Samebike LO26 Plus Review 2026: $999, 1000 W, Folds

Folding 26-inch frame · 1000 W rear hub, 1500 W peak · 48 V 15 Ah, 720 Wh · 40 km/h on the spec table · fork and coil rear shock · hydraulic discs · 26 × 3.0 tires · 67.2 lb · $999 · verified September 26, 2026

Quick Answer — The Samebike LO26 Plus is a $999 folding e-bike with a 1000 W hub, a 720 Wh battery, a coil rear shock and 26 × 3.0 tires that folds to 42.9 × 16.1 × 39.0 inches. On the throttle at 15 mph, a 180 lb rider gets a computed 43 level miles; Samebike says up to 110 km (68 miles).

Pedaling easily at the same 15 mph stretches that charge to 66 miles. The range section turns Samebike's figures into your ride, and the fit section shows which heights its seat post suits, read two ways.

What this review covers

What $999 buys · What it is · Fit · The motor · The battery · How far it goes · Brakes and controls · Suspension and tires · The fold · Weight and load · The Mercer fit test · UL · Recalls · The class question · Where to ride it · Green and red flags · The verdict · Checklist · Buying it from us · FAQ · Limitations · The bottom line · References

How we verified this Samebike LO26 Plus review

Each figure on this page was read on September 26, 2026 from Samebike's LO26 Plus product page, its product record, the LO26 Plus manual, our listing or the federal texts quoted in the class and trail sections. The range and fit figures are computed, and each section lists its inputs.

This is a specification-verified review: every number is Samebike's, a cited source's, or arithmetic shown here. We sell the LO26 Plus, so give the red flags the same weight as the green ones.

Written by Milad Ghobadibeygvand, BScN (Western University, 2014). Corrections: support@redtailebikes.com.

What $999 buys

Sources: Samebike's product page (stat strip, specification table, size-and-fit drawing, feature panels, FAQ), the manual's specification page and Samebike's European LO26 Plus page for the torque, all read September 26, 2026. Where Samebike prints two figures for one thing, the table carries the one we plan on and Limitations item 14 lists the other.

A 67-pound folder on 26-inch wheels, with a shock at each end

The LO26 Plus puts full-size 26-inch wheels under a frame that folds in the middle. The main beam hinges at a latch partway along its length so the front wheel swings back beside the rear, and the battery rides inside that beam, where the manual slides it out once the fold is open.

Samebike's studio view of the Black LO26 Plus: the main beam with its fold latch, the fork up front and the red coil shock under the saddle.

Samebike's product record describes "full suspension for stable handling on mixed terrain" and calls the bike suitable for "daily commutes or extended outdoor exploration". Its page pitches the fold for the car: "Quick folding design for easy storage indoors or in the trunk of a SUV, as a perfect companion for 4+2 travel."

Several Samebike bikes carry the LO26 name, so check the model on any figure you read. Samebike's own LO26-II-YD vs. LO26 Plus comparison (April 28, 2025) sets a 900 W LO26-II-YD with a 48 V 14 Ah pack, 2.35-inch tires and a 21-speed drivetrain beside the 1000 W LO26 Plus with 48 V 15 Ah, 3.0-inch tires and 7 speeds.

The LO26 Plus reviewed here is the one Samebike's US store lists at 48 V 15 Ah on 26 × 3.0 tires, which multiplies out to 720 watt-hours. Samebike's European page for the same model prints a 25 km/h top speed where the US page prints 40 km/h, so read the market as well as the model name.

The White LO26 Plus from Samebike's gallery; Black, Gray and Navy share the frame and parts.

Will the LO26 Plus fit you?

Read on Samebike's own drawing, the LO26 Plus seat post puts the saddle at the fit formula's height for 98 of every 100 riders at 5'8", 91 at 5'10" and 88 at 5'6"; at 6'0" the count is 56, and at 5'4" it is 48.

The median rider leans 22 to 26 degrees forward to reach the grips, and with a relaxed back the hands take 19 to 23 percent of body weight. The model sets each saddle at 109% of inseam for the 6,068 bodies the US Army measured for its 2012 survey, placed on Samebike's drawing.

To place yourself on this frame:

1. Measure your inseam in socks: back to a wall, a hardcover book pulled up firmly where a saddle sits, then floor to spine.
2. Find your height in the saddle table below and check your inseam falls in that row's range.
3. Finish the setup on delivery with the knee and heel checks at the end of this section.

Samebike prints a recommended height of 6'1" to 7'8" for the LO26 Plus, on its size-and-fit drawing and again on a gallery image. The tables below compute, from the seat post Samebike draws, how many riders at each height it suits, and both figures stay on the page side by side.

Samebike's drawing, scaled to its published 45.8-inch wheelbase. The overall length, the grip height, the frame height and the wheel agree with Samebike's figures to within 3.5 percent; the listed seat heights sit between the drawn clamp and the drawn saddle top.

Will the saddle go high enough for me?

Yes for 88 to 98 of every 100 riders between 5'6" and 5'10"; the count drops to 56 at 6'0" and 18 at 6'2". The formula sets the saddle top at 109% of your inseam, measured from the pedal axle (Peveler et al., 2005), and published work accepts settings as low as 106% (Ferrer-Roca et al., 2012).

The height off the ground then rests on the crank axle, 12.7 inches up, the 186 mm cranks and the 72-degree seat post, each measured on Samebike's drawing.

Ground-to-saddle height for the typical rider at each height, and how many of 100 riders that height have their 109% and 106% saddle heights inside the drawn post's 37.4 to 42.1 inches; Army survey bodies, men and women together. From 5'0" to 5'4" most riders need a saddle lower than 37.4 inches; at 6'2" the riders the post does not reach sit a median of about 1.3 inches low, and at 6'4" about 2.6.

