this 20-inch E Bike here is called the Wildcat C1 now it is a carbon fiber foldable 20 inch e-bike
so the frame it folds in half right here the handlebars they do also come down and because it
has the carbon fiber frame to it it is lightweight for this style of bike and being an e-bike it is
17 kilos just a fraction over now the battery pack it is 10 amp hours gives us a range they
claim wellcat of up to 100 kilometers it's a 36 volt system Powers a rear hub motor which is 250
Watts now because this is a more upmarket foldable e-bike it does have a torque sensor so when you
start to Pedal it pretty much gives you that power straight away and it's very smooth power delivery
the wheels on it 20 inches row tires 2.3 inch wide and it does have mechanical 160 millimeter
disc brakes so with the handlebars when they fold down here and then the bike in half it makes it
quite easy to fit the is for example in the trunk of the boot of a car so it does have a tail light
and a headlight incorporated into the design of it a large color display here too and up to five
different pedal levels pedal assist levels the brakes with the C1 Wildcat here they are
mechanical disc brakes a 160 millimeters this is pretty standard it would be nice if had Hydraulics
but I think because of the foldable design it might not actually be possible but still as you
see later on with my braking test the performance of these brakes isn't actually bad at all and as
I mentioned at the start there the motor is 250 Watts it runs off a 36 volt system with a maximum
speed of 25 kilometers per hour which is the legal limit here the tourney derelia here pretty
standard here very low end Shimano but it works well and we have seven speeds tires the Wildcat
C1 has uh road tires here directional I can't see any brand on them and they are 2.3 inches
wide and 20 inches the bike does come with a LED light at the Frontier headlight now it's bright
enough that you can see where you are riding at night time and it does have a reflector below
it rear tail light which is also an LED and you can get this a customized nameplate for the bike
just like the bikes the pedals too are a foldable design so you can press them in and then fold them
up it's a little difficult to do it you do get the hang of it and then you need to pull them down and
they clip into place the front fork does have a quick release so it's very easy to remove this
front wheel but there isn't one on the rear which is pretty normal now I do like the frame finish
it is this painted matte blue here which looks great and we've got at the top here this little
accent that is a synthetic style leather now the folding mechanism there's a little latch in here
that you do need to push up then pull the lever down and you can drop and fold down the handlebars
which then does collapse down like so then the folding match is the same there's a little lever
here that you need to push forward and then pull out the lever and you can fold the bike
in half which then gives us the bike's complete folded State like so I can even drop the seat
post down which is locked in place the seat post is also the battery so with it folded up you can
easily fit it in the trunk or the boot of a car or store it away under a stairwell for example
and because the seat post is actually our battery 10 amp hours 36 volt system
it is locked into place you can adjust the seat of course with this but you just need
to unlock it here pull on this lever just the height of it or completely remove the battery
so Wildcat does sell mud guards for this particular model here and you'll find the
mounting points and the screws do come with the bike but it is an optional extra I believe
the Wildcat C1 does use the lock grips here are pedal assist levels so plus and minus five
different levels power on button is just right here and then we've got our mode button there
is a bell incorporated into the front brake lever pretty standard and the brake levers do feel good
nice and firm gear selector is the typical thumb style one here from Shimano so seven
speeds and our rear brake this bike does have a very clear display so you can see our speed
battery power and the pedal assist level so zero obviously that is off right up to five
the odometer trip time pressing the M button the mode button you can then see the average speed
and maximum speed even the wattage right there so it's a great display 3.5 inches TFT panel
the charge port for this e-bike is located here and to charge this 10 amp hour battery
it will take six hours so you probably need to do that overnight so it's ready for the morning for
those longer rides you may be doing so what is this Wildcat C1 like to ride it's the best way
to describe it like a BMX basically so from your childhood memories of riding bmx's well
it's pretty much the same kind of thing but foldable maybe even a little bit lighter and
of course with the motor so it does have a torque sensor most other brands will go with the cheaper
speed sensor that doesn't work quite as well this just gives you that power straight away the
