Spark Bikes Spark Mini Review - $1.6k 

Just bought one of these 3 weeks ago. Very nice ride. Added SP12 NCX suspension seat post works really well. He missed or didn't know you can change the number of assist levels to 3, 5, or 9 on the screen. Needs to be done in the settings. I also run mime at 10psi on the front and 12psi on the rear tire. Makes the steering less twitchy. I also had some nice panniers from an older Giant mountain bike which fit this one really nicely. Love the bike!!

You perform very thorough bike reviews and your site spec sheets are awesome. TY!

Guys. Finally bought the RIZE mini bike a month and a half ago. NO REGRETS (YET). Total Spent $2,500CAD (+$300 for hydraulic brakes and 19.2ah battery. +$50 for assembly on pickup). So because I was lucky and live in Vancouver where the headquarters is, I got to call in ahead and tried the bike at their office. The customer rep Jay, went above and beyond to help me out, he even unlocked the speed limit for me :) I was pretty much sold after 10 minutes of testing. I bought on Friday afternoon, and the bike was ready for me Tuesday afternoon fully assembled and ready for pickup. No issues. Previously I had tested both the Rad Mini Step Thru white and black and now MY Rize Mini in Black. I'm not sure if the bikes I tested at RAD scaled down the sensitivity or speed for safety but it was slow going uphill although it made it. The Rad Mini also sort of slowly eases into full speed when throttling taking longer to reach full speed whatever that is. I think I hit 25-28km/hour only. I'm not sure if it could have went faster but it was my first time testing an e-bike and I didn't know better to ask the guy to unlock the speed. Was a shame because I did my research and I was literally ready to buy the bike, it does in my opinion still LOOK better visually than my RIZE bike. I kept test riding to give the RAD bike the benefit of the doubt until finally by the time I rode back to the store they were already closing. Unfortunately I never made it back. Fast forward to my Rize bike. The moment I tested the bike it was a monster. Fast & Fucking Furious. Unlocked it can go up to 45km. Solid Hydraulic brakes with suspension and light both front and back. The RAD may look prettier but the RIZE is as someone told me "more bike for the buck". I mean...19.2ah. I went out today with 100% battery and came home 2 hours later with 100% battery. Wtf. The ONLY thing I think this bike can do better at at it's price range is to allow for a mounting basket in the front of the bike as there is no attachment screw thing available for modding in the front. So I guess you can put one of those bags on the back rack or wear a backpack. RAD does accessories better than RIZE with more options but man those add-ons are expensive AF. Another thing I learned is when you buy a U Lock buy one that is LONGER because the bike tires they are fat man, and the average U lock is a tight fit around the bike tire and a pole. Overall, because of such a sick bike and such a great dude behind the customer service desk (Jay). I can't recommend Rize enough. Ball is in their hands I hope they don't drop it! Knocks on wood. PS. will update after more rides.

IN the UK, this bike is marketed as EFF product, I have been hunting down reviews on the later, came across your review by chance which has been a useful review, placing the bike high on my list.

I’m 6”1 and about 280 and it feels great and even just going up with the seat I was able to fit perfect

My husband and I bought 2 of the Bolts about 9 months ago. Then afterwards we heard they were being rebrands as Rize Bikes. We loved the bikes however my husband noticed his chain was skipping. Upon inspection he has discovered that the rear sprockets on both of our bikes are wearing down. We have tried to find out were we can get new ones or repairs. No one touches them! I have 345km and he has 1230km on his bike. Totally road and city driving. There is no reason why the metal should be wearing. Anyone have suggestions.

Court says 63.4 lbs. but Spark says 66 lbs.! Who's right? Nice fat folder but I wonder about customer support from this company.As usual a very clear and detailed review from our premier review guy.

Best reviews as always! Thanks. Have you reviewed the foldable Lectric XP mini recently released? $899 on “pre-sale”.