Samebike's own seat figures move that window. Its listed 34.2 to 39.7 inches matches neither the drawn saddle top nor the drawn clamp, so the model was run a second time with the listed range taken as the saddle top:

Riders of 100 at each height whose 109% saddle height the post reaches, on each reading of the seat range; the right-hand column reruns the same model with Samebike's listed figures in place of the drawn ones.

Both readings agree at 5'6". Below that height the listed figures fit more riders and above it the drawing does, so a 5'6" rider sits in the overlap of both, while a rider near 5'2" or 6'0" depends on which reading holds.

Can I put a foot down at a stop?

Flat-footed over the frame, from about 5'10": 95 of every 100 riders that tall clear the 31.5-inch frame height by 0.7 inches or more. From 5'6" to 5'8" the median rider clears it by 0.2 to 1.1 inches, and below 5'6" most riders tip the bike to one side at a stop and put down one foot.

The LO26 Plus is not a step-through. The main beam runs high between the saddle and the bars, so you mount by swinging a leg over the saddle or the rack side, and the frame height decides whether you can straddle the beam with both feet down.

Barefoot inseam minus Samebike's 31.5-inch frame height, and minus the 32.1 inches the drawing measures at the same line; each cell is the clearance that 95 of 100 riders at that height have or exceed. A minus sign means that share of riders stands shorter than the beam.

Will I feel cramped, or stretched?

Leaning forward: the median rider leans 22 to 26 degrees from vertical, because the grips sit 26.6 to 28.9 inches above the crank axle and 15.2 to 19.0 inches ahead of it.

That is a mountain-bike posture. Twenty recreational cyclists, asked to rank three trunk positions, rated the most upright one the most comfortable (Priego Quesada et al., 2017); each angle below is the least lean that lets a straight arm reach the grip from the sit bones, worked out from that body's measured torso and arm.

Trunk lean from vertical for the median rider at each height at the drawn handlebar setting; the right column spans the saddle's travel and the grip's width. Samebike lists the handlebar as adjustable, and the manual's assembly step sets its angle "according to personal habit".

How much weight goes through my wrists?

About a fifth of your body weight with a fully relaxed back, 19 to 23 percent for the median rider. In a lab study, 10 road racers pedaling with their hands on the hoods put 15% of their weight through the bars (Carahalios, 2015), so a rider who lets the back sag on the LO26 Plus loads the hands more than that.

A forward lean moves weight onto the heel of the hand, over the ulnar nerve, and in 36 riders that pressure peaked in the most stretched-out hand position (Slane et al., 2011). Holding the trunk up with the core takes load off the grips.

The most the hands carry with a relaxed back, from each body's segment weights (Clauser et al., 1969) at the survey's median weight for that height; the bracket spans the saddle and grip positions.

How do I set the saddle when it arrives?

Raise it until your knee keeps a 25-to-35-degree bend with the pedal at the bottom of the stroke (Peveler et al., 2007). The heel method gets you there without a goniometer: sit on the saddle, put your heel on the lowest pedal and raise the saddle until that leg just straightens, then ride on the ball of the foot.

In 19 cyclists the heel method put 70% in the 25-to-35-degree range, more than either inseam formula managed (Peveler et al., 2005). The manual asks you to check "the brake, wheel, handlebar, folding buckle, quick release part" before each ride, so lock the seat clamp once the height is set.

Samebike's photograph of the saddle on its post; its page describes "the additional shock that is offered for seat tubes that attenuate shock".

How we computed fit

Three rules drive this section: the saddle sits 1.09 × inseam above the pedal axle, the lean is the least trunk angle that lets a straight arm reach the grip, and the hand load is the upper body's weight times its lean over the reach to the grip.

Take a 5'8" rider with the median 32.6-inch inseam: the formula wants 35.6 inches from the pedal, 28.2 inches from the crank axle (88.3% of inseam gives 28.8), so the saddle top sits 39.6 inches off the ground, inside the drawn post's 37.4 to 42.1 inches.

Before any length was taken from the drawing, the drawing was checked against Samebike's own figures.

Every length is scaled from the published 1163.3 mm (45.8 in) wheelbase, measured between axle centers found by fitting a circle to each tire. Four dimensions agree within 3.5 percent; Samebike's listed seat heights fall between the drawn clamp and the drawn saddle top, and both readings are printed.

A 1000 W rear hub with a 1500 W peak

Samebike rates the LO26 Plus's brushless rear hub at 1000 W, with a 1500 W peak on its specification table and in the product's own title. Its motor panel says the "robust 1000W motor" handles "steep hills, rough paths, and tough riding scenarios while maintaining steady performance".

The US page prints no torque figure. Samebike's European page for the same model prints "80+Nm", and our range model caps the motor at 80 N·m, below the 90 N·m of the comparable motor it borrows its shape from.

The motor lives in the rear hub; the seven-cog freewheel threads onto it and a Shimano Tourney derailleur moves the chain.

You start each ride from one of two controls. The thumb throttle moves the bike with no pedaling, and the five assist levels add power while you pedal; the manual numbers them 0 to 5, where "0 is stop power output, 1 is the lowest power, 5 is the highest power", and the display starts at level 1.

Gears set your cadence, and the motor turns with the wheel either way. A hub motor spins at road speed in every gear, so a shift changes only how fast your legs turn; the battery notices a gear change through how much you pedal (the gear table).

