I'm back now with fiido's T1 but it is the T1 Pro here and this according to Fido is the version
three of it that I do have so they've made some revisions to it some tweaks some enhancements the
big one is the breaking performance now greatly improved it's got 180 millimeter hydraulic disc
brakes from a company called Rush they've narrowed down the rear bike rack here they're reasoning
behind that feeder told me it was to cater for more accessories this seat post can now drop down
a bit lower because it's got a lower frame here to cater for Rider height of 150 centimeters up
to 200 centimeters and they have made some changes big ones to the frame so they've reinforced it it
has an internal structure in the frame now we've added just a little bit more reinforcing around
these areas because apparently the version one of the bike did have some hairline fractures and some
issues with it I didn't encounter that myself and it had never had any problems with my T1
but the T1 Pro now is even stronger there for people that really want to load this cargo
bike up so we've got the bike rack at the front here which is one of my favorite things about it
because it's nice and deep and I can put for example some groceries go shopping with us
put it all in the top here and it will take the equivalent of a normal sized shopping bag there
from the front and the front headlight is one of my favorite things too because it's super bright
it's got those daytime running LEDs and it really does stand out great safety and not only that it
has a low beam and a high beam as you can see now so this is really good for safety and hands
down by far this has the best front headlight that I've seen on an e-bike video has the same tires as
before they are the CST Brand the model is the big boat so they're four inches wide 20 inch rims here
I have a minor little nitpick with these tires and that is they don't really have a lot of tread to
them when you look at them closely they've got about two millimeters of tread that's it so if
you ride a lot you do a lot of kilometers a lot of miles you're probably going to have to change
these tires in about a year or two now the rear hub motor this is 750 watts it's quite powerful
great for climbs and if you've got it unlocked it can get you up to speeds of over 40 kilometers per
hour but I'll be riding around here locked down to 25 kilometers per hour for the legal limit here
with the EU regulations now it's got seven gears and it is the tourney set up here from Shimano
with its typical selector I find it works well the derailleur out of the box was aligned really
well so I have not had any issues with it at all we get these plastic mud guards now they don't
rattle about and being plastic means you don't have to worry about Stone chips or them rusting
or anything like that a rear tail light too which is reasonably bright I like the safety aspect of
this the lighting on this bike is fantastic and we do have reflectors in the rims too
now we've got 52 teeth here at the front with our crank speed sensors located on the other side and
our chain is a KMC Z brand or chain so it's a known brand there and these pedals I thought
they were from wellgo but they're not they seem to be a no brand pedal made out of ABS style plastic
and they do seem to be strong and up to the job same no brand front shock it's not too bad they
are getting better these shocks even though yes they're not a fox or a rock shock or anything like
that so the travel up to around about here you can see from the grease Mark which I've calculated
to be around about 60 70 millimeters of travel it almost bottoms out completely now we've got
adjustable preload and you can even lock it out completely if you wanted to the T1 has a large
battery it's 20 amp hours and you can remove it it's also locked into place now the good thing
about this lock it's also an ignition switch so you can completely disable the bike you're going
to need the key you've got two of them in order to turn it on now to remove the battery it looks
like the seat's going to be in the way right you'd have to remove it no there's a little
release here for the seat you can move it up like so and then you turn the key here and the battery
can come out completely like so now this is a 48 volt system that it's running off the charge time
of this very large battery is rather slow it's about seven to eight hours so you'd normally
charge this overnight now feedu claims it can do up to 150 kilometers with this 20 amp hour battery
the bike has two mounting points here for a bottle holder or accessories you could load up
more cargo there little packs or something and they do claim that the bike can take 200 kilos
total weight so 80 kilos on the rear bike rack which is a lot and then 120 kilo Rider maximum
weight on the seat so the seat is very well cushioned there's a lot of padding in this and
it does have some Springs here so it's a sprung seat but also the seat post does have a shock
built into it which also soaks up some of those bumps so it's really comfortable riding this bike
so these hydraulic brakes and the levers they are from rush they have a very good feel to them
and yes the levers are adjustable as you can see there's adjustment right there in red the display
is different from what I had on the original T1 model it's this unit here that I've seen a
lot of before the good news is they seem to have somehow fixed the problem of the brightness of
this display so you can see our battery bar right here this is the trip meter and you can see the
pedal assist level so one two and three there's three being the maximum of course or if you press
it again it's off completely now if you double tap that will change the units from kilometers
and kilometers per hour to then miles and miles per hour and it's a bright display and it can
be made out in direct sunlight so we've got our switch here for the high beam the low beam this
is our horn I'll give you a sample of it it's very loud one of the loudest that I've heard recently
and the grips here these are not lock grips so they do move about a little bit Fido has used
a thumb style throttle so this is the push down style one not the twist now I've got
it set and pedal assist level zero so this should not work at the moment pedal assist
level one and above if you press this it'll just take off and we've got our gear selector
right here Shimano and we have seven gears in total no problems with the alignment it
does seem to work well the selector there is some adjustment to the handlebars too so if
you loosen this off a little bit you can pull the handlebars towards you or push them away from you
now the ride really has not changed from the original Fido T1 that I reviewed the version one
