Electric bicycle nowadays become very popular among modern cities and countryside. People use it to instead of cars and bus. And there are various models in the ebike market. Such as fat tire electric bicycle and traditional electric bicycle. Different types of ebikes have different advantages. In order to help you know about their difference and applicable scene, let’s compare these two kinds of ebikes’ differences and features.
Fat Tire E-Bikes vs. Traditional E-Bikes Tire Size
Fat tire ebike (20*3 inches):
- Tire width: 20*3 inches of Onesport fat tire electric bicycle equipped with a 3 inches wide tire, this design provide more contact areas.
- Design Feature: Fat tire can distribute pressure better, increase the touch between tire and the road. To improve the riding stability and comfort. It generally has high air capacity, it helps to reduce the shock while riding on the bumpy road.
Electric bike with thin tires:
- Tire width: Traditional thin tire electric bicycle generally equipped with 1.5-2 inches wide tire, this design currently suitable for flat roads.
- Design Feature: Thin tire electric bicycle’s design focus on reducing rolling resistance to improve speed and efficiency. Due to the thin tire, their comfort and stability is lower, but it can offer better speed and control performance.
Fat Tire E-Bikes vs. Traditional E-Bikes: Comfort and Stability
Fat tire ebike:
- Comfort: Due to the fat tire electric bicycle’s wide tire and high air capacity, it could absorb shock of the road and improve the comfort while riding. Especially on the uneven road. Fat tire ebike could give riders a more enjoyable and funny riding experience.
- Stability: Fat tires would increase the contact area and grip the road while riding on the road. This makes it won’t easily slip on the road, it’s outstanding especially on the wet and muddy road.
Thin tire e-bike:
- Comfort: Absorbing shocks ability of the thin tire ebike is weaker than the fat tire ebike, because of its thin tire, and the feeling and experience of riding a thin tire electric bicycle would not so good as riding a fat tire ebike.
- Stability: Riding a thin tire ebike would be slipped on the road, because it have low grip. Even though thin tire could provide high speed on flat road, but it has a low stability while riding on the complicated terrains.
Fat Tire E-Bikes vs. Traditional E-Bikes: Accessibility and adaptability
Fat tire ebike:
- Accessibility: Fat tire electric bicycle could easy to deal with all kinds of complicated terrains, such as beach, dirt, gravel and grass. Fat tire improve the traction, which provides better accessibility.
- Adaptability: Fat tire electric bicycle suits for various riding environments, which includes city streets, country road and outdoor adventure. Its versatility makes it easy to deal with various road situation.
Thin tire e-bike:
- Accessibility: Thin tire ebike generally suits for riding on the paving roads, its accessibility would be not so good for complicated terrains. When riding on the uneven road and muddy road, thin tires don’t perform as well as fat tires.
- Adaptability: Thin tire ebike mainly suits for city commute or long-trip riding, its design focus on higher speed and efficient, not the versatility.
Fat Tire E-Bikes vs. Traditional E-Bikes: Tire and Battery Performance
Fat tire ebike:
- Capacity: Fat tire electric bicycle generally equipped with more sturdy frame and wheels, can load more capacity, this makes it perform better when carrying cargo or extra loads.
- Durability: Tires of fat tire electric bicycle are more durable, it could handle more pressure and load. And this kind of fat tire makes it a long service life in various environments.
Thin tire e-bike:
- Capacity: Thin tire ebike’s capacity usually lower than the fat tire’s, not suitable for carrying too much weight. In terms of load, thin tires don’t perform as well as fat tires.
- Durability: Due to the thin tire, the ability of absorbing shock with the thin tire ebike would be weaker. Tires would be worn out after using with a long time or riding on the complicated road condition.
Conclusion
OneSport 20*3 inch fat tire electric bicycles and traditional thin tire electric bicycles have their own advantages, they’re suitable for different riding needs and environments. Fat tire electric bicycles are very suitable for use in complex terrain and various road conditions due to their excellent comfort, stability and accessibility. If you are looking for an electric bike that can help you explore various terrains or simply enjoy a more comfortable ride, don’t miss OneSport!