what's happening everyone my name is Alex and welcome back in today's video we're checking out
one of the latest electric bicycles from Fiido called the Fiido X so this is a lightweight
foldable Urban bike this way it's just under 20 kilos so compared to other e-bikes that I
got to try in the past this is fairly light and because it is foldable you can easily take it on
the subway on the bus or you can put it in your car's trunk so it does become quite compact when
folded we have 20 inch wheels on the back and on the front then you can get this bike with either
a 350 watt motor or 250 watt motor I personally have the version with the 350 watt motor and I
highly recommend that you buy this version over the other one even though this one is a bit more
expensive the top speed for this particular bike is 32 kilometers an hour and according
to manufacturer you can get up to 110 kilometers on one charge but we'll talk more about that later
on I'm in the video so let's start the super quick unboxing just so I can show you how the
bike comes wrapped in the Box all right so the bike comes in a fairly big box but you kind of
expect that an electric bicycle and inside the Box the bike is wrapped really well so no damage to it
um during Transportation now you do have to do a bit of an installation when you take this out
of the box and it's going to take you about 20 minutes to 30 minutes to get this ready and on
the road I found that it takes the most time to actually put on the mud guards on the front and
on the back so that takes the longest but once you put those on you can take the bike out right away
all right so the bike itself looks super unique this is probably the best looking bike that Fiido
made them so far and that has a lot to do with the fact that the battery pack is not located in the
frame so the frame can look a bit different so the battery pack on this bike is actually right here
in the seat post you're basically sitting on top of from the battery pack this is also removable
so you can take this out if you don't leave it on in the bike and this is also lockable so on
the back here we have a keypad so you can actually lock the the battery inside the the bike so this
way nobody is going to be able to steal it and you can also lock the bicycle with that keypad
so the bike is basically locked up until you put the passcode that you want the passcode can also
be changed them out of the box the passcode is zero one two three four five one I believe
so the bike is basically locked up until you put that passcode and then it turns on
since you're talking about its foldable design I might as well show you how this works so this
is the folding mechanism right here underneath here we have the safety pin you basically pull
on that and then you open the latch and then the bicycle lamp folds and of course you can fold
it all the way and you're done with it you can put it back together this is also foldable here
so this goes down like this and the pedals are also foldable now the pedals are made
out of plastic and I kind of wish the pedals would have been made out of
metal but no they are made out of plastic so you can easily fold this and unfold them and we have
a dog here as well for the video whenever you're done with it you can fold this back up and then
you're ready to go unlike many other e-bikes out there this one is equipped with a torque sensor
and having a torque sensor makes a big difference for the power delivery for the e-bikes that don't
have a torque sensor there a bit um aggressive I'm gonna say well with this one the power delivery is
very smooth so the bike kind of Senses how you're pushing on the pedal and it gives you the exact
amount of power that you need for that particular situation all right moving to the back here and
on the back here of course we have the latching mechanism for the seat I kind of showed you how
that works of course you can move this up or down and as I said the battery pack is locked with the
Locking System that we have here and then we have the rear light of course you can turn on the rear
light and the headlight from a button on the display here we also have the mud guard on the
back here you can put this on or take them off I personally kind of like how the bicycle looks
without this but I put them on just for the video so you can see how they look then we have a seven
on gear Shimano shifter on the back there and of course the 350 watt motor that we have on in the
wheel here on this other side we have a disc brake and this bicycle also has hydraulic brakes so the
stopping power from this bicycle is extremely extremely good actually I feel the bike has
more stopping power than most other e-bikes that I got to try even though it's not that the powerful
oval e-bike so I feel that even mechanical brakes would have done okay moving on to the front of the
bicycle once again we have a plastic mud guard then once again I feel that if you remove this
the bicycle will look even better and we have the disc brake there and the same hydraulic braking
system that we have on on the back so really good braking on this bicycle on the front here we have
the headlight the headlight is bright enough to be seen during the day and at night of course
it's powerful enough so it can light the path ahead of you so good lights on this bicycle and
then we're moving on to the handle bars so The Handlebar is nice and wide so whenever you are
sitting on the bicycle you don't feel cramped and now the bicycle itself is fairly small so
it depends how tall you are you may feel a bit too big for it in some situations I feel that for me
personally I do fit on it okay so the handlebars here are nice and wide I love the the grips here
they don't move at all and they're nice and grippy I'm gonna see of course we have the shifter on
the right hand side here and shifting up and down gears no issues whatsoever I'll actually show you