The 48 V 15 Ah battery: 720 Wh, 6 to 8 hours to charge

48 V × 15 Ah is 720 watt-hours, the figure Samebike's own battery image prints as "Upgraded 720Wh Large Capacity Battery". Every range number in this review starts from it.

The pack sits inside the main beam. The manual's removal steps run: pull the fold latch open, turn the key counterclockwise, swing the frame open, and slide the battery out. You can charge it in the bike or on a bench, and the charger's light turns red while it charges.

Plan on 6 to 8 hours from empty, the manual's figure. The specification table on the product page prints 4 to 6 hours; the longer figure is the safe one to plan an overnight charge around, and Limitations item 14 carries both.

Samebike's range figures cap what each mile may take from those 720 Wh:

720 Wh divided by each figure. The range section finds the steady ride that matches each row.

How far the LO26 Plus goes on one charge

A full charge carries a 180 lb rider about 43 miles on level pavement at 15 mph with the throttle alone, 35 miles at 18 mph, and 66 miles at 15 mph with easy pedaling. Climbing a steady 4% grade at 10 mph on the throttle, it runs out after 18 miles.

To find your own number:

1. Pick your speed and effort in the first two tables.
2. Set aside 130 to 164 Wh of the 720 for every 1,000 feet you climb on the throttle at 10 mph (the hill table).
3. Adjust for your weight and the temperature, then plan on 75% of the result.

Each table works out one steady ride at a time, from Samebike's specifications, Bafang's published figures for a comparable geared hub motor, drum measurements of ten fat tires standing in for the LO26 Plus's 26 × 3.0 ones, and a road-cycling power model validated on a real road. The last subsection shows the formula and one ride worked through by hand.

Does riding faster cut range? Miles at each speed

On level ground speed is the biggest lever you hold. The charge that reaches 60 miles at 10 mph reaches 30 at 20 mph, because the power the air takes grows with the cube of your speed.

Level pavement at 77 °F, throttle alone, with a 180 lb rider on the 67.2 lb bike. The right-hand column holds back a quarter of the pack, the share one pedelec never drew on in a laboratory range test (Schmitt, Decker and Doppelbauer, 2019).

Of every change these tables price, light pedaling adds the most range: at 15 mph, 75 W from you takes a full charge from 43 miles to 66. Easy pedaling here means 75 W, steady pedaling 150 W. With the motor off, 75 W would move this bike at about 9.1 mph on level pavement and 150 W at about 13.2, so choose the column that matches what you could hold unassisted.

Full-charge miles on level pavement for a 180 lb rider; at 15 mph, easy pedaling pulls 10.9 Wh from the pack each mile where the throttle alone pulls 16.7. In the 132-mile cell your legs carry most of the load, so it leans hardest on the model's least certain part, the motor's losses at light load (Limitations item 5).

The assist level is the controller's rule for how much power to add while you pedal. Whatever level you ride in, read the row for the speed you hold and the effort you give.

Which gear saves battery? On a hub motor, your effort does

Change gear for your knees and pedal for your range. The hub turns with the wheel in any gear, so a shift alters your cadence and leaves the motor's work as it was. What moves the battery is how many watts you add:

Watt-hours drawn from the battery per mile, a 180 lb rider.

The low gears earn their keep on a climb: a steady 150 W at 12 mph up a 4% grade trims the battery's share from 40.6 Wh a mile to 23.0, and the easiest cog keeps your legs turning while you give it.

Does going uphill drain the battery faster?

Yes: at 10 mph on the throttle up 4 to 10% grades, each 1,000 feet of climbing costs 130 to 164 Wh more than the same miles on the level. Raising 180 lb of rider plus the 67.2 lb bike through 1,000 vertical feet needs 93 Wh at the rear wheel, and losses in the motor and the pack account for the rest.

A steady 10 mph for a 180 lb rider, on the throttle alone and with easy pedaling. The manual prints a "Max Angle of Climb" of 20 degrees, steeper than any grade priced here.

Budget a hilly route in two parts: the level miles, then the feet of climbing. Say ten level miles at 15 mph on the throttle, about 167 Wh, and 500 feet of 6% climbing, about 70 more: roughly 237 of the pack's 720 Wh. Stops, starts and wind sit on top of that, since the model rides every mile at a steady pace.

Does rider weight affect range?

Weight costs little on the flat and a lot on a hill. A heavier load raises the tires' and the hill's share of the work and leaves the air's share unchanged, so the gap opens up on a climb.

Everyone and everything on the bike, with the bike's own 67.2 lb added in every row because the motor moves it too; throttle only. The 330 lb row is Samebike's load capacity.

Going from 180 to 330 lb trims the level 15 mph ride from 43 miles to 35. On the 8% climb the same change halves the range, from 10 miles to 5.

Does cold weather drain the battery?

Yes: the 15 mph throttle ride that reaches 43 miles at 77 °F comes in at about 34 at 32 °F, and about 31 at 14 °F.

Flat pavement, a 180 lb rider, throttle only. The central figure is the cell energy recomputed from McMaster University's LG HG2 cell data at a 0.5C discharge; 77, 50, 32 and 14 °F were measured and the rows between are interpolated, with the cells taken to be at air temperature. Figures in brackets span the published cell data, which part ways below freezing (Limitations item 9).

Freezing air works against you three ways. The cells return about 89% of their 77 °F energy, and the air is about 9% denser by the gas law the U.S. Standard Atmosphere uses.

Stiffer rubber also rolls harder, about 0.9% more resistance for each degree Celsius of cooling; that rate sits between Rothhämel's fit for a 42 mm tire and Bicycle Rolling Resistance's road-tire average, and the model holds it at its 41 °F value in colder air.

