Samebike STORM Review 2026: Full Suspension for $1,599

One rear hub motor, 1000 W rated and 1800 W at peak · "High 70+Nm Torque" · a removable 48 V 20 Ah pack of 960 Wh · a lockable fork and a rear shock · hydraulic discs · Shimano 8-speed · 26 × 4.0 tires · 50 km/h on the specification table · $1,599 · verified September 29, 2026

Quick Answer — The Samebike STORM is a $1,599 step-over fat-tire e-bike: a 1000 W rear hub motor (1800 W peak), a removable 960 Wh pack, a lockable fork, a rear shock and hydraulic discs. Holding 15 mph on the throttle over level pavement, a 180 lb rider covers a computed 54 miles per charge.

Add 75 W of easy pedaling and this review's model stretches the same charge to 83 miles, while Samebike's specification table lists a 160 km (99-mile) maximum. The range section pairs every one of those figures with a ride you can plan, and the fit section explains why this frame favors riders of about 5'8" and taller.

What this review covers

What $1,599 buys · What it is · Fit · The motor · The battery · How far it goes · Brakes, lights and signals · Suspension and tires · 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 STORM review

The STORM's figures come from Samebike's US product page, including its size-and-fit drawing and gallery panels, the product record, the STORM user manual and our listing, read September 29, 2026. Range and fit are arithmetic on those inputs, and each section names its sources.

Each figure was checked against Samebike's published specification and recomputed, or is cited where it stands, which makes this a specification-verified review. Because the STORM is a bike we sell, read its red flags as closely as its green ones.

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

What $1,599 buys

Every row was read on September 29, 2026 from Samebike's product page, with its title, specification table, stat strip, feature panels, size chart, gallery and FAQ, and from the manual's specification page. Where two Samebike documents disagree, the row prints both, the model plans on the figure its section names, and Limitations item 15 sets out the pairs.

A step-over fat-tire e-bike with suspension at both ends

Picture a trail-styled cruiser: a sloping top tube over 26-inch fat tires, the pack set into the down tube, a rack over the back wheel, a fork up front, a shock under the seat, and one hub motor driving the rear wheel. Samebike's US store sells it as the "STORM Large Battery Fat Tire Powerful Peak 1800W Mountain Electric Bike" and calls it "a high-performance motor eBike built for explosive acceleration, superior traction, and all-terrain capability."

Gallery image 5 on Samebike's STORM page: a Black and a Green STORM on a mountain road. Both colors, and White, are on our listing.

The CREST is the same drivetrain on a low-step frame. On Samebike's US pages for the STORM and the CREST, both list a 1000 W rear hub with an 1800 W peak, "High 70+Nm Torque", a 48 V 20 Ah pack and 26 × 4.0 tires, and Samebike's European blog comparing them says "We didn't downgrade a single spec between these two giants."

The STORM carries a top tube; the CREST has none, and the top-tube table shows who that matters to.

Gallery image 6: a Black STORM, top tube running to the seat post, beside a White CREST whose frame drops low between the wheels.

Samebike's older STORM address, "storm-large-battery-fat-tire-powerful-1000w-electric-bike", still turns up in search, and on September 28, 2026 it answered with a permanent redirect (HTTP 301) to the current page. Samebike's European store sells a STORM too, with its own figures ("100+Nm", a 70–140 km range); this review reads the US store, the one our listing matches.

Will the STORM fit you?

It suits riders of about 5'8" and taller: at 5'8", the seat post puts the saddle at the pedaling formula's height for 91 of every 100 riders and 67 of 100 clear the top tube at Samebike's listed 32.3 inches; at 5'10" those counts are 100 and 95. At 5'6", 28 of 100 clear the top tube, and at 5'4", 5.

The shares come from setting all 6,068 people measured in the US Army's 2012 survey against the bike in Samebike's own size drawing. Three steps compare it with your body:

1. Take your barefoot inseam: back to a wall, lift a hardcover book between your legs until it presses up like a saddle, and measure from the floor to its top edge.
2. Find your height in the top-tube table and confirm your inseam sits inside that row's typical range.
3. Read the saddle table to see whether the post puts the saddle where full pedaling wants it.

Samebike prints two rider-height windows for the STORM: 168–210 cm on its size-and-fit drawing (5'6" to 6'11" to the nearest inch), and 6'6" to 7'9" on gallery image 16, a second size chart in inches. The tables below measure riders of each height against the bike in the drawing, with Samebike's figures beside the drawing's:

Samebike's STORM size drawing at its published 1270 mm wheelbase: the listed total length, lowest seat height and High-Step Height measure within 3 percent on it, and the drawing's own lines for the seat heights, the length and the wheelbase run within 1.4 percent of their labels.

Will the saddle sit at the right height for me?

From 5'7" to 6'1", for most riders: the post puts the saddle at the pedaling formula's height for 81 of every 100 riders at 5'7", 91 at 5'8", 100 at 5'10", 91 at 6'0" and 76 at 6'1". Below that the saddle cannot go low enough: its lowest drawn top, 39.1 inches off the ground, sits above the formula height for 40 of 100 riders at 5'6" and 82 of 100 at 5'4".

The formula sets the saddle top 109% of inseam above the pedal axle, the setting whose knee angles Peveler et al., 2005 compared, and the cyclists in Ferrer-Roca et al., 2012 support heights down to 106%. On Samebike's drawing the crank axle stands 12.9 inches above the ground, each crank arm measures about 186 mm, and the seat post leans back at 76 degrees.

Riders per 100 at each height whose formula saddle height, at 109% and at the 106% low end, falls inside the post's range, with the median rider's 109% height above the ground; the Army survey's men and women together. The post runs from 39.1 to 44.3 inches: the drawn lowest setting, and that saddle raised by the 130 mm between Samebike's listed seat heights.

Why the formula height matters: it goes with a knee bend of 25 to 35 degrees at the bottom of each pedal stroke (Peveler et al., 2007), and a saddle held lower keeps the knee more bent than that.