how that works later on when I test out um this with the camera on my chest but we'll see that
later of course we have the brake levers here and then we have the little bell this is a mechanical
belt and then we have a display now finally the display can be seen in a direct sunlight with
other Fiido bikes that I got to try in the past you couldn't really see that display if it would
be sunny out about to this one yes we can see it however the display doesn't show you that much so
you see how much battery you have and the speed that you're doing and the odometer but other than
that you don't really see much with the display and of course the bike also has three modes like
most electric bikes out there so the third mode is the most assistance that you're gonna get whenever
you're pedaling and lastly the seat so we do have pretty decent padding on the seat but I feel that
I get a bit tired after I ride this for about an hour so I kind of need a break so the seat could
have been a bit more padded than I'm gonna say but maybe you can get used to it after you ride them
a few more times all right so this bike is also a bit different than most other electric bikes that
I got to try in the past so this one we don't get a throttle so you cannot go on electricity
only so on the rear motor only you always have to Pedal as I mentioned you can choose the assistance
level from the little screen here and we do have three levels of assistance personally I
ride in level of assistance number three because that makes riding much easier so basically the
more you push on those pedals the more power the bike will give you but there is no way to go on
this particular bicycle on electric modem only you always have two pedals so this may makes it
more of a conventional bike than a e-bike I'm gonna say all right so talking about range so
according to the manufacturer with a model that has the 350 watt motor so the one that I have
here you can get up to 110 kilometers on one charge now for me personally and the location
where I am because we do have a lot of Hills I'm also a bit heavier than most people I am able
to get around 70 kilometers on one charge but it really depends on the terrain that you're riding
and of course the level of assistance that you're using because if you're using level of assistance
number three like me of course you're gonna be using more power now the 350 watt motor I feel
that it has plenty of power for most situations however when you start going uphill some steeper
Hills you will feel the burn in your legs because well there isn't that much power
so whatever there are steep hills the bike struggles a bit but I'm gonna actually take
you on a little ride to the camera mounted on my chest so you can see how the bike performs so that
being said let me grab that camera we'll go for a little bike ride I'll show you how the bike starts
up how it pedals and so on and I'll show you the the riding experience basically so let me grab
that camera and we'll go for a ride all right so let me show you how powering this on works so we
have a power button right here under the seat so you press that and then you enter the code
I hope you can actually see on the camera
so now the bicycle is on because you heard that beep we also have the light on there
and I'm not sure if you can actually see the display on the camera so from the mode button
here we can switch the lights on or off and from this button we can switch the mode so we have
three modes so number one number two and of course number three and from here as I said you can turn
on and off the headlights all right so we'll go for a little bike ride we're in mod 3 right now
so as soon as you start pedaling the bike will start assisting you
and we can also see Laura here
so the more you push on those pedals the more the bike can all assist you
can probably hear the electric motor as well
so shifting up
so we are doing about 24 kilometers an hour shifting down and breaking so really good stopping
power on these brakes so it doesn't matter what gear you're in as soon as you push that
pedal that torque sensor senses that and it will give you the power that you need so go this way
and breaking
so really good stopping power so yeah that easy to ride this bike as you can see my knees don't
exactly hit the handlebars here no matter what I do so overall comfortable position okay and
we're gonna start our hill climbing test so I am in the second gear and I'm in mod 3. so the
maximum level of assistance now this is a pretty steep hill here most scooters stop around here
so here I do have to put quite a bit of effort to keep on pedaling
it's definitely helping me but a 350 watt motor is definitely not ideal uphill
so now we're in the first gear and yeah I do have to put a lot of effort
so this is how this bike sickle will climb Hills so if you do have a lot of films around
where you live this is definitely not ideal for hill climbing
so there you have it this is the Fido X electric bicycle a very unique looking bicycle I love the
fact that we have the battery pack in the seat post here it does make the bike look different
the Locking System that we have on the back here I guess it could be helpful but in some situations
it does take a while to actually unlock the bike and get going sometimes you press the wrong button
once and then you have to do it all over again so in some situations it's helpful in some situations
makes the bike experience a bit clunky the range is great for a urban bike I'm gonna say because
what are you gonna ride more than 70 kilometers you're going to end up home or somewhere you
actually charge the bike you can also remove this and just take this upstairs or wherever
you live and just charge the battery and so on and charging the battery takes about seven to eight an
hour so you basically charge it overnight so there you have it this is the Fido X electric bicycle
hopefully you guys enjoyed this video thanks for watching and I'll see you in the next one