Do the tires cut range? Tires and riding position

On level ground the tire you roll on moves range about as much as a few miles per hour. Bicycle Rolling Resistance's drum put ten 26 × 4.00 fat tires between 23.2 and 42.1 W at 12 psi, 18 mph and a 94 lb load, and its fat-bike table lists no 26 × 3.0 tire, so the model borrows the median of the ten.

Full-charge miles for a 180 lb rider on level pavement, throttle alone. Schwalbe's Jumbo Jim LiteSkin rolled easiest of the ten on the drum, and Kenda's Juggernaut Pro hardest.

Keep the tires at the pressure molded into their sidewalls, which is where the manual points you: "According to the actual information on the tire". Its pre-ride advice also names low pressure among the things that "use much electric energy".

Posture matters more as speed climbs. Tengattini and Bigazzi measured 37 upright cruiser riders at 0.640 m² of drag area, the value used here, and 90 everyday mountain-bike riders at 0.603 m², which would lift the 18 mph throttle ride from 35 miles to 36.

Samebike's 110 km, matched to real rides

Samebike prints range four ways for the LO26 Plus, and each fits a different steady ride. Its page labels the top figure "UP TO 110KM Pas 1 Mode Range", the lowest assist level.

• 110 km (68 miles) leaves 10.5 Wh for each mile, which on level pavement means easy pedaling at about 14.8 mph or steady pedaling at about 17.8 mph.
• The manual's 50 to 56 miles on pedal assist leaves 12.9 to 14.4 Wh per mile, easy pedaling at about 16.3 to 17.3 mph.
• The page's 55 km (34 miles) in full-electric mode leaves 21.1 Wh per mile, the throttle alone at about 18.4 mph.
• The manual's 25 to 28 miles on pure electric leaves 25.7 to 28.8 Wh per mile, more than any steady level throttle ride up to 20 mph uses (23.7 Wh at 20 mph), so it describes a ride with stops, hills, wind or a heavier load.

Read together, Samebike's numbers describe gentle pedaled riding at the top of the band and throttle riding in real traffic at the bottom.

Take three-quarters of any figure here as your plan. In a standard laboratory range test one pedelec drew 75% of its nominal pack and kept the rest back to prevent deep discharge (Schmitt, Decker and Doppelbauer, 2019); on the throttle at 15 mph that turns 43 miles into 32.

How every figure here is worked out

Holding a steady speed takes a steady supply of power at the wheel. Martin and colleagues' model, checked against riders on a real road in 1998, gives that power in one line for a constant speed in still air:

Power at the wheel = v × [ m × g × (Crr × cos θ + sin θ) + ½ × ρ × CdA × v² ]

Here v is the speed, m the mass of rider, cargo and bike together, g gravity, θ the slope angle, Crr the tires' rolling resistance (0.0105 means a drag of 1.05% of the weight on the tires), ρ the air density and CdA the drag area, a measure of how much air the rider pushes aside.

Four steps lead from the wheel back to the battery:

1. Your pedaling reaches the rear wheel through the chain at 97.7% efficiency, Martin and colleagues' figure, and the motor supplies the rest.
2. The motor borrows the published figures of a comparable motor. Bafang's 2021 OEM workbook lists its RM G0H0 geared hub with an n0 of 510 rpm, an nT of 426 rpm and an efficiency of "≥ 80" percent. The model keeps that shape at the LO26 Plus's own 48 V and 1000 W, sets its no-load speed at 24.9 mph, the 40 km/h on Samebike's specification table, and caps its torque at 80 N·m.
3. The pack gives up a few percent as heat inside its cells, at the efficiency Arango, Lopez and Ceren measured on a 48 V e-bike battery.
4. Battery watts ÷ mph gives watt-hours per mile, and 720 Wh, times the temperature's share of it, ÷ watt-hours per mile gives the miles.

One ride, worked by hand: a 180 lb rider holding 15 mph on the level with the throttle alone. Rolling costs 77.7 W and the air 114.2 W, about 192 W at the wheel between them.

The 27.7-inch wheel turns at 182 rpm at that speed. The motor model, built from Bafang's published figures at 48 V, has 1.520 N·m of torque per amp, a 0.304 Ω winding and a 1.10 A no-load current; here it delivers 10.1 N·m on 7.7 A, at 79% efficiency.

Add the pack's internal losses and the cells supply 250.5 W, which at 15 mph is 16.7 Wh per mile: 720 ÷ 16.7 gives 43.1 miles, 32.3 with a quarter held back.

The benchmarks under the model, recomputed. Each half of the model reproduces a figure its source prints:

Martin and colleagues' Appendix I example (a ground speed of 8.36 m/s, a 90 kg system on a 0.3% grade), Bafang's rated point for the RM G0H0, and Samebike's page's full-electric range, the last matched by a steady ride below 20 mph.

No measured ride of the LO26 Plus to empty, with its speed and load stated, was found to check the whole chain; Limitations item 5 names the inputs that leaves unchecked.

Hydraulic brakes, a headlight and a horn

Samebike fits hydraulic disc brakes at both wheels and describes them as giving "strong, reliable stopping power with consistent braking response".

The cockpit from Samebike's feature photograph: the color LCD, both brake levers, the thumb throttle and shifter on the right, and the control pad and horn button on the left.

For hard stops the manual gives one instruction: "when emergency braking, brake the rear wheel first, then brake the front wheel", warning that "There is a danger of tipping over if you brake the front wheel suddenly".