At the tall end, 43 of 100 riders at 6'2" want more height than the post's 44.3 inches, by a median of about 0.5 inch, and at 6'4", 94 of 100 do, by about 1.5 inches.

Under 5'6" and planning long pedaled rides? The RS-A02 Plus, a folding fat-tire bike with an 1800 W peak, has a post that reaches the formula height for 66 of 100 riders at 5'4".

Can I clear the top tube at a stop?

From 5'10" up almost everyone can: 95 of every 100 riders at 5'10" clear the top tube at Samebike's listed 32.3 inches with their barefoot inseam, against 67 at 5'8", 28 at 5'6" and 5 at 5'4". Measured where the drawing's G line meets it, the tube stands 33.2 inches up, and the shares fall to 73, 28 and 8.

Stopping on the STORM means sliding forward off the saddle and standing astride that tube, so the question is whether your inseam clears it. Samebike's size chart calls it the "High-Step Height", and its European blog lists the same 820 mm as the STORM's "Standover Height".

Riders of 100 at each height whose barefoot inseam reaches the top tube at each figure; the inseam column shows the median rider, and shoes add to every figure. A rider who does not clear it can still stop by tipping the bike or stepping off to one side.

Under about 5'8" and wanting to stand over the frame at every stop? The CREST keeps the STORM's motor, pack and tires with no top tube at all, and the RS-A02 Plus review shows a folding frame that 95 of 100 riders at 5'0" clear by 0.4 inch or more.

Will I feel cramped, or stretched?

Neither, for most riders, though you sit forward rather than bolt upright: at the drawn bar the median rider leans 25 to 28 degrees from vertical at every height from 5'2" to 6'4". Measured on Samebike's drawing, the grips sit 29.9 to 31.9 inches higher than the crank axle and 21.2 to 23.6 inches ahead of it.

In a study where twenty recreational cyclists tried three trunk angles, the most upright was rated the most comfortable (Priego Quesada et al., 2017). Each lean below is the smallest forward tilt that lets a straight arm reach the grip from the sit bones, worked out from the torso and arm lengths of every body in the survey.

The median rider's lean with the bar where Samebike draws it; the spread covers every sitting point on the saddle and every point of the grip.

The handlebar is printed two ways. The specification table calls it "Unadjustable", while gallery image 16 draws an "ADJUSTABLE RISER" and gives a handlebar height of 40.1 to 42.5 inches; the drawn grips sit 3.0 percent above that range's top. With the grips lowered to 40.1 inches, the median rider leans 32 to 35 degrees, so ask us before you order if a low bar would not suit you.

Prefer to sit nearly upright? The M20 puts its median 5'8" rider at 4 degrees from vertical.

How much weight goes through my wrists?

With the back relaxed, the median rider rests 19 to 22 percent of body weight on the grips, about 14 to 23 pounds per hand depending on height. For comparison, ten road racers on their brake hoods in a laboratory put 15% of their weight through the bars (Carahalios, 2015).

When Slane et al., 2011 measured 36 riders, pressure over the ulnar nerve's path through the palm peaked in the most stretched-out position, the one with the most lean.

An upper bound, with the back relaxed and the bar where Samebike draws it, built from each body's segment weights (Clauser et al., 1969) and the survey's median weight at each height; the bracket spans every seat position and every point of the grip.

At the gallery's lowest handlebar height the share rises to 23 to 26 percent, so riders with sore wrists should tell us before they order.

How do I set it up when it arrives?

Fit the handlebar and stem, the front wheel and headlight, the fenders, the saddle and the pedals, then charge the pack and check the brakes before the first ride. The STORM manual shows each step: loosen the stem's screws, turn the handlebar into place, tighten them "to fix the handlebar angle", and set the stem square to the front wheel.

The front wheel drops into the fork with its rotor in the caliper slot and locks with a quick-release lever, and the headlight and front fender share the fork's screws. The pedals carry L and R marks that match the crank arms, and the manual warns that a pedal fitted to the wrong side can slide out.

Set the saddle by the manual's own rule, then check it with your heel: the manual puts the recommended height "when the seat cushion is level with the user's pelvis when standing naturally" and says the post must not rise past its safety line.

Then check it with your heel on the pedal at the bottom of the stroke, where the leg should be straight: among 19 cyclists in Peveler et al., 2005, that heel-toe method gave a knee angle inside the 25-to-35-degree range 70% of the time.

The pack in the down tube in Samebike's photograph, its key lock near the top.

To power up, turn the key in the battery, open its cover and press the power switch, then hold the display's power button, per the manual's step 3.3. The kit in the box includes the charger, two keys, a toolkit and a quick-release skewer.

How we computed fit

Four calculations run this section: the formula saddle height, 1.09 × inseam above the pedal axle, set against the post's range; top-tube clearance, barefoot inseam against the tube; lean, the smallest trunk angle that lets a straight arm reach the grip; and hand load, the upper body's weight against where the grips stand.

For a 5'8" rider with the median 32.6-inch inseam, the formula calls for 35.6 inches from the pedal, or 28.2 from the crank axle along the seat post's line (88.3% of inseam gives 28.8), which puts the saddle top 40.4 inches off the ground, inside the post's 39.1 to 44.3.

The drawing had to match Samebike's own dimensions before any measurement came off it:

The scale is Samebike's published 1270 mm (50-inch) wheelbase, between axle centers found by fitting a circle to each tire's lower arc. The drawing is a photograph, so the rear tire, farther from the lens, draws smaller than the front; Samebike's listed seat heights match the clamp, as on the other Samebike drawings, and the model uses the saddle top as drawn.

One rear hub motor: 1000 W, 1800 W at peak, "70+Nm"

Samebike's specification table rates the STORM's motor at 1000 W with an 1800 W peak, and its motor panel calls it a "Powerful Brushless Hub Motor": "High-performance 1000W (Peak 1800W) Featuring a lightweight and compact design, this motor provides max 50KM/H speed and acceleration while keeping efficiency."