that's been the version three so the seat is now a little lower this is not as wide as mentioned
and the big change that you do notice is that the braking performance now is a lot better of
course if you never had the first model then you won't know any different at all there so what I
like about this Frame is that it's quite big it's quite spacious this big wide comfortable seat with
the shock on it and it's an easy bike to get onto too too because it does have like a step through
design you've got no bar there in the middle so as soon as I start to Pedal the speed sensor so
it does not have a torque sensor then gives us that assistance now feedu claimed they've tweaked
this they've improved it they've improved the algorithm to it so it seems to come on a little
sooner that's the only thing I've really notice compared to the first model from what I remember
so we've got people walking in a bike lane which they shouldn't be doing here of course
but anyway it is a very comfortable bike this upright riding position do like it very smooth
and of course I don't even need to Pedal if I want I can stop peddling now and just use the throttle
so press down on that throttle and away I go this is another method if you're feeling a little tired
or something you don't want to Pedal then you can just use it in the straight out moped mode but of
course that consumes probably about two or three times more battery than if you were pebbling you
got the three pedal assist levels too right away so you do feel the front shock now and then soaks
up a little of the few little bumps imperfections in the road it's not an off-road bike at all
and for things like riding down this like not quite a full curb you feel that seat and the
seat feels a bit unusual at first when you ride because it's quite spongy it goes up and down and
when you first experience that it feels a bit weird and I'm used to having a hard fixed seat
post that does not do that so top speed up to 25 kilometers per hour is what you're able to get up
to with the assistance and then of course if you keep pedaling on your own power which I'll do now
I can get up to around about 30 32 33 kilometers per hour on the flat here [Music]
notice about this bike is it feels very planted because of its heavy weight so it
is 37 approximate kilos that is heavy but it does make it feel planted sits on the road well rides
really well and on the flat if I was to turn off the pedal assist completely which I have done now
I can pedal along like this it's a little harder but on the flat it is possible I'm in the seventh
gear here and my climb test spot now so this is about 20 degrees 25 we have a very powerful rear
hub 750 watt motor and it is doing this climb with absolute ease not a problem at all so much power
I'm in the third gear I could even probably go into the fourth gear now I'll use that push down
thumb throttle now won't fit oh stop pedaling and there we go it is gaining speed in fact
it's getting up to now 17 18 kilometers per hour so it's an effortless climber if you hate your
climbs you hate having to put in a lot of effort you don't want to get sweaty then this bike is
ideal for this really does love climbing so I'll turn off the pedal assist completely now it's off
and I'm in the third gear so that's not a very good move and I should not change gears under
load so that was very bad on my part but now in the first gear and yeah this is possible but boy
this is going to be one hell of a workout to get up here in the first gear with no motor assistance
and then our braking performance so 180 millimeter hydraulic disc brakes from 30 kilometers per hour
really good very good for 20 inch sized rims here Wheels braking performance is excellent they did
a really good move there wise move Fido moving over to hydraulic disc brakes the lever feel
great levers just feel so much better and they just have a lot more bite a lot more pressure
being applied more evenly to those discs so very good braking performance that's the real big
improvement with the new T1 Pro okay so the range is the same as before because we've got the same
combination 20 amp hour 48 volt battery combined with the 750 watt motor which is quite powerful
Now using pedal assist level 3 I'm able to achieve around 80 to 90 kilometers from a single charge
which is really what I was getting out of the original model now if you use of course a lower
pedal assist level you weigh a little bit less than me I'm 82 kilos then you'll get much better
range than that but will you be able to achieve their claim of 150 kilometers I highly doubt that
I think that's a little bit over exaggerated there in terms of range what you can get out
of 20 inch wheels especially so the improvements I love the brakes now they really have fixed that
minor complaint of mine on the original model that the brakes just weren't really that great and they
were average and these ones they've got plenty of bite to them plenty of braking performance
there from the hydraulic 180 millimeter disc brakes the frame improvements I've not really
noticed any different any difference really on it compared to the original model because
I didn't have any issues with the original model I didn't have any hairline fractures or problems
so they're reinforced are they tubing they've got an insert inside it as well to make it even
stronger they've changed some of the part around here they've lowered the frame down a little all
a lot stronger so that's a welcome change of course and that front headlight absolutely
fantastic it's one of the best that I've ever seen on an e-bike really love the model you've got the
high and low beam setup and you've got the daytime running led the only light that's similar to this
one is probably that in the angry M20 model very similar there but this is even better this one's
super bright the only thing is that when you turn the handlebar that light does not turn with you
because it's attached to the front basket here now the front basket makes it very practical if
you normally ride with a backpack on well you can just put it in the front here instead of having
it on you and you've got options of course with the rear tray here and attachments that you could
put on so you can really load this thing up as a proper cargo by like that so I love it I think it
is a great bike here really have been enjoying it the downside to it is well the display is a little
bit smaller but I don't really find that to be an issue is what was the big one with the original
model too is the weight of this thing it's about 30 37 kilos it is heavy if you do T1 Pro so thanks
a lot for watching my review here and I do hope to see you in the next e-bike review bye for now