The display and the light run from the same pad. Samebike's cockpit photograph shows the horn button by the left grip, the manual's specification lists an "Electric Horn Installed", and a short press of the headlight key switches the headlight on and dims the screen. Its overall view labels a rear reflector at the back of the bike.

The screen shows speed (current, maximum and average), trip and total distance, the battery and the assist level. Held for 2 seconds, one button starts walk mode, which the manual keeps "less than 6 kilometers per hour" for pushing the bike, never for riding it; the USB port's output is 5 V 1 A.

A suspension fork, a coil rear shock and 26 × 3.0 tires

The LO26 Plus has suspension at both ends. Samebike's feature panel describes "adjustable front suspension, hydraulic rear shocks, and wide tires", and its photographs show a red coil shock between the swingarm and the frame; the specification table lists the "Adjustable front fork" alone (Limitations item 14).

The rear shock, cropped from Samebike's studio view: the swingarm pivots below the seat post, with the red coil shock between it and the frame.

Samebike's own comparison calls it "an upgraded full suspension system" whose "adjustable front fork and rear suspension allow riders to fine-tune their comfort according to terrain conditions". The seat post adds its own cushioning, which the manual's parts view labels "Seat suspension".

The tires are 26 × 3.0 inches on red-rimmed spoked wheels. Samebike's page says they handle "loose sand, snow, mud, and gravel to rocky or uneven paths", and at 3.0 inches they are narrower than the 4-inch tires on Samebike's RS-A02 Plus and CREST.

Samebike's photograph of the front wheel: the 26 × 3.0 tire, the disc and the fork's lower legs.

What the tire costs in range is in the tire table, which prices the LO26 Plus with drum data from ten fat tires.

The fold: 42.9 × 16.1 × 39.0 inches

Folded, the LO26 Plus measures 1090 × 410 × 990 mm, 42.9 × 16.1 × 39.0 inches, the figures on Samebike's gallery image 24. Samebike's page aims that at the car: storage "indoors or in the trunk of a SUV". Measure your trunk's opening, depth and height against those three numbers before you count on it.

Folded: the main beam hinges, the front wheel swings back beside the rear, and the handlebar stays upright.

The manual's folding page has two steps: open the frame latch and fold the frame in the direction of the arrow, then finish folding. Samebike's comparison adds that the LO26 Plus carries "an added frame bottom support, protecting the bike when folded".

Folding shrinks the length, never the weight. The same 67.2 lb goes into the trunk, and with 26-inch wheels the folded bike stands 39.0 inches tall, so check the height of the cargo opening as well as its width. If the opening is lower than that, our RS-A02 Pro review covers Samebike's 20-inch fat-tire folder, 31.1 inches tall folded.

67 pounds and a 330-pound capacity

Samebike publishes 30.5 kg (67.2 lb) for the LO26 Plus and a 150 kg (330 lb) load capacity; the manual prints "E Bike Weight 67.2 lbs (30.5kg)" and "Max Load 330 lbs (150kg)".

A 210 lb rider with 30 lb of gear comes to 240 lb, inside the 330 lb even with the bike's own 67.2 lb counted. If your load sits near the limit, email us and we will ask Samebike in writing how it counts the 330 lb before you order.

The box weighs 79.3 lb and measures 1520 × 280 × 790 mm (59.8 × 11.0 × 31.1 in), per the manual, so plan a second pair of hands for delivery day.

The Mercer fit test

Every review we publish puts its bike in front of the same seven people, the Mercers, so each machine answers the same fit questions (meet the Mercers). Each verdict below rests on a figure Samebike publishes (its height window, the weight, the load capacity) or on the fit tables computed from its drawing.

Ruth and Dana show where the LO26 Plus divides a family. At 5'7", Dana fits the drawn post for 96 of 100 riders her height; at 5'5", Ruth has an inseam shorter than the 31.5-inch frame height, as most riders her height do, and the 20-inch CY20 Pro, with its 15.2-inch step-through, is the Samebike to measure her against.

The Gray LO26 Plus, one of the four colors on our listing at the same $999.

Is it UL certified?

The certification mark Samebike prints for the LO26 Plus is European: the manual's back page reads "EPAC EN 15194". UL 2849 is the US standard for e-bike electrical systems, which UL Solutions describes as fire safety certification "by examining the electrical drive train, battery, and charger system combinations in e-bikes".

If a landlord, a building manager or an insurer asks for a UL 2849 certificate, email us and we will request it from Samebike in writing, so you have the answer before the bike ships.

Has it been recalled?

No. On September 26, 2026 no recall in the Consumer Product Safety Commission's recall database named Samebike, its maker Guangzhou Sameway or the LO26. We searched the title, product-name and manufacturer fields for Samebike, Same bike, Samebikes, Sameway and Guangzhou Sameway, and read 623 bicycle, e-bike, battery and scooter recalls field by field for the model name.

The CPSC's site search, which also carries its consumer warnings, found no result for Samebike or Sameway the same day, while the same searches returned the recalls and warnings on file for other e-bike and bicycle brands.

The class question: 1000 W and 40 km/h

Samebike's US page assigns the LO26 Plus no class, so your state's definition decides what it counts as where you ride. State definitions test three things, and Samebike publishes all three: a 1000 W rated motor with a 1500 W peak, a top speed of 40 km/h (24.9 mph), and a thumb throttle that moves the bike without pedaling.

Federal consumer-product law, 15 U.S.C. § 2085, places low-speed electric bicycles under the Consumer Product Safety Commission's bicycle rules, and subsection (b) defines one as "a two- or three-wheeled vehicle with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less than 750 watts (1 h.p.), whose maximum speed on a paved level surface, when powered solely by such a motor while ridden by an operator who weighs 170 pounds, is less than 20 mph."