power's gonna be very smooth and you can see my knees are nowhere near the handlebars so there's
no risk of me when you do normal turning circles I really have in my knees Hit The Handlebar that has
not happened to me yet so it is very smooth when you power along and to get up to 25 kilometers per
hour the more you put in the more it will give you that motor up to 25 kilometers per hour so
it is a 250 watt motor which is the legal limit here and that 25 kilometers per hour
is the legal limit to as well so restricted by the EU law but it rides really nice so perfect
for this just riding and cruising along in bike Lanes a perfect A to B commute bike here
has the seven speeds goes through them nicely here no real problems with the changes as long
as it hasn't taken any damage in the Box it actually comes in a big crate wooden
crate as long as that Derulo doesn't get knocked about the gear changes will be nice and smooth
crime says time so this is about a 25 degree climb that I'm going to go up and I've got it
in the first gear and pedal assist level number five and this seems easy I can just go up this
nice and slow I don't have to put that much effort in because I am in the lower skier the first gear
I could probably even go up a couple of Gears so even though it's only a 200 watt motor 36
volts it seems to be doing this okay now I've got to put a little bit of effort in I would
estimate that maybe about 40 my effort 60 from the motor and I can see on the screen the power
gauge is right up the top so it's the maximum output here and it's doing fine I can happily
climb up this Steep Hill like this as for the brakes so very stock standard 160 millimeter
mechanical disc brakes the brake levers have a good feel to them so from this White Post foreign
good braking distance it's very easy to lock up the rear with it
but overall the brakes aren't bad for mechanical disc brakes
what about our top speed so I'm in the seventh gear here highest gear pedaling
as fast as I can I can get it up to around 34 kilometers per hour
maybe around 35 36 it's easy enough to do and of course doing so right
now I'm not using up that battery at all once it goes over 25 kilometers per hour
and how is the range on it well they do claim it you can get up to a hundred kilometers now
I don't see that really being possible unless maybe number one you weigh about 50 kilos number
two you only use pedal assist level number one now I mostly use pill assist three four five at
times on the climbs and things and I am able to get around about 60 kilometers you could probably
go around 65 with a few climbs and then riding mostly on the flat do bear in mind that when
you start to Pedal over 25 kilometers per hour the motor then is not working at all so you're
not using the battery the battery I do like the fact that it is locked into place so no one can
just go along and remove it unlatch it and just take it no and it means later on if you do need
a replacement it should be pretty easy to do that 10 amp hours is a fairly decent capacity
for this style of bike and the range being able to get about 60 for a 20 inch rim bike
is very good so the finish here of the carbon fiber frame I I really like it I like this blue
they've gone with and I cannot see really any imperfections with it it's nice this little
accent here they've got with what looks like a well it's a synthetic style leather on the top
the torque sensor works really well gives you that power pretty much instantaneous when you
need it it'll work straight away on the climbs and okay it's only 250 Watts it does climb reasonably
well as long as you're in the lower gear there and the top speed does seem to be pretty good now the
braking performance excellent for mechanical disc brakes they are really good they bite
really well and I've got no complaints with the braking performance of this it is a very smooth
cruisy ride thanks to those tires they're street tires they don't seem to have a brand on them but
they're good and they're 2.3 inches wide a little bit wider than what some other manufacturers do
use for 20 inch rims overall everything checks out it is yes an expensive e-bike it's about 1800 US
dollars but you are getting quite a bit more than and the other bikes that yes do the same job but
this is lighter better range better components better materials a good set of LED headlight and
tail light on it too as well which you do like the only real cons for me and this is minor is
the kickstand I find this kickstand to be very annoying it's quite short and they've placed
it right on the end of the frame here and it's very easy for the bike just to topple over and
it's expensive you don't want to be damaging it the other is another Miner I've heard a
little bit of a squeak noise sometimes just out the front but there's no real play in the fork
just a tiny little bit and it's just where the front locking mechanism is here for that
foldable handlebar so that has made a couple of noises so it's just minor little things
of an otherwise excellent carbon fiber 20 inch foldable e-bike here the wellcat C1