The line under the page's title reads "High 70+Nm Torque", and the product record's description says "over 70Nm high torque". Samebike's European page prints "100+Nm" for its STORM, and its European blog "85+ Nm Peak Torque"; the range model caps the motor at 70 N·m, the low end of the US figure.

The rear hub motor in Samebike's photograph, the eight-cog freewheel beside it.

The STORM manual labels the motor at the rear hub in its overall view, beside the flywheel, and fits the front wheel with a quick-release skewer.

Ride on the throttle, or pedal with the motor helping in one of five levels. The display's assist range runs "0-5", per the manual, and the page describes two assist feels: a "Torque Mode" giving "Instant power for when you need extra speed or tackle hills" and a "Cadence Mode" for "Smooth, steady assist for effortless, comfortable rides". Samebike's battery panel adds that the motor is "Paired with a torque sensor".

Shift for your legs, not for the battery. With the motor in the rear hub, the pack's draw follows the watts you add rather than the gear you pick, and the gear table sets out what each effort level costs.

The pack: 960 Wh from 48 V and 20 Ah

Forty-eight volts at 20 amp-hours makes 960 watt-hours, the number every range figure in this review divides into. Samebike's range panel calls it a "960Wh LG battery with smart BMS", and gallery image 10 labels it "REMOVABLE 48V 20AH LITHIUM-ION BATTERY".

The STORM manual removes it in four steps: turn the key until the pack pops out slightly, rotate the retaining clip, press the top of the pack and pull it free. It charges on the bike or off it, through the port under a rubber cover.

The manual rates the charger at 54.6 V and 3 A, so a 20 Ah pack needs about 6.7 hours by simple division, inside the 6 to 8 hours Samebike prints on its specification table, gallery image 10 and in the manual. An overnight charge covers it.

Divided into 960 Wh, each of Samebike's range figures shows the watt-hours per mile it assumes:

Each figure is 960 Wh divided by Samebike's distance, and the range section matches it to a steady ride. The manual's pure-electric line prints "43-46miles" beside "50-55 km", two distances that differ, so both rows appear.

How far the STORM goes on one charge

A 180 lb rider on level pavement gets about 54 miles at 15 mph on the throttle, 38 at 20 mph, and 83 at 15 mph with easy pedaling, all from a full pack. A steady 4% climb at 10 mph on the throttle brings a full charge down to about 19 miles.

Size your own ride in three steps:

1. Find your cruising speed and how hard you pedal in the first two tables.
2. Add 172 to 235 Wh for every 1,000 feet you climb, the throttle's cost at 10 mph in the hill table.
3. Adjust for your weight and the temperature, and plan on three-quarters of what you get.

Each number comes from one steady-state calculation built on Samebike's own specifications, a comparable Bafang hub motor's published curve, ten fat tires measured on a drum, and a cycling-power model confirmed against riders on an open road; the formula subsection walks one mile through it.

Does riding faster cut range? Miles at each speed

Yes, sharply: the pack that covers 75 miles at 10 mph on the throttle covers 38 at 20 mph, since the air's resistance takes power in proportion to the cube of speed.

Throttle only, level pavement, 77 °F air, a 180 lb rider on a bike of 100.3 lb, the heaviest of Samebike's weights. The last column holds a quarter of the pack back, the share one pedelec kept in reserve in a standard laboratory range test (Schmitt, Decker and Doppelbauer, 2019).

Your legs are the biggest range lever here: 75 W of pedaling at 15 mph lifts a full charge from 54 miles to 83. Easy means 75 W and steady means 150 W; with the motor off, those efforts alone would carry this bike across level ground at about 8.7 and 12.8 mph, a quick way to tell which column is yours.

Miles from a full pack on level pavement, 180 lb aboard. Easy pedaling at 15 mph takes 11.6 Wh a mile from the pack, against 17.7 on the throttle alone. The 164-mile cell rests most heavily on your own steady output and on the motor's losses at light load, the model's least certain input (Limitations item 4).

The assist level sets how readily the motor joins you; the miles follow the speed you hold and the watts you add, so read the row that matches how you ride.

Which gear saves battery? With a hub motor, your effort decides

Pick gears for your knees; your pedaling is what spares the pack. The rear hub turns with the wheel in every one of the eight gears, so the battery's draw changes only with the watts you add:

Battery watt-hours per mile at each effort, for a 180 lb rider.

Low gears earn their keep on hills: 150 W of pedaling at 12 mph up a 4% grade trims the pack's share from 49.7 Wh a mile to 28.9, and the easiest cog is what lets your legs hold that effort.

Does going uphill drain the battery faster?

Yes: at 10 mph on the throttle, every 1,000 feet of climbing on a 4 to 10% grade costs 172 to 235 Wh more than the same distance on the flat. Lifting 280.3 lb of rider and bike through 1,000 feet takes about 106 Wh at the wheel; the motor's and the pack's losses add the rest.

Each row at 10 mph with 180 lb aboard: the throttle alone in the middle columns, 75 W of easy pedaling added in the last. A 15% grade is left out because the model's motor, capped at the 70 N·m low end of Samebike's "70+Nm", would have to slow below 10 mph there; Limitations item 6 explains the cap.

Price a hilly route in two parts, the level miles and the climbing, and add them. Ten level miles at 15 mph on the throttle draw about 177 Wh, and 500 feet of 6% grade adds about 95, some 273 of the 960; the model holds one steady speed throughout, so stops and headwinds come on top.

Does rider weight affect range?

Somewhat on the flat, much more uphill. Added pounds load the tires and the climb while the air's share stays the same, so weight counts for more as the road tilts.

Rider plus cargo on a bike of 100.3 lb, throttle only. The last row is the 265 lb the manual's safety precautions give as the rider limit, the lower of Samebike's two load figures.

Going from 180 lb to 265 lb shortens the level 15 mph ride from 54 miles to 48, and the 8% climb at 10 mph from 9 miles to 6.

Does cold weather drain the battery?