Sources: 15 U.S.C. § 2085, Samebike's product page and the LO26 Plus manual, each read on September 26, 2026.

If a watt limit or a speed limit decides where you can ride, check with us before ordering. Samebike prints two top speeds and two peak ratings for this bike across its documents, and the federal text does not say whether its 750 W means peak or continuous output. Write to us and we will put the power and speed question for your unit to Samebike in writing.

Your insurer is the other call to make: the manual cautions that an existing policy may not cover riding an electric bike, and sends riders to their insurance company or broker. Every state's definition sits in our 50-state e-bike law atlas.

Where you can ride it

Paths, bike lanes and trails each answer to whoever manages them. Where the rule is posted by class, a trail open to class 1 bikes only is closed to the LO26 Plus: on federal land a class 1 motor "provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling" (43 CFR 8340.0-5(j)(1)), and the thumb throttle moves this bike without pedaling.

Federal land managers start from the e-bike classes. On Bureau of Land Management ground, 43 CFR 8340.0-5 defines an e-bike's motor as "an electric motor of not more than 750 watts (1 h.p.)" in three classes, and treats an e-bike as a non-motorized bicycle only where "the authorized officer has expressly determined" so.

A different document governs each row, and none of them is a spec sheet.

Samebike aims the fork, the rear shock and the 3.0-inch tires at gravel and rough paths; where a trail's rules allow a throttle bike, our public-land guide takes each federal agency in turn.

Green flags / Red flags

Green flags

• $999, the same as Samebike's own store: matched on September 26, 2026, and both stores list $1,199 as the regular price.
• Full-size 26 × 3.0 tires on a bike that folds: 42.9 × 16.1 × 39.0 inches folded, per Samebike's gallery image 24.
• A fork and a coil rear shock: suspension at both ends in Samebike's photographs and feature panel.
• Hydraulic disc brakes, front and rear, with a headlight, a horn and a USB port on the bars.
• A removable 720 Wh pack: a computed 66 miles at 15 mph with easy pedaling for a 180 lb rider, charged in the bike or out of it.
• Free delivery, and we handle transit damage: shipping costs nothing in the contiguous United States, and a damaged arrival reported within 48 hours becomes our carrier claim to file.
• A throttle, five assist levels and seven gears, with a walk mode for ramps.
• A 330 lb load capacity on a 67.2 lb bike.

Red flags

These are about fit: who the LO26 Plus is wrong for, and where to look instead.

• Wrong if you are under about 5'5". The drawn saddle's lowest setting, 37.4 inches, sits above the formula height for most riders under 5'5", and the 31.5-inch frame height is taller than most inseams below 5'6"; read our CY20 Pro review for its 15.2-inch step-through.
• Wrong if the bike must climb stairs every day. Folding changes its shape and keeps its 67.2 lb; tell us about the stairs and the storage and we will look for a better match in our folding collection.
• Wrong for deep sand or snow every week. The tires are 3.0 inches wide; the RS-A02 Plus folds on 20 × 4.0 tires with hydraulic discs, and our RS-A02 Plus review covers its fork, shock and tires.
• Wrong if you want the biggest single pack Samebike sells us. The LO26 Plus carries 720 Wh; the 26 × 4.0 CREST carries 960 Wh in one pack and does not fold.
• Wrong for trails open to class 1 bikes only. A throttle bars it from those trails; our public-land guide quotes each agency, and we can read your trail's rule with you.
• Wrong for a rider younger than your state allows. Each state's minimum age is in our 50-state atlas; tell us the rider's age and we will suggest a bike that meets it.

Buy it if / Buy something else if

Buy it if you want full-size 26-inch wheels on a bike that folds for an SUV, a garage corner or a trailhead; you are between about 5'6" and 6'0", where the drawn seat post suits most riders; your rides mix pavement, gravel and the rough paths Samebike built the fork and rear shock for; and you want hydraulic brakes and a 720 Wh pack for $999.

For $999 you get a 1000 W hub, a removable 720 Wh pack, suspension at both ends, 26 × 3.0 tires, hydraulic discs, seven gears, a headlight and a horn. On our listing, Shop Pay offers four interest-free installments; its sample plans read $333.00 every two weeks for six weeks at 0% APR, $999 in total, or $90.17 a month for 12 months at 15% APR, $1,082.04 in total, each subject to an eligibility check.

Buy something else if you are under about 5'5", where the step-through CY20 Pro at $599 is the Samebike to measure against; if your weekly ride is sand or snow, where the RS-A02 Plus folds on 4-inch tires; or if range matters more than the fold, where the CREST carries 960 Wh.

The Navy LO26 Plus from Samebike's gallery.

Our CY20 Pro review covers Samebike's 20-inch folder in the same depth, our RS-A08 II review its full-suspension 26 × 4.0 bike, our M20-III review its dual-motor, dual-battery bench bike, our M20 review the one-motor, one-pack version, our STORM review its 960 Wh step-over fat-tire bike, our CREST review its low-step twin, and our e-bike reviews hub compares our reviews of other makers' bikes. Our Samebike brand profile lines up all ten Samebikes we carry by fold, tire size, battery and price.

Before you buy: the checklist

Eight checks before you spend $999; the first three tell you whether the LO26 Plus fits your body and your route.