This is the best fat tire folding mini ebike with the most features I think really looks solid and also finders and back rack,, awesome review

Another great, detailed video review by Court of EBR ! After seeing/reading on a lot of HQ folding 20" fat tire ebikes over several weeks, i think this SPARK BIKES MINI is so far the BEST overall (and with the best features for the price).... Some additional UPGRADES i would like to see as standard (which i wouldnt mind paying a bit extra for) are : an ELECTRIC HORN (louder/safer for pedestrians and traffic), a simple, vertical SUSPENSION SEATPOST, metallic-BLUE RIMS and choice of either a BRIGHT RED or BRIGHT GREEN accent on the F/R of frame (safer/easily seen in traffic and would give it a much more pleasing/attractive appearance).... A MAJOR practical addition for the purchaser to add would be a Portable Rear-Rack Bag (attaches to a rack by velcro straps), with a handle, multi-pockets, and two fold-out side PANNIER BAGS (for food market shopping, etc). A few different versions (named Rukey, CamGo, etc) are available online for around $30-$40. TOPEAK has a Quick-Release Rack Bag (with fold-out pannier bags) at over $100, but with TOP quality features (NOTE : for use on non-TOPEAK racks, their pricey optional rack adapter-plate is required for the QR feature).

I just bought a bike very similar to this one, main difference being mine has dual 750W motors and I've called the bike 'The Wolf' Wow wow wow what a ride or should I say what a glide !!

This seems like the best bike for the buck you ever reviewed

id love to know how well a 500w motor would work with a 240lb rider with typical load of extra 30-40lbs in my bag that i wear i have a 1000w Direct drive kid right now that the battery is dead on

Anyone see that Jaw Aging Exercise device, commercial? No wonder my wife looks 20 years younger than me, she is always yapping her Jaws and never shuts up and stops complaining :o/ From now On I will be Yapping back so I can get my Youth Back :o) Ohh by the way, great review. Thanks. ;o)

cool bike. . . I don't think they make it any more as of 2021. Too good to be true? They gave up the folding thing at Spark bikes. I wonder about folding bikes. Maybe a peculiar annomaly that won't be so available in the near future?

Please review their newest bike the Spark Bikes Blade.

Does anyone know if this company is still in business? Was going to buy the Radmini, bit this spark bike is what I've been looking for with all the specs. There US website is all sold out with no in stock dates only promises of future pre orders. Canada website is fully stocked. It's a shame if they did go under

Rad mini or Spark mini - which is a better choice? hmmm? Even if you compared it to the lower 13Ah with no hydraulic brakes spark model - would love to know the pros a cons- thx

Pardon my naivete, but is that big bar going from the seat down to the read axle a kind of crash bar to protect the machinery in that area. I love this bike, but the rear half looks very messy and not streamlined, plus having the battery located in a very old-style position IMO.

I can't find this bike anywhere on the internet. Did they discontinue it?

I would paint those Silver metal fender holders Flat Black. that would make the bike look alot better. along with most metal parts that are silver in color. Blacked out bikes look amazing. At least to me they do ;o)

HVe you looked at the Havoc Adrenalized by Fabulous E Bikes?

Better deal than the RAD Mini as RAD charges extra for the fenders and rear rack which can add up to $240 - for a RAD bike which is already $400 more. So for an equivalent RAD Mini it cost $640 (CDN) more than this bike.

Very interesting, how would rate this in comparison to the alterego bikes velovillain sport 750 ? I like that this bike has hydraulic brakes, a bigger battery ( those are optional I know) and costs less, but wonder if it's lacking something significant because of that lower price, or maybe alter ego bikes is just being a bit more greedy :/

What is the collar on this that keeps the bikeseat post in place? I just popped mine to pieces and am trying hard to see how to assemble it back together.

I have a very similar bike called EFF Sport, are they the same bike?

Good informative video, Thanks for sharing. I just subbed your channel.

Nice looking ebike. What is the total weight that this bike can handle?

Anyone with any info would be greatly appreciated. There IG account is down, there Facebook last post was june 28th. There entire US website is sold out with no word on in stock items. Did anyone purchase this bike and have any info. Thanks in advance

Does anyone know if this bike is heavy to carry upstairs if you live in a city apartment?

Hey where can I purchase one of these they look pretty good.

Where IS the Auxiliary Battery Connection For Extended Range located on this bike?

im about to buy my first fat tire ebike and ive got two contenders, this is now my third. what, in your opinion is better, rad mini, addmotor motan m 140 or this bike.. because this bike seems so great for the price, but i keep thinking the rad mini is the best electric fat folding bike right now for its price. any opinion would be great thank you.

This bike is cool. I hope you do a review on Spark Bike Blade too.

Did not see a review on the motor. Could you elaborate here

Any links on where and how to buy 2 of these?

There's sum folding ebikes with fat tires on amazon with prices around 800/900 usd. I was looking on this Ecotric. 36v, 500w. But can't really find any good RU-vid reviews. Do you know the brand? I'm looking for a bike to take on camping trips and drive at the beach. 800/900usd it's just right for me. Can you help?

