Today we are going to test electric fatbike Picnic in tough winter conditions.
First of all before we start our test we have to equip our bike with studded tires!
We have a decent winter set of tires, with such studs ice and snow are absolutely not
a problem.
And taking into account performance of our bike, the test is going to be exciting.
So make some tea and get comfortable my friends, its time to begin, lets go!
Hi there as usually its me just a voice over you are watching review machines and today
we again are going to test electric fatbike Picnic 2x2.
As you may remember we already have done a review of this bike.
If you haven’t seen I recommend to do that.
We tried to make the best of this bike in summer conditions.
It is really pretty exciting model due to its characteristics and simple and clear design.
Besides we measured the range of the bike in summer.
Today we are going to make a range test as well to compare the summer and winter results.
Though we reviewed the specs of the bike in summer video, nevertheless let me remind you
of its main features.
Picnic bike its an electric fatbike with 20 inches wide wheels.
The frame is welded from steel tubes.
It looks quite peculiar and may seem even a bit odd.
But many people love such a design, and it is obvious that it is inspired by extremely
popular Super 73 bikes.
By the way it would be more correct to call it a moped, not bicycle, cause there are pedals
and motors and big seat suitable for two people.
Both wheels are equipped with electric reducer motors 750 watts each.
In this way we have here all wheels drive with total power 1500 kilowatts that taking
into account reducer motors makes our bike a real electric beast.
Each motor has its own lithium battery 48 volts power and 15 AH capacity.
There is a big bright display, good quality accessories, throttle handles are made of
pleasant to touch rubber.
Both wheels are equipped with hydraulic disk brakes and wide metal fenders.
And probably the most important feauture – this awesome old fashioned head lamp, it looks
so cool, doesn’t it?
Well it is high time to start our winter tests.
But the matter is I am not pro rider.
And to show you all the capabilities of the bike we invited a real pro rider, a talented
engineer and reckless vehicles tester.
Meet Vitalik!
Lets go!
Well it seems that winter active riding is a tough thing even for such skilled rider
like Vitaly.
While he is getting used to the bike, I’d like to mention that I’ve been using this
bike for half a year already, and its milage is pretty large.
So I by the moment I’d had enough of practice to make some conclusions of the bike.
And I can say it is really amazing bike.
Everyone who tried it was pretty impressed with the performance of dual reducer motors.
It is definitely a dream electric fatbike, but for one thing.
I think the only drawback of the bike it is lacking of the suspension system.
Wide fat tires provide some smoothness of course, but if you are lover of suspension
performance, it is probably not your variant.
For all that as I said its an amazing bike, it even can do some dope stuff like this.
Meatime the rider Vitalik is getting hung of this bike more and more.
And as a matter of fact with such studded aggressive tires and due to the all wheel
drive this Picnicbike can really be an all seasonall electric fatbike.
Also I should mention pretty effective hydraulic brakes.
But what can it really do?
First of all lets try to go on the bike right through the deep snow.
So what is the result?
Due to the perfect torque the bike is going through the snow with the depth up to the
wheels hubs.
Well the studs do their job perfectly, but lets try on a deeper snow.
And in such conditions the bike can go only with the help of riders legs.
No wonder I should say.
Lets remember that we are testing a bicycle not a snowmobile!
Besides we see that the weight balance is not even.
The rear wheel has much more load than the front one .
Lets try to tow the ATV with the weight of almost half a ton to test the torque.
Well it manages to stir the ATV as we can see quite that I think quite an impressive
result.
Generally speaking there is every reason to say that Picnicbike 2x2 on studded tires is
pretty capable winter transport that is quite effective on winter forest roads, on cross
country and on hills.
Just have a look at the previous video to see what it can on hills.
Meantime we are going on a flat snowy road and here the bike can show us the best performance.
There is a hard snow here and ice, but due to the aggressive tires and all wheel drive
the traction is perfect in these conditions.
Lets check the maximum speed now and compare it with our summer results.
I remind you that the summer result is 44 kmh.
We are moving on the atv with the same speed as the bike and as we can see the result is
42 kmh.
Not bad taking into account the studs and winter conditions.
And it is high time to the most important test.
Now we are checking the range in winter conditions.
Firstly lets check the summer result.
It is 45 kms with one battery.
So with double battery the result is 90 kms.
Today the test will be much harder taking into account the frosty weather and snow on
the road.
Nevertheless lets begin.
Well guys what you think if our rider deserves some more likes than usually taking into account
the hardest weather conditions.
He is going through the snow and frost and only your likes can warm him a little.
This test took us much time but after all the bike switched off.
So it is time to find out the final result.
And the result is 25 kms with one battery, consequently 50 kms with double battery pack.
So we’ve got the result almost twice as less as in summer.
Now wonder with such weather conditions.
And now it is high time to speak about the prices.
The picnic bike 2x2 with 2 motors and 2 batteries costs 1800 dollars.
And it is time to wrap it up guys, please post your comments what you think of this
bike.
Do you use your fatbikes in winter?
What is your range results in frosty weather on snow?
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