Yes: at 32 °F the 15 mph throttle ride falls from 54 miles to about 43, and at 14 °F to about 39.

Level pavement, 180 lb rider, throttle only. The central line interpolates McMaster University's LG HG2 cell measurements at 0.5C discharge with the cells at air temperature; Samebike names LG cells for the STORM without a model number, and the brackets hold the range other published cell tests give, which widens below freezing (Limitations item 9).

The cold changes three things together. Freezing air leaves the pack about 89% of its 77 °F energy and is itself about 9% denser, by the gas law behind the U.S. Standard Atmosphere.

The tires stiffen as well: the model raises rolling resistance by about 0.9% for each degree Celsius of cooling, between the rate Rothhämel fitted for a 42 mm tire and the road-tire average from Bicycle Rolling Resistance's temperature test, and holds it flat below 41 °F.

Do the fat tires cut range? Tires and riding position

The tire choice alone spreads a 15 mph level ride across 13 miles: 50 on the hardest-rolling of ten fat tires, 63 on the easiest. Bicycle Rolling Resistance measured ten 26 × 4.00 fat tires on its drum at 12 psi, reading 23.2 to 42.1 W, and the model uses their median.

Full-pack miles for a 180 lb rider on the throttle over level pavement. On the drum, Kenda's Juggernaut Pro took the most power of the ten and Schwalbe's Jumbo Jim LiteSkin the least; the STORM's photographs show CST tires, which the drum's set does not include (Limitations item 8).

For pressure, the manual sends you to the sidewall: "According to the actual information on the tire." Read the figure on your own tires before you pump them, since a soft 26 × 4.0 tire costs miles.

Posture matters more the faster you go. Roadside measurements by Tengattini and Bigazzi gave 37 upright cruiser riders a drag area of 0.640 m², the figure used here, and 90 everyday mountain-bike riders 0.603 m²; riding in the second group's posture adds about 1.7 miles at 20 mph (38.5 to 40.2 miles before rounding).

Samebike's 160 km and 93 miles, turned into rides

Samebike prints nine range figures for the STORM across its page, its gallery and its manual, and each fits a different steady ride. The range panel ties its 93 miles to "Mode 1, Level 1 pedalassist under controlled conditions".

• 160 km (99 miles), the specification table's "Max Range" and the product record's "can travel 160km in pas mode", allows 9.7 Wh a mile: easy pedaling at about 13.8 mph, or steady pedaling near 17.1. The throttle alone does not reach it at any speed from 5 mph up.
• 93 miles, the range panel's level-1 figure and gallery image 7, allows 10.3 Wh a mile: easy pedaling near 14.3 mph, steady near 17.4.
• 140 km (87 miles), the low end of the manual's pedal-assist band and gallery image 10, allows 11.0 Wh a mile: easy pedaling near 14.7 mph, steady near 17.8, or the throttle only below about 7 mph.
• Over 100 km (62 miles), the battery panel's "mild electric mode" figure, allows 15.4 Wh a mile: about 13 mph on the throttle alone, or easy pedaling near 17.4.
• 43 to 46 miles, the manual's pure-electric figure in miles, and 70 km (43 miles) at the stat strip's low end, allow 20.9 to 22.3 Wh a mile: a steady 17.4 to 18.4 mph on the throttle.
• 50 to 55 km (31 to 34 miles), the same manual line in kilometers, allows 28.1 to 30.9 Wh a mile: about 21.8 to 23.2 mph on the throttle.

The manual says its figures were measured "with a 75kg load, at 86°F(30'C), 70% humidity, on a level road, in pure electric riding mode", without stating a speed; its longest figures match gentle pedaling here, and its shortest a brisk throttle ride.

Plan on three-quarters of any full-charge figure. In one standard laboratory range test a pedelec delivered 75% of its rated energy and held the rest back to protect its cells (Schmitt, Decker and Doppelbauer, 2019); on that basis the 54-mile throttle ride at 15 mph becomes a 41-mile plan.

How every figure here is worked out

A constant speed needs constant power at the rear wheel. Martin and colleagues (1998) wrote that power, in still air, as a single equation and confirmed it against what riders produced on an open road:

Rear-wheel power, P = v × [ m·g·(Crr·cos θ + sin θ) + ½·ρ·CdA·v² ]

Here v is the speed; m is the combined mass of rider, cargo and bike, g is gravity and θ the slope; Crr is the tires' rolling resistance, where 0.0105 means a drag of 1.05% of the load they carry; ρ is air density; and CdA is the drag area, the size of the hole the rider opens in the air.

From the wheel back to the battery, that power passes through four stages:

1. Your pedaling passes through a chain Martin and colleagues measured at 97.7% efficiency, and the motor supplies the rest.
2. The motor borrows its shape from a comparable motor's published data: Bafang's 2021 OEM workbook lists its RM G0H0 geared hub at 510 rpm unloaded and 426 rpm at the rated point, at 80% efficiency or better. The model scales that shape to the STORM's 48 V and 1000 W, sets the unloaded speed at 31.1 mph from Samebike's 50 km/h, and caps torque at 70 N·m.
3. The battery turns a few percent of its energy into heat inside the cells, a loss Arango, Lopez and Ceren measured on a 48 V e-bike pack.
4. Watt-hours per mile come from dividing the battery's output in watts by the speed in mph, and the miles from dividing the 960 Wh, corrected for temperature, by that figure.

One mile worked by hand, on the throttle at 15 mph over level pavement with 180 lb aboard. The tires take 88.13 W and the air 114.23 W, a total of 202.36 W at the wheel.

At that speed the 29.92-inch wheel turns 169 rpm. Scaled from Bafang's published figures to 48 V and 1000 W, the modeled motor has a torque constant of 1.313 N·m per amp, 0.304 Ω of winding resistance and a 1.10 A no-load current; the 11.47 N·m the wheel needs draws 9.83 A, and the motor runs at 79% efficiency.

Counting the pack's own losses, the cells supply 265.75 W, or 17.72 Wh a mile at 15 mph: 960 ÷ 17.72 is 54.2 miles, and 40.6 with a quarter held back.

