to 80mm. 

Our co-founder Alex is 6ft 6″ and the ebike is designed so that he can ride it comfortably. 

In order to make the fold as compact as possible we opted for a 74mm front hub which unfortunately does not support dics brakes.

Instead we have opted for high end rim brakes. 

The rims on the FLIT-16 are 16″ 349 ETRTO so most tyres made for this rim type will fit. Some of the very large tyres like Schwalbe Big Apple will not fit. 

Yes. Our seatpost is designed to accept standard saddle rails – meaning all standard saddles are compatible. 

Our ebike has just one gear, but with our responsive torque sensing system you won’t need any! This means less maintenance and makes the bike lighter too.

The motor has a one-way clutch so when the motor cuts out (i.e. speed>25kph or system off) the wheel behaves much like a normal wheel.

Folding bikes tend to have a more rear heavy weight distribution than non-folders (this is to allow for a compact fold when the rear portion of the frame swings under).

This, combined with the small wheels, gives relatively little weight over the front wheel. This issue is exacerbated when going uphill, since the weight distribution shifts even more rearwards and the demand for torque from the motor increases. This can be accounted for by capping the max torque from the motor so as to minimise the likelihood of slipping but at the cost of reduced assistance.

For these reasons we opted for a rear hub motor, a good choice as our 220W gives much better acceleration than larger 250W front hub motors. This is because we can use maximum motor torque without worrying about wheel slip.