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electric bikes are some of the coolest tech that I've seen this year they're fast they have a lot of range and they keep on getting better and better you might remember from the previous video where I reviewed the rad power bikes and how awesome those were out in the snow these bikes are quite a bit less expensive and can still do the same stuff Ankur sent me both these bikes to review on my channel so I'm gonna unbox them take them out for a spin see how they work and give you my opinion let's get started in the last couple years electric vehicles like Electric skateboards electric bikes electric cars have all been coming more and more prevalent in the news and online they're getting easier and easier to buy all the time and that's because the technology is constantly improving while you buy this year will be completely different than what you can buy next year because it's improving so fast now I haven't taken these bikes apart yet but I imagine that these are powered by the same circular lithium ion batteries that we see inside of like the Tesla cars that anchor power house that I took apart last week and the previous rad power bike remember I'll link all this stuff down to video descriptions you can check it out and see the specs and things but it's really exciting to see how things are progressing over time and just because things are getting so good so rapidly doesn't mean you have to hold off and wait to buy one yeah technology is always improving but there's no need to hold off when things are as good as they are right now you've outdone yet yeah I mean I think I got it the horn sounds like some kind of SOS signal works pretty well so this bike right here is called the rat pack and this is what I've reviewed before last year you know we took it out in the snow it's got these huge thick tires this is the bike that was just barely sent to me from the anchor company it's also got some pretty thick tires not quite as big as the Red Rover but still pretty massive personally I think the anchor bike does look a little cooler it's got the red accents all over the middle frame and here along the seat as well it's a pretty good-looking bike I'll talk about this one here in a second it's quite a different looking beef but we'll get to that after we're done riding the big boys another benefit of this anchor bike is that it does have a fender on the back that keeps like the mud and snow from flipping up on your backpack if you're going to school or going to work or something like that this bike does not have a fender on the back or the front this one does have a fender on the front but I just didn't install it so we'll put that on later so the biggest difference between these two bikes I mean they're both fat tires they're both electric they both have motors in the back the biggest difference is price the one that I got sent from Amazon is about $800 and the one over here the red power bike that is about $1,500 now in order to test these we're gonna do a couple different things we're gonna ride them side by side see what the acceleration is and I've enlisted the help of my brother his name is Spencer to help me out so in order to turn on the red power bike there's a power button right here along the side I can just press that that gets the power going up here to the console this is also a secondary power button and so here we can see the miles per hour how many total miles it has the wattage the pedal assist mode and how much battery has left now this bike is a little bit different this is the one I got from Amazon right here there is a key that needs to be turned on so if you lose the key the bike will not work that's a little bit annoying and then it has a handle that flips up this is how you charge it right here plugs into the wall and then the whole battery pack can be removed so you can swap these out if you want seat lifts up battery pulls out see it goes back in and then here the heads-up display is not quite as in-depth is over on the rad power bike but you just hold on the power button for three seconds and the whole thing turns on it still has the pedal assist modes the low medium and high and then I'm guessing this as the battery indicator we haven't burned this down enough this is my first time riding this bike both of the bikes have the LEDs in the front so you can ride them at night and this one has your standard five gears in the back and then this one also has the same gear setup so a standard five gears and the throttle location is in the same spot is right here just kind of like a motorcycle you just grab that pull it and it starts accelerating the whole bike alright so I am currently not pedaling my bike everything is going off of the electricity now the top speed of this thing is rated right around 16 miles per hour now legally electric bike can't go faster than 20 miles per hour or that makes them like a street-legal vehicle or something like that so I think the rad power bike maxes out of 20 so technically it's probably gonna win this race but there's only one way to find out all right Spence you ready okay so what's gonna happen right now is we're both gonna take off you know we have our little throttles right here the bikes are both powered on and ready to go and we're gonna take it and we're gonna go along this path wind around and end up at that bridge over there okay Kanna one two three I'm maxed out all right so were you on the throttle the whole time or did you let off around the corners I let off on the corners okay I did the same thing but you definitely pulled away much quicker than I did your acceleration was a lot more all right so this time around we're gonna do a straight away shot see what the top speed is and to see what the acceleration is like without like a turn and it looks pretty sweet this straight away shot right here with the mountains in the background and I think we have the drone positioned somewhere up there you ready let's do it three two one go top speed no pedaling I'm coming alright Spencer so the top speed of your bike was faster than mine and it also accelerated quicker so is it worth double the price I think this bike would be a good starter bike maybe not as good of a commuter bike as the rad bike so after looking into a little bit more the motor on the rad power bike the one that my brother was riding that one is a 750 watt motor and what just means like how much power it has the motor on the anchor bike or the ain't sure but I was writing is a 300 watt motor the motor on the anchor bike even though it's half the price it's also half the power the physical features of the bike are the same but when it comes to that motor size it just doesn't have the oomph and consistency that the larger motor does so I guess at this stage in the electric vehicle game you're kind of getting what you pay for and at this moment paying double gets you twice the size of motor so that's just something to consider when buying an electric bike alright so if you remember from the first part of this video they actually sent me two bikes and this one is quite a bit different than the first one not just because of how it looks but how it behaves this whole bike can unfold in half and then the whole thing can just lock into place like that so it won't fold in half while you're riding it so the biggest difference between this bike and the other bike is obviously that it folds in half as well as the smaller tire size and the battery location is actually right here on the front inside of this little pouch instead of under like the back side of the bike like it was before but it still has the top speed of 16 miles per hour and it's a lot lighter and more portable and when I say light I would say it's probably about thirty pounds give or take 35 pounds because batteries and motors still weigh quite a bit so right here there is a major shock in the backs like if I press down on the back seat there's some major absorption going on there and this one also has shocks on the front tire which is quite a bit different than the mountain-bike which had no shocks on the front tire it just had the huge fat tires so even though this bike is a little bit smaller as far as like the tires and stuff go the motor is smaller as well the total price of this bike is 750 bucks and the motor is a 250 watt versus the 300 watt that we've tried before and the 750 watt from the rad power bike it's cheaper lighter but also slightly less powerful I'll have all the pricing and stuff linked down the video description and the most important thing is when you're buying these bikes make sure you read the reviews about them like I have tested these initially and I've given my opinion on them but your best bet is going to be reading reviews from other customers who have tested the bikes before you can usually trust what the reviews say either way I really like where this electronic technology is headed in the future I think everything is going to be electric bikes cars anything every mode of transportation is going to be electric so I'm gonna pack this thing back up I'll flip this up unlatch it here and the whole thing can fold in half anyway if you have any questions about any of these bikes or any electric vehicles that you want me to test in the future Tesla is on the schedule let me know down in the comments leave a thumbs up if you like this video and thanks a ton for watching I'll see you around