1. Measure your inseam and find your row in the saddle tables, on both readings of the seat post.
2. Look up your state's e-bike definition and age line in our atlas, and the class wording on the paths you plan to ride.
3. Price your ride in the range tables and plan on 75% of the result.
4. Measure your trunk or closet against the folded 42.9 × 16.1 × 39.0 inches, height included.
5. Plan the lift: 67.2 lb for the bike, 79.3 lb for the box on delivery day.
6. Total your weight and your cargo and keep the sum under 330 lb.
7. Choose where it will charge: 6 to 8 hours from empty, by the manual.
8. Call your insurer, as the manual advises.

Buying it from us

Why buy the LO26 Plus from Redtail

Our price is Samebike's own: $999 matched Samebike's US store in all four colors when we read both on September 26, 2026, and both listed $1,199 as the regular price. What we add starts when your order ships.

A change of mind runs on different terms: an unopened bike in its factory-sealed packaging, requested within 72 hours of delivery, carries a 15% restocking fee plus return shipping, and a canceled order a 3% transaction fee. That is why we answer fit and route questions before the order goes in.

Frequently asked questions

How far can the Samebike LO26 Plus go on one charge?

Samebike's figure is up to 110 km (68 miles) at the lowest assist level. On our computation for a 180 lb rider on flat pavement, a full charge covers about 43 miles at 15 mph on the throttle, 35 at 18 mph, and 66 at 15 mph with easy pedaling; at 10 mph up a 4% grade on the throttle it covers 18. The range tables break it down.

What is the top speed of the Samebike LO26 Plus?

40 km/h, 24.9 mph, on Samebike's specification table and stat strip; the manual's specification page lists 15.5 mph. Email us and we will ask Samebike in writing which figure applies to the bike you order.

Is the LO26 Plus street legal, and what class is it?

Samebike assigns it no class, and your state's e-bike definition decides what it counts as where you ride. The figures those definitions test are Samebike's 1000 W rating, its 1500 W peak, its 40 km/h (24.9 mph) top speed and the thumb throttle; our 50-state atlas prints each state's definition, and the class section quotes the federal one.

How much does the Samebike LO26 Plus weigh?

30.5 kg, 67.2 lb, the figure Samebike publishes and the manual repeats, with a 150 kg (330 lb) load capacity. The box it ships in weighs 79.3 lb.

What size battery does the LO26 Plus have?

A removable 48 V 15 Ah pack, 720 watt-hours, inside the main beam; Samebike's battery image prints "720Wh" too. The battery section covers removal and charging.

Can you replace the LO26 Plus battery?

Yes: the manual removes it with the frame's fold open and a turn of the key, and Samebike's warranty policy covers the battery for 1 year, with a prorated credit after that. Email us with your order number and we will source a replacement pack that fits.

How long does the LO26 Plus take to charge?

Plan on 6 to 8 hours from empty, the figure in the manual; the product page's specification table prints 4 to 6 hours. You can charge the pack in the bike or on a bench.

How do you fold the Samebike LO26 Plus?

Open the frame latch, fold the front half back in the direction of the arrow, and finish the fold, the two steps in the manual. Folded, it measures 42.9 × 16.1 × 39.0 inches.

What tire pressure does the LO26 Plus use?

The pressure molded into the tire's sidewall; the manual says "According to the actual information on the tire". The tire table shows what rolling resistance costs in range.

How much torque does the LO26 Plus have?

Samebike's European page for the LO26 Plus prints "80+Nm". Our range model caps the motor at that 80 N·m, so its hill figures lean cautious.

What's the difference between the LO26 and the LO26 Plus?

Samebike has sold several LO26 models. Its own comparison puts the LO26-II-YD at 900 W with a 48 V 14 Ah pack, 2.35-inch tires and 21 speeds, against the LO26 Plus at 1000 W with 48 V 15 Ah, 3.0-inch tires and 7 speeds; the LO26 Plus is the model we sell.

What rider height fits the LO26 Plus?

Samebike prints 6'1" to 7'8". On the seat post its drawing shows, a 5'8" rider with the median 32.6-inch inseam needs a saddle 39.6 inches off the ground, inside the drawn 37.4 to 42.1 inches, and the fit tables show 98 of 100 riders at 5'8" reached; read to Samebike's listed seat range, the best fit moves shorter.

Does the Samebike LO26 Plus have a throttle?

Yes, a thumb throttle beside five pedal-assist levels, listed on Samebike's specification table. The range tables show what the throttle and your pedaling each cost in miles.

Is the LO26 Plus good for off-road riding?

It carries a fork, a coil rear shock and 26 × 3.0 tires, which Samebike says handle "loose sand, snow, mud, and gravel". Where you may ride it depends on the trail's posted rules, and the trail section shows who sets them.

Where do I find the LO26 Plus manual?

Samebike links the LO26 Plus user manual from its product page's FAQ. Its English section covers assembly, battery removal, charging, folding, the display and the warranty.

Can I pay for the LO26 Plus in installments?

Yes, through Shop Pay on our listing: four interest-free installments, or a 12-month plan at $90.17 a month and 15% APR, $1,082.04 in total, on September 26, 2026, subject to an eligibility check by Affirm's lending partners.

Is Samebike a legit brand?

Start with the record for this bike: no CPSC recall or warning names Samebike as of September 26, 2026, the figures this review computes from sit on Samebike's own US store, and its about page names the maker as Guangzhou Sameway Electric Bicycle Co., Ltd., founded in 2004. The verdict says who the LO26 Plus suits.

Limitations of this review

Nineteen things this review cannot settle, listed so you can weigh them.