How would you rate these against the rad mini?

Does this unit have a torque based sensor p.a.?

Why don't you ever do Emmo bike reviews? I have the Emmo VGO would love to hear your take on it!

Shares a lot with the Voltbike Mariner, even in the name Spark Bikes, very similar.

Very efficient hybrid powertrain no license required zero emission moped- 1970s ERA

how many kilometres per charge?

What are the folded dimensions?

What is their website to purchase this bike?

I hope he reviews the 2019 wing fatty ebike soon

this sure looks like a great city bike, and nice price .

Who makes the motor?

Scrippslarry where did you see that? We have it in us??

Yeah it sounds good on paper. But when you look at the based model (13AH), its basically the same spec and price as the Voltbike mariner. Might as well get the marine from a company that has a long history.

Go cycle gxi when its released. Also. Didnt hear the max speed on this. How fast can it go? Maybe i missed it.

Has Spark Bikes gone out of business? Even their Canadian websites are offline! Where can I buy one of these in Canada?

I’m local and asked if picked up bikes are fully assembled. Answer was no. Seems like Voltbike would be a better option given they check their bikes before going out. I don’t think sparks bike does that. However their specs are better.

Look gorgeous...

"Sans" 3 amp charger, maybe like my last Sony phone that came with a 500 milliamp one, a 10-socket smart charger cost me only about $20 off Ebay and it has multiple 3.5, 2.4 and 1 amp outputs 🤔

It would be nice if you can review the Rawbike from Sweden simular to this bike. 🙂

FINALLY SPARK BIKES! 🤘🏼

i cant find this bike online? does anyone know why?

Let’s see the Lectric XP!!

Do the Blade

Where would I get a set of those wheels and tires for a 24in three wheel trike

so where or how do i order this bike?

This bike isn't original to sparkbikes, found the exact same bike on rize bikes website, just with their own rize branding

Bro how to buy this e cycle pls inform me pls pls

I just keep my keychain on the bike it’s hits my leg once in a while I’m driving but that’s OK

Kinda Voltbike Mariner

No such thing as 'free shipping'. The shipping cost is part of the price if it is not a separate charge.

They buy these bikes from Alibabadotcom where they can also request for the sellers to print whatever names on each bike - and they are ‘makers’ or founders of bikes?

looks not bad, except handles and display

What's 300.$ ?

I wish it had a USB charging port but this particular model does not have it :( I think it’s time for bikes to have a 3-spoke magnesium alloy rim that does not need occasional spoke tuning.

On their website there is no sizing chart or stand over height & the dimensions are mostly metric except for wheels & folded. You didn't mention customer service in this review, like you did for RAD. I'm a new sub & only seen about a dozen of your reviews...seems that their is some bias on your reviews, you only cover most of the same items. Important things like customer service should be in every review. Also You should have a regular size man working with you .

Almost no support. My bike is dead for more than 2 month now, still waiting

What's the Max speed. At least put this in the description sheesh.

It looks the same as all the rest of the China bikes in this class.

I believe they have run out of business. I cannot find them on internet.

My gosh, this my AddMotor m150p7 just painted all black. Great review but these bikes are just copying each other.

vs Mate X?

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nesito.una.asi

You said at 18:56 actually you can't use the throttle then at 19:05 you said the throttle won't activate at this level, but funny it wanted to take off at 16:54 from a stand still where you actually said throttle was hot , do you know what you're talking about?.... ignore me, I'm just being a butt, can't help myself!!!!just jealous I can't make money for having fun like you,...........................................................peace

lectric xp,

Looks identical to Sohoo.

It’s not as nice looking as the Rad mini, but it offers more.

So many e-bikes out there with same/similar fram... just different wheels and such only. Pass!

This bike looks like the Radmini.... I don't see a difference. Either way I'm getting 1 of them. #Facts

It's a non original copy of Voltbike Mariner. Booooooo.

Paid promotion.

Some RU-vid presentation suggestions: Eliminate "like" as a rhetorical filler; something IS or IS Not. Nothing is Like. Eliminate the hand.waving. Use a pointer or simply cite the object you are critiquing. Use a (? better quality) clip-on microphone. And, for God's sake, WRITE out a CheckList that you then use as a Guide to prevent Rambling. Either be Professional or get off the "stage." Please.