The checks behind the model. Each link in the chain reproduces a figure its own source printed:

Three benchmarks, one per link: Martin and colleagues' Appendix I example for the road physics (8.36 m/s, a 90 kg system on a 0.3% grade), Bafang's rated point for the comparable RM G0H0 motor, and the manual's pure-electric miles for the whole chain.

No source read for this review records a STORM ridden until its pack ran out with the speed and load stated; Limitations item 5 sets out what that leaves open.

Brakes, lights, turn signals and controls

Hydraulic disc brakes at both wheels. The specification table lists "Hydraulic disc brakes", and Samebike's brake panel says they "provide reliable stopping power for your bike with less maintenance."

The rear caliper on its rotor in Samebike's photograph.

The display, per the manual, shows speed, the odometer, the assist level, the trip distance and time, and the battery in five bars, and it turns itself off after 10 idle minutes. Holding one button for 2 seconds starts a "Boost mode" that the manual reserves for pushing the bike, never riding it.

Turn signals, a brake light, a horn and a USB port come built in. The manual's controls page has left and right turn keys that flash matching arrows on the display, and a horn button; gallery image 15 shows "LED headlights and turn signals" at the front and "Brake and turn signals" at the back, and the specification table lists a USB charger, which the manual rates at 5 V, 1 A.

The tail light under the rear rack, lit, in Samebike's photograph.

Gallery image 18 adds "AI AUTOMATIC SENSING HEADLIGHTS", which Samebike says "recognizes the surrounding environment and automatically turns on the daytime lights"; the manual's headlight button switches the light on and off by hand.

The right grip: the brake lever and the Shimano eight-speed shifter.

A lockable fork, a rear shock and 26 × 4.0 tires

Suspension front and rear, and a sprung saddle. The specification table lists a "Dual-shock front fork", which gallery image 8 shows with a dial marked OPEN and LOCK, and the page's suspension chips print "100mm Distance traveled"; Samebike's rear-shock panel is titled "30mm Distance traveled Rear Shock".

The rear shock between the swingarm and the frame in Samebike's photograph.

Gallery image 11 calls the rear unit a "CENTRALLY MOUNTED HYDRAULIC SHOCK ABSORBER", saying "The frame suspension improves frame rigidity and comfort", and gallery image 12 pairs an "oversized seat" with its own "shock absorption system".

The tires are 26 × 4.0 on the specification table, with CST on the sidewalls in Samebike's photographs; gallery image 13 labels them "ALL-TERRAIN FAT TIRES" for gravel road, snowy terrain, muddy trails and city streets. The tire table prices them in miles.

Four weights, two load figures: what to plan around

Samebike prints four weights for the STORM, three for the bike and one for its carton: 45 kg (99.2 lb) on its specification table and size-and-fit drawing, 99 lb on gallery image 16, and 100 lb (45.5 kg) in the manual, whose carton weighs 122 lb (55.5 kg). The range figures use the heaviest, 100.3 lb, so they lean toward fewer miles.

Plan on 265 lb for the rider. The specification table, the drawing, gallery image 16 and the manual's specification table print a 150 kg (330 lb) maximum load, and the manual's safety precautions advise against riders "whose weight exceeds the max load limit (max load is 120KG/265lb)". Heavier than 265 lb? Email us and we will ask Samebike which figure governs before you order.

The carton measures 1640 × 320 × 910 mm (64.6 × 12.6 × 35.8 inches), per the manual, a two-person lift at the curb. The bike does not fold, and at 2000 × 670 × 1050 mm (78.7 × 26.4 × 41.3 inches) it needs a garage, hallway or hitch rack that takes it whole.

The Mercer fit test

The Mercers, seven archetype riders (meet the Mercers), stand in for the people who buy from us, and each row below puts one of them on the STORM. Each verdict reads Samebike's published height windows, seat range, top tube and load figures through the fit tables built on its drawing.

Ruth, Dana and Maya show how much the top tube matters under 5'8". Maya's share moves from 28 of 100 at the listed 32.3 inches to 8 at the drawn 33.2, so her barefoot inseam against 33.2 is the safe check before she orders, and the CREST answers the question outright.

Is it UL certified?

Samebike's studio photographs of the STORM carry a TÜV SÜD mark reading "C US" and "UL 2849", and the manual closes with "EPAC EN 15194". UL 2849, the standard UL Solutions certifies e-bikes to, tests the electrical drive train, battery and charger working together.

If a landlord, building manager or insurer asks for the certificate behind that mark, tell us before the bike ships and we will request it from Samebike.

Has it been recalled?

No. The CPSC's recall database returned nothing on September 29, 2026 for Samebike, Same bike, Samebikes, Sameway or Guangzhou Sameway in recall titles, product names or manufacturers, while three other brands' known recalls came back as controls. The 623 bicycle, e-bike, battery and scooter recalls saved on September 25 name no Samebike STORM; the two that use the word "Storm" are other makers' bicycles.

The CPSC's site search, which also lists its consumer warnings, answered "No Results." for Samebike and for Sameway that day, while a brand with warnings on file returned them.

The class question for a 1000 W throttle bike

Samebike's US page gives the STORM no class, so your state's definition decides. State definitions weigh the figures Samebike publishes: a 1000 W motor with an 1800 W peak, 50 km/h (31.1 mph) on the specification table, stat strip and motor panel, and a throttle that moves the bike with no pedaling.

Federally, 15 U.S.C. § 2085 brings low-speed electric bicycles under the CPSC's bicycle rules, and subsection (b) defines the term 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."

Read September 29, 2026: 15 U.S.C. § 2085, Samebike's product page and the STORM manual.

Where your state's wording turns on watts or top speed, email us before you order, and we will get the delivered bike's figures from Samebike in writing. The manual's own first safety precaution asks riders to "obey national and local regulations", and our 50-state e-bike law atlas collects each state's definition.