1. We sell this bike. Read the red flags with the same care as the green.
2. This is a specification-verified review. Its figures come from Samebike's published documents, statutes, our own store record, the published research the range and fit sections cite, or arithmetic on this page.
3. Each range figure is for a steady ride: one speed on one grade with no wind and no stops. Stops, starts and headwinds cost more, and a tailwind less.
4. Bafang's figures stand in for Samebike's motor. Samebike names no motor maker and publishes no no-load speed or efficiency, so the model keeps the published shape of Bafang's RM G0H0 at the LO26 Plus's 48 V and 1000 W with a 24.9 mph no-load speed. At 82% efficiency in place of 80% the 15 mph throttle figure moves from 43 miles to 47; at a 750 W rating it moves to 44.
5. No measured ride checks the whole model. The physics reproduces Martin and colleagues' worked example, the motor reproduces Bafang's 80% at the rated point, and Samebike's 55 km full-electric figure matches a steady 18.4 mph throttle ride, but no ride to empty with its speed, load and weather stated was found for the LO26 Plus.
6. The torque cap comes from Samebike's European page. Its US page prints no torque figure; the model uses the European page's "80+Nm" for the same model, below the 90 N·m of the comparable motor.
7. Every figure assumes the full 720 Wh. The documents read here do not say how much of the pack the battery management system releases; on one measured pedelec, researchers at KIT found 75% used in a standard range test, which is where the 25% reserve comes from.
8. The tire coefficient is borrowed from 4-inch tires. Bicycle Rolling Resistance's fat-bike table lists no 26 × 3.0 tire, so the model uses the median of ten 26 × 4.00 tires at 12 psi, bracketed in the tire table.
9. The cold figures rest on one cell's laboratory data. The documents read here name no cell maker for the LO26 Plus, so the central line uses McMaster University's LG HG2 cell, bracketed by other published cell data, with the cells assumed to be at air temperature.
10. The fit figures rest on a measured drawing. The crank length, crank height, seat angle and grip position were measured on Samebike's size-and-fit drawing at the wheelbase scale, and four of its dimensions agree with Samebike's figures within 3.5 percent.
11. Two readings of the seat post are printed. Samebike lists 34.2 to 39.7 inches; its drawing, read at the validated scale, puts the saddle top at 37.4 to 42.1 inches and the clamp at 32.5 to 37.2. The main tables use the drawing; the second saddle table shows the listed range, and a written answer from Samebike on where it measures the seat height would settle which one to use.
12. The bodies are the US Army's. The 6,068 riders come from the 2012 ANSUR II survey, not a sample of the general public, so a body unlike the survey's at your height can sit differently on the same post.
13. The hand figure is a relaxed-back ceiling. It assumes the upper body hangs on the arms; a rider who holds the trunk up with the core puts less weight through the grips.
14. Where Samebike prints two figures for one thing, this review plans on one and names the other here. Top speed: 40 km/h on the specification table, 15.5 mph in the manual's specification. Peak power: 1500 W in the table and title, 1800 W on the motor panel. Charge time: 6–8 hours in the manual, 4–6 on the specification table. Suspension: "Adjustable front fork" in the table, a fork and "hydraulic rear shocks" on a feature panel and in the photographs. Water rating: IP54 in the manual, "IP64" in the page's FAQ. Email us and we will ask Samebike which applies to the bike you order.
15. The charger's printed output needs a read on delivery. The manual's specification page lists the charger as "Output 42V2A" beside a 48 V pack; charge with the charger that ships with the bike, and if its label does not name a 48 V pack, email us before the first charge.
16. The load capacity's basis is not stated. The documents read here do not say whether Samebike's 330 lb counts the bike's own 67.2; a load that stays within 262.8 lb of rider and cargo fits either reading.
17. The certification read here is the manual's EN 15194 mark. The US product page, product record and manual print no UL 2849 certificate number; email us and we will ask Samebike for one in writing.
18. The recall search covers the CPSC's US database under the names listed; a recall filed under another company name would need that name searched.
19. Stock and price were read on September 26, 2026, and both can change.

The bottom line

For $999, the LO26 Plus puts a 1000 W rear hub, a removable 720 Wh pack, a fork, a coil rear shock, hydraulic discs, 26 × 3.0 tires, seven gears, a thumb throttle and five assist levels on a frame that folds to 42.9 × 16.1 × 39.0 inches.

On level pavement a 180 lb rider gets about 43 miles at 15 mph on the throttle and 66 with easy pedaling. Samebike publishes 1000 W and 40 km/h for it and lists no class, so your state's definition decides where you ride it.

It suits riders from about 5'6" to 6'0" on its drawn seat post, who want full-size wheels that still go in a car for gravel, rough paths and the commute. Through Shop Pay on our listing it comes to four interest-free installments, or $90.17 a month over 12 months at 15% APR, subject to an eligibility check.

Send us your height, your inseam and your route before you order, and we will answer with numbers: where the saddle lands on both readings of the post, how far your ride goes, and whether the paths you ride allow a throttle.

Source register

Each document this review relies on, and what it supports.

T1 is the record itself, read from the party that issued it: a statute, a federal regulation, the maker's own product page, record, manual and comparison, our own store record. T2 is a party's own publication about its product or its measurements: the motor maker's workbook, and the research groups' and laboratories' published measurements.

Expiry conditions

Re-read this page if Samebike changes the LO26 Plus's price, specification, range figures or size-and-fit drawing on its US product page; if Samebike answers our written questions on the seat-height basis, the certificate, the delivered speed and power settings, the charger or the load basis; or if the stock, the price or the Shop Pay terms change on our store.

Re-read it as well if Congress amends 15 U.S.C. § 2085, if Samebike publishes a class for the LO26 Plus, or if a recall or warning is published naming Samebike or Sameway. Verified September 26, 2026.

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