hi Chris here with another Fat world e-bike this time it's a 20 inch size one but the four inch
wide tires and it's foldable so that means it folds in half here the frame the handlebars also
drop down making it a lot smaller than other bikes and it's very convenient that you can
now store this say under a stairwell fitted into tighter spaces where you just can't other bikes
it's from a company called pvy I've reviewed one of their bikes before and this model is the z20
plus our motor which is in the rear hub it's a 48 volt system and it's up to a thousand Watts
Peak so it has plenty of power of this model these tires are from Chow Yang I see a lot
of Chao Yang tires in fact all of the e-bikes recently that a fat wheel all seem to use this
brand they're not bad they're knobbly tired so they're designed really for off-road they make
a lot of road noise when you're riding I kind of like that because people do hear you coming but
they have very poor rolling resistance to them you see we do have metal mud guards comes with
a bike rack and a rear light now this tail light here is two stage and it does have indicators in
it now they're a little hard to make out in the daytime those indicators but at night you can
see them no surprise with the setup of our gears so it's shimano's tourney so this is very bottom
end and this is what most of the bikes are using either that or the Dior or Altus and the chain
this one is a tech power brand chain so not the typical KMC chains that I see on these bikes
so front crank here does have a plastic chain Guy this is to stop it from coming off the
pedals they're not well go they're no brand pedals they seem to be okay and you see I've got a key
dangling here that's because you need it in the actual bike locked into place and turned on when
you are riding so the battery is non-removable if it's locked there into place and when you pull the
key out no one can just go along and open the bike up and then slot out that battery that's the whole
idea of it the key is also an ignition switch for it the bike has a full suspension setup and a rear
shock this is a no brand rear shock it's got approximately 20 millimeters of travel it does
something and is certainly better than having no rear shock pvy selected a very wide seat now
it does have Springs in it and the style of it almost looks like those old-fashioned motorcycle
seats it is very comfortable but the width of it did take a while for me to get used to the bike
does not have a quick release front hub the only quick release you'll find is the seat post so the
brakes these are no brand brakes they're hydraulic at least 160 millimeter and they do perform well
as you'll see later on in the video when I do my emergency brake test a front shock here is
a no-brand one which is very common with these style of bikes around this price range sometimes
maybe get a sun tour but you'll never find a rock shock or a fox now for travel it has about
45 millimeters that I've calculated according to the grease Marks here there's adjustable preload
and you can lock it out completely so this front headlight is very common I've seen it used across
various different brands it's got four LEDs in it it is powerful I do like it it does the job and it
will light the path up ahead of you when you're riding at night the latch mechanism for the fold
is the same as others now I've washed the bike and this little security latch here that you need
to push forward first already has a little bit of surface rust on it which is not great we're
not off to a good start there so you simply pull that forward and then open the latch and you can
proceed then to part the bike in half and fold it and doing so then gives us access to the removable
batteries so the capacity of it is 16.5 amp hours or 792 Watt hours then folding The Handlebar down
you've got this little security that slides in and Slots into the side of the handle to stop it from
dropping down not that that should happen you just simply need to pull on it and then the handlebars
collapse drop down to one side so this is what it looks like when you do Fold It Up completely it
makes the bike so much smaller and this is the key reason why you'd be buying this bike is because
you need it to be a lot smaller for stowing it away perhaps in Winter if you don't ride or to
fit it in the trunk or boot of a car all right we've got our gear selector so that's to go up
then down the gears there's the throttle and they aren't using lock grip so see this style of cheap
hand grips on all of these bikes there are a few rare occasions you do get the lock grips with them
on the left our tail light headlight on and off The Horn which is very loud it's one of
the loudest or up there with the others and this is to select the left and right indicators which
are only on the rear now these Plastics used here they do feel a little bit cheap we've got our
power on to cycle through the different modes of the screen and up and down our pedal assist levels
the screen is a color display it gives you all the key information you'd want so your pedal assist
levels your speed the battery life is at the top and we've got voltage trip meter odometer and amps
you can view all of that now it's actually a lot brighter than what I'm showing here on video you
can make it out indirect sunlight and at night too it is backlit sorry there is another quick
release and that's for The Handlebar height so you can easily raise and lower that handlebar
and you can get it at that height where you're not bent over so it's a very comfortable bike to
ride on no torque sensor with the z20 plus it's using a speed sensor like most of these bikes so
just what does it like to write the z20 plus here well the fat Wheels make it comfortable the frame
is quite low so it's very easy to get on almost as easy as a step through design with it and that
kickstand well it does support the weight of the bike just fine I've had no problems with it it
doesn't feel like it's going to fall over they've got the angle pretty much right bang on there of
how you want that kickstand to be now when you are riding it it's an upright position I do have
plenty of room for my knees so I'll just show you what it's like to get onto this bike too now
because it's very easy so you can just get your leg over there's there's nothing in the way there
and then I don't even need to Pedal I'm just going to use now the throttle to go up this
I can start to Pedal now too it's got so much power just to tackle this climb here with no
issues purely more or less the same story about the same speed it can get up to the more iPad or
the faster it starts to get to in this climb so excellent climbing performance with the z20 Plus
so braking test now 160 millimeter hydraulic disc brakes from 30 kilometers per hour whoa locking up
that rear so I did slide a little bit that did not help but overall good brakes I don't know
what brand they are because there's no markings on them whatsoever but they do seem to perform well
there's plenty of bite with the brake pads too so I can comfortably brake at safe distances [Music]
so what's our top speed like of the bike if you get it in the seventh gear which of course is
our highest gear here and pedal away it can get up to around about 30 kilometers per hour going
over that especially if you don't have the motor on to assist you does start to get very difficult
because of only the 20 inch size wheels so this is very bumpy Paving it's all over the place up
and down you can hear the chain slapping about a little bit but it's very comfortable and a seat
too because it's got the springs in there makes it quite comfortable now the weight of this bike
it's 22 kilos and it does cater to Rider Heights of 155 centimeters up to 200. overall pvy has an
excellent bike here I really can't fault it the suspension the nice spongy fat tires very nice
soft seat to it as well the fact that you can raise up the handlebars it's very comfortable
good braking performance even though they're no brand brakes they do work really well and
the range well they say up to 120 kilometers from a single charge I'm not able to get that
I'm looking at about 60 65 that's what I can get out of the 16.5 amp hour battery there's
only really one area of minor criticism from me with this bike here and that's the speed sensor
that sometimes when you stop pedaling it still goes for a second or two later normally about
a second it doesn't cut out straight away so that said I really wish it did have a torque
sensor other than that the Z2 any plus here is a fantastic foldable 20 inch Fat weldy Bike