Where you can ride it

Trails signed for class 1 e-bikes only are closed to the STORM. The federal class 1 definition requires a motor that "provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling" (43 CFR 8340.0-5(j)(1)), and the STORM has a throttle; past that, the landowner sets the rule.

On Bureau of Land Management land, 43 CFR 8340.0-5 defines three e-bike classes around a motor "of not more than 750 watts (1 h.p.)" and leaves each area's access to a written decision by the authorized officer.

Each kind of ground has its own rulebook, and none of them is decided by the specification sheet.

On National Forest land the motor vehicle use map governs: a trail it closes to motor vehicles is closed to the STORM, and a violation carries a federal penalty.

36 CFR 261.2 defines a motor vehicle as "any vehicle which is self-propelled", and 36 CFR 261.1b sets the penalty for breaking a Part 261 rule at "imprisonment of not more than six months", a fine under 18 U.S.C. 3571, or both, so pick up the district's map before you ride.

Samebike markets the STORM as a "Mountain Electric Bike" with "all-terrain capability", and its manual's safety precautions add: "This product is not professional off-road bike, do not use this product according to off-road standards." Our public-land guide sets out each federal land agency's e-bike rules.

Green flags / Red flags

Green flags

• $1,599 on our listing, the price Samebike's US store listed on September 29, 2026, with $1,999 shown as its regular price.
• A 1000 W rear hub with an 1800 W peak and "High 70+Nm Torque" on the US page.
• 960 Wh in one removable pack: a computed 83 miles at 15 mph with easy pedaling for a 180 lb rider.
• Suspension at both ends: a lockable fork and a rear shock, plus a sprung saddle.
• Hydraulic disc brakes and a Shimano 8-speed, named on the specification table.
• Turn signals, a brake light, a horn and USB built in, per the manual and the gallery.
• A saddle range that fits the middle of the height chart: the post reaches the formula height for 91 to 100 of every 100 riders from 5'8" to 6'0".
• Free delivery, and transit-damage claims we file: shipping costs nothing in the contiguous United States, and damage reported within 48 hours becomes a carrier claim we handle.
• About 18 cents a full charge, priced at July 2026's average US household electricity rate.

Red flags

Every red flag here concerns fit, and each points to the page or the bike that answers it.

• Wrong if you stand under about 5'8" and want to straddle the frame at every stop. At 5'6", 28 of 100 riders clear the listed top tube; the CREST keeps the same 1000 W motor, 960 Wh pack and 26 × 4.0 tires with no top tube.
• Wrong if you are under about 5'5" and want a full pedaling height. The saddle's lowest drawn top sits above the formula height for 82 of 100 riders at 5'4"; the RS-A02 Plus post reaches it for 66 of 100 at that height.
• Wrong if you want to sit bolt upright. The median rider leans 25 to 28 degrees; the M20 seats its median 5'8" rider at 4 degrees.
• Wrong if you weigh over 265 lb. That is the rider limit in the manual's safety precautions; the RS-A08 II rides on the same 26 × 4.0 tires and prints 330 lb on its drawing, gallery and manual, and we will confirm the figure with Samebike before you order.
• Wrong if it has to fold for a car trunk or a closet. Samebike's table lists "Foldable: No"; the RS-A02 Plus folds, with an 816 Wh pack, for $1,199.
• Wrong for trails signed class 1 only. A class 1 sign bars throttle bikes; our public-land guide sets out each federal agency's rule, and we will go through your trail's sign with you.
• Wrong for a rider who is 16 or younger. The manual says "user must be over 16 years old"; tell us the rider's age and we will suggest a bike we sell that fits it.

Buy it if / Buy something else if

Buy it if you want a full-suspension fat-tire bike with a 1000 W motor, a 960 Wh pack, hydraulic brakes and turn signals for throttle riding and pedaling alike; you stand about 5'8" or taller, where the top-tube table has most riders clearing the frame; and it can be stored full length.

For $1,599 the STORM brings a 1000 W rear hub with an 1800 W peak and "High 70+Nm Torque", a removable 960 Wh pack, hydraulic disc brakes, a lockable fork and a rear shock, 26 × 4.0 tires, eight Shimano gears, a throttle, five assist levels, turn signals, a brake light, a horn, a rear rack and fenders.

Paying over time? On our listing, Shop Pay showed plans from $144.32 a month on September 29, 2026: $144.32 a month for 12 months at 15% APR, $1,731.84 in total, or $546.38 a month for 3 months at 15% APR, $1,639.14 in total, each after an eligibility check.

Buy something else if you are under about 5'8" and want to stand over the frame, where the CREST drops the top tube; if you are under about 5'5", where the RS-A02 Plus brings a lower saddle and a frame you can clear; if you want to sit upright, where the M20 does; or if it must fold, where the RS-A02 Plus does.

The same range and fit models run through our reviews of the M20, the M20-III, the RS-A08 II, the RS-A02 Plus, the RS-A02 Pro, the LO26 Plus, the CY20 Pro and the CREST. Our Samebike brand profile lines up the ten models we stock, and our e-bike reviews hub sorts every maker's bikes by style, rider and price.

Before you buy: the checklist

Work through these eight before you spend $1,599; the first three tell you whether the STORM suits your body and your roads.

1. Take your barefoot inseam to the top-tube table and the saddle table, in your height's row.
2. Look up your state's e-bike definition and minimum age in our atlas, and read the class signs on the paths you plan to ride.
3. Size your usual ride in watt-hours with the range tables, holding a quarter of the 960 in reserve.
4. Check the garage, hallway or rack for 78.7 inches of length and 41.3 of height; the frame does not fold.
5. Have two people on hand for delivery: the carton weighs 122 lb.
6. Keep the rider under 265 lb, the manual's figure, and email us if you are close.
7. Choose a charging spot where the pack can sit for 6 to 8 hours, on the bike or indoors.
8. Call your insurer about e-bike cover before the first ride.

Buying it from us

Why buy the STORM from Redtail

The STORM costs $1,599 on our listing in Black, White or Green, the same price Samebike's US store listed on September 29, 2026; here is what buying it from us adds.

