I started riding the Warthog MD 750. Is the bike slow because of these
massive fat tires or does this 1000 watt motor more than make up for right.
To first understand if the bike is actually fast or slow, we need to know some of the
specifications. It has a nine speed drive train. Thankfully for stopping, we have these Tektro
four piston hydraulic brakes, two pistons on each side,
and we also have large 203 millimeter rotors 48 volt, 15 amp hour batteries, Bikonit is
using their own branded inverted suspension for when the Warthog bikes first came out.
There were two different models. There was the HD 750 and the MD 1000, HD stands for hub drive
and MD stands for mid drive. So that's how you can quickly tell the difference between the
model numbers, but there are now three versions. The one that was missing in the middle, there
was the MD. 750 hub drive, 750 uses the Bafang 750 watt motor mid drive models.
Both use the Bafang Ultra. Now that's one thing that's been a little bit confusing. I know
is the fact that one is called an MD 750 and ones an MD 1000 yet they have the same
motor. So what's really the difference in power between those two. And the answer is
nothing. Well, there's actually a difference in the way that they're programmed
when they're shipped out, but that doesn't actually make a difference to
the motor itself, because if you want to override those settings, you can.
So you can actually go just as fast on the MD 750, the 1000 model. However,
of course, has the belt drive. It has a higher end suspension fork. So it does
have some other components. That makes it a higher quality or more expensive buy. I
think the best way to really get familiar with a new bike or a new model like this.
Well, the best way to do that is go ride it and ride it in the most extreme way
I can. Now, thankfully, I live about 12 miles away. And it is an 1800 foot climb
ticket to the shop. I'm not exaggerating that in any way. There's about 150 feet of downhill
along that route. So it really is just climb, climb, climb all the way.
And if I want to push a bike to its limit, what better way to do that than to push it hard
uphill for an extended period of time. It says on Google maps,
that it would take an hour and 40 minutes. To do that uphill route 1800 feet of climbing
over a 12 mile stretch. So we have an hour and 40 minutes for a standard bicycle.
So then the question is what can we do on this massive beast of a fat bike? And the answer
is drum roll please. 40 minutes. I was able to cut an hour off of the regular bicycling
time by using the Warthog MD 750. So does that mean the bike is fast or slow? Well, obviously
compared to a standard bicycle that is really, really fast, but is it fast for an electric bike?
Could we go faster if we had a narrower tire, a skinnier tire? And of course. the
answer is probably. Would we cut that dramatic of a difference off the time?
Probably not. We're probably talking, you know, five minutes or something
faster if we change things. So climbing, it does really well and has tons of torque.
And I still get a lot of exercise that is 40 minutes of continuous cycling. I'm hoping I can
improve my time just by getting into better shape, but then I have the flexibility to take
a longer route. Now, as you all know, the Warthog has those two batteries, which means in theory,
on an average ride, you could probably do 50 to 80 miles.
Now, when you're doing a steep, uphill climb, of course, you're not going to get as far, but
what if we just ran full throttle and just didn't hold back anything? Would we still make it? Well,
the answer is yes, every single time. It's really easy to do the math on this one. Because I know
that it's only taking about 40 minutes and let's say we're drawing a thousand Watts of power.
And we do that for a solid hour. Well, in theory, we would use
1000 watt hours or one kilowatt hour, but we have 1.5
kilowatt hours and it's not even taking us a full hour. So there's basically no situation
where I could possibly kill the batteries. Going up that stretch. So you don't have to really
worry about what the fat tires are consuming because there's so much extra battery on board.
It really doesn't matter. At least for this particular ride. It does everything I could
want it to do. Now what about the downhill stretch going the opposite direction? Well,
now we have 1800 feet of descent. That means we can go really, really fast.
“All right. See you tomorrow.”
I probably shouldn't even tell you how fast I've actually gotten the bike to go, because it's not
a speed I would recommend. So would I want the bike to be any faster? And here I have to say
no. And the reason is, is two fold. One is the safety factor.
The second thing is I'm already pushing some of those speed limits as it is.
So the risk of me getting a speeding ticket would go up dramatically. If
I got rid of the fat tires and again, went to something narrower. So to answer the question,
can a fat bike be a fast bike? Absolutely. Now, if you want to know more about the Warthog MD 750,
I do have more details of course, on our website, BoltonEbikes.com.
As of the release of this video, we do have a few of those in stock. And finally,
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