Folding Electric Bike Reviews

Folding eBikes are rated on Tower's 100-point eBike scale.

Folding electric bike shopping can be overwhelming. With so many different brands, styles, and attributes to compare, finding a folding ebike that perfectly matches your needs can be difficult.

Tower's eBike Repair Shop mechanics review folding electric bikes on the following 100-point scale:

86 - 100 = Folding eBike of Highest Distinction
71 - 85 = Outstanding Folding Electric Bike
56 - 70 = Very Good Folding Electric Bike
41 - 55 = Mediocre Folding Electric Bike
0 - 40 = Folding eBike Not Recommended

Folding electric bikes are holistically assessed and given a single score called the "Tower eBike Score". This single point rating encompasses seven core electric bike attributes and capabilities. Learn more >>

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Folding Electric Bikes In Rank Order

Folding eBikes of Highest Distinction

Electric folding bikes scoring between an 86 and 100 are designated as "Folding eBikes of Highest Distinction". With "very good" folding eBikes rating in the 60 range, understand our structured scoring system sets a very high bar for this highest grouping. Very few folding electric bikes qualify for this class.

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Outstanding Folding Electric Bikes

Folding eBikes scoring between 71 and 85 are awarded the Tower eBike status of "Outstanding Folding Electric Bike". While this is the 2nd tier in our classification, these electric folding bikes are what most consumers and manufacturers consider very premium quality folding bikes.

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Very Good Folding Electric Bikes

Folding electric bicycles scoring between 56 and 70 on Tower's 100-point eBike scale are considered "Very Good Folding eBikes". Understand the electric bike market has an extremely wide range in terms of quality so we use the full breadth of our 100-point scale to rate folding electric bikes effectively. For this reason, a score in the 60s is still considered a very good folding e-bike. This isn't like high school letter grading where a 60% is a low D. A 60 on our scale is still a very good quality electric folding bike. If you get something in this Tower rating range, you will still have a very good folding electric bike but you are getting close to the distinction line of what separates quality e-bikes from the rest.

Yamee Fat Bear 750S | 60
Rad Mini 2 Step Through | 60
Rad Mini 4 | 57

Mediocre Folding Electric Bikes

Folding electric bicycles scoring between 41 and 55 on Tower's 100-point electric bike rating scale are what we consider to be "Mediocre Folding eBikes". While you might be able to pick these up for what seems like a good deal, usually with this classification of folding electric bikes there are some major tradeoffs on the quality, performance, and durability front.

Folding eBikes Not Recommended

Folding eBikes scoring between 0 and 40 on Tower's 100-point e-bike rating scale are what we consider to be "Not Recommended Folding eBikes". Our rating system is a very structured rating system designed by eBike mechanics with decades of experience in the traditional bicycle and eBike industry, so when in addition to getting a folding electric bike with a lot of questionable components and quality trade-offs, when you see a e-bike in this classification group you can expect to have a lot more regular maintenance issues to deal with it.

Blix Vika Travel | 36