Changed your mind after delivery? Under our refund policy the box must stay unopened and factory-sealed and the request must reach us within 72 hours, with a 15% restocking fee and return shipping charged; canceling an order costs 3%. Questions about fit and routes are free, so send them before you order.

Frequently asked questions

How far can the Samebike STORM go on one charge?

About 54 miles at 15 mph on the throttle for a 180 lb rider on level pavement, computed from a full pack; easy pedaling stretches that to about 83, and 20 mph on the throttle gives about 38. Hold a 4% climb at 10 mph and it drops to about 19. Samebike's specification table lists 160 km (99 miles) as the maximum, and the range tables adjust each figure for your weight, climbing and temperature.

What is the top speed of the Samebike STORM?

50 km/h (31.1 mph), on Samebike's specification table, stat strip and motor panel; the manual's specification page lists no top speed. If your state's rule depends on top speed, email us and we will get Samebike's written figure for the bike you would receive.

What's the difference between the STORM and the CREST?

The frame. Both list a 1000 W rear hub with an 1800 W peak, "High 70+Nm Torque", a 48 V 20 Ah pack and 26 × 4.0 tires on Samebike's US pages for the STORM and the CREST, and both sell at $1,599 on our listings; the STORM steps over a top tube Samebike puts at 820 mm (32.3 in), while the CREST has no top tube, and our CREST review measures its lowest frame edge at 19.4 inches.

The STORM comes in Black, White and Green, the CREST in Black, White and Navy.

Is the STORM street legal, and what class is it?

Your state decides, because Samebike assigns the STORM no class. The wording turns on motor power, top speed and whether the throttle moves the bike without pedaling, and for the STORM those read 1000 W with an 1800 W peak, 50 km/h on the specification table, and yes. Our 50-state atlas has your state's wording, and the class section quotes the federal definition in full.

How much does the Samebike STORM weigh?

99.2 lb (45 kg) on Samebike's specification table and size-and-fit drawing, 99 lb on gallery image 16, and 100 lb (45.5 kg) in the manual, where the carton weighs 122 lb. Plan your lifting around the heaviest, and two people for the box.

What is the STORM's weight limit?

Samebike prints two figures: a 150 kg (330 lb) maximum load on its specification table, drawing, gallery image 16 and the manual's specification table, and a 120 kg (265 lb) rider limit in the manual's safety precautions. Plan on 265 lb for yourself, and email us if you weigh more so we can get Samebike's answer before you order.

How much torque does the STORM have?

"High 70+Nm Torque", on Samebike's US page, and "over 70Nm" in its product record. Its European page prints "100+Nm" and its European blog "85+ Nm Peak Torque"; the range model caps the motor at 70 N·m, the low end of the US figure.

What battery does the STORM use?

One 48 V 20 Ah pack, 960 Wh, which Samebike calls a "960Wh LG battery with smart BMS". It sits in the down tube and comes out with its key; the battery section converts Samebike's range figures into watt-hours per mile, and the range tables turn the pack into miles at your speed, weight and climbing.

Can you remove and replace the STORM's battery?

Yes: turn the key until the pack pops out, rotate the retaining clip, then press the top and pull it free, per the manual. Samebike's warranty policy repairs or replaces a battery that fails in its first year and after that gives a prorated credit, based on months of service, toward a new one; for a spare, email us your order number and we will find the match.

How long does the STORM take to charge?

6 to 8 hours, on Samebike's specification table, gallery image 10 and in the manual; at the charger's printed 3 A, the 20 Ah pack takes about 6.7 hours by simple division. Charge it overnight.

What does a full charge of the STORM cost?

About 18 cents a full charge: 960 Wh at 18.31 cents per kilowatt-hour, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's July 2026 average for US households, before the charger's own losses. At 15 mph on the throttle, 17.7 Wh a mile comes to about a third of a cent per mile, and a full charge runs from about 12 cents in Louisiana to about 46 in Hawaii.

What rider height fits the STORM?

Samebike recommends 168–210 cm on its size-and-fit drawing and 6'6" to 7'9" on gallery image 16. By the fit tables, riders of about 5'8" and taller match it best: at 5'8", the post reaches the formula saddle height for 91 of 100 riders and 67 of 100 clear the listed top tube, and at 5'10", 100 and 95.

The median 5'8" rider's 32.6-inch barefoot inseam clears the listed 32.3-inch top tube by about 0.4 inch, so measure yours against the top-tube table; the fit tables run from 5'2" to 6'4".

Does the Samebike STORM have a throttle?

Yes: the specification table lists a "Detachable throttle", gallery image 18 labels it below the left grip, and the bike has five pedal-assist levels as well. The range tables show what riding on the throttle, or pedaling alongside it, does to your miles.

Can you ride the STORM in the rain?

Samebike's FAQ says its bikes "are designed to handle wet conditions" but asks riders to avoid heavy rain, which "may affect battery life and reduce traction", and rates the entire bike IP64; the manual prints IP54. Ride carefully in the wet, never charge a wet charger, and dry the bike before you plug it in, as the manual's precautions ask.

Is the STORM good in snow?

Samebike's tire panel lists "Snowy Terrain" among the surfaces its 26 × 4.0 tires are built for, and the manual asks you to "ride carefully in snow, rain, wet road, ice and other bad weather". Cold also shortens range: the cold table shows the 15 mph throttle ride falling from 54 miles to about 43 at 32 °F.

Does a fat-tire bike like the STORM need suspension?

The STORM has it whichever way you ride: a "Dual-shock front fork" you can lock, which Samebike's page pairs with "100mm Distance traveled", and a rear shock its panel lists at "30mm Distance traveled". Lock the fork on smooth pavement and open it on rough ground, and the suspension section shows each part.

Where do I find the STORM manual?

The product page's FAQ and Samebike's "Manuals and Guides" page both link the STORM user manual, an 18-page PDF. It covers the specifications, assembly, battery removal and charging, the display and its error codes, and the warranty.

Can I pay for the STORM in installments?

Yes. Our listing's Shop Pay showed sample plans on September 29, 2026 of $144.32 a month for 12 months at 15% APR ($1,731.84 in total), or $546.38 a month for 3 months ($1,639.14 in total); approval depends on an eligibility check by Affirm's lending partners.

Is Samebike a legit brand?

Guangzhou Sameway Electric Bicycle Co., Ltd. makes Samebikes; its about page gives 2004 as the year it was established, and the STORM manual prints the company's Guangzhou address. Neither the CPSC's recall database nor its site search listed a recall or warning for Samebike on September 29, 2026, and every figure here traces to Samebike's US store and its manual.

Is the STORM good for off-road riding?

Samebike sells it as a "Mountain Electric Bike" with "all-terrain capability", and it rides on 26 × 4.0 tires with a lockable fork and a rear shock; the manual adds that it "is not professional off-road bike". Whether you may ride a given trail is the land manager's call, and the trail section shows who decides where.

Limitations of this review

Here is what this review cannot settle on its own, numbered, each with what would settle it where that is known.

1. We sell this bike. Give the red flags the weight you give the green ones.
2. The review is specification-verified: each figure traces to Samebike's published documents, a federal text, our store record, a study cited in the range or fit sections, or arithmetic set out here.
3. Each range number describes one steady ride, one speed on one grade in still air; real stops, starts and headwinds cost more, and a tailwind less.
4. Bafang's published motor stands in for Samebike's. Samebike's documents name no maker, unloaded speed or efficiency curve for the STORM's motor, so the model builds it on the shape of Bafang's RM G0H0 at 48 V and 1000 W, unloaded at 31.1 mph. Raising the efficiency from 80% to 82% lifts the 15 mph throttle figure from 54 miles to 58; rating the comparable at 750 W gives 54 there and trims the 8% climb at 10 mph from 9 miles to 8.
5. No measured ride checks the whole chain. Three parts are checked apart (the physics against Martin and colleagues' worked example, the motor against Bafang's rated 80%, and the whole model against the manual's 43 to 46 pure-electric miles, which a steady 17.4 to 18.4 mph on the throttle reproduces), but only a STORM ridden until the pack ran out, with speed, load and weather recorded, would check it end to end.
6. The torque ceiling is the low end of Samebike's "70+Nm", which states a floor; a higher ceiling changes only the steepest climbs, where the model's motor runs at its cap, and it is why the hill table stops at 12%.
7. The model assumes the full 960 Wh. The documents read here do not say how much of the pack the battery management system releases; the 25% reserve comes from one measured pedelec that released 75% in a standard test (researchers at KIT).
8. The tire figure is borrowed. Rolling resistance is the median of ten 26 × 4.00 tires Bicycle Rolling Resistance measured at 12 psi, bracketed in the tire table, and the CST tires in the STORM's photographs are not among them. The 29.92-inch wheel is Samebike's listed diameter; the circles fitted to its photographed tires read 28.5 inches, 4.7 percent less.
9. One cell's laboratory data carries the cold figures. Samebike names LG cells for the STORM's pack without a model number, so the central line follows McMaster University's LG HG2 data with the cells at air temperature, and other published cells set the brackets.
10. The fit figures rest on a measured photograph. Samebike's size-and-fit image is a photograph with dimension lines, scaled by its wheelbase; the listed total length, lowest seat height and High-Step Height measured within 3 percent on it, while its total height reads 5.9 percent over and its wheel diameter 4.7 percent under, the perspective of a real photograph.
11. The saddle's highest point is derived. The drawing shows the saddle at its lowest setting only, so the highest position is that saddle raised by the 130 mm between Samebike's listed seat heights, along the drawn post.
12. The handlebar is printed two ways. The specification table says "Unadjustable", while gallery image 16 draws an adjustable riser with a 40.1–42.5-inch handlebar height; the tables use the drawn grips, and with the grips at 40.1 inches the median rider leans 32 to 35 degrees and carries 23 to 26 percent of body weight on the hands.
13. The riders are soldiers. Every one of the 6,068 bodies was measured for the Army's 2012 ANSUR II survey, and it holds too few riders above 6'4" to fill a row, so the gallery's 6'6"–7'9" window lies past the tables.
14. The hand load is an upper bound. It assumes the arms hold up a fully relaxed torso; bracing your core lowers it.
15. Samebike's documents give two or more values for several things. Each set is in the table below the list, and if you email us we will ask Samebike which figure holds for the bike you order.
16. Which load figure governs is open. The manual prints 330 lb as the maximum load and 265 lb as the rider limit; this review plans on 265 until Samebike answers.
17. Certification. Samebike's studio photographs carry a TÜV SÜD mark reading "C US" and "UL 2849", and the manual shows "EPAC EN 15194". No certificate number appears on the US page, the product record or the manual. TÜV SÜD's public Certificate Explorer, searched September 28, 2026, lists eight Sameway attestations to the European standard EN 15194 for other Samebike models; it returned no North American UL 2849 listing for any brand tried, so it could not confirm or rule out the STORM's mark.
18. The recall search reads the CPSC's US record for the names listed, so a recall filed under a different company name would not appear.
19. Price and stock change. We read both on our listing and on Samebike's US store on September 29, 2026.
20. The charge cost uses one month's national average. EIA marks its July 2026 residential figure of 18.31 cents per kWh as preliminary, your own utility charges its own rate, and the charger's losses, which no document read here states, come on top.

Samebike's own wording for every set, read September 28 and 29, 2026; wherever the review had to choose, it used the first column, except the load, where it plans on the lower figure.

The bottom line

For $1,599, the STORM gives you a 1000 W rear hub with an 1800 W peak and "High 70+Nm Torque" on Samebike's US page, a removable 960 Wh pack, hydraulic disc brakes, a lockable fork and a rear shock, 26 × 4.0 tires, eight Shimano gears, a throttle, turn signals and a brake light, a rear rack and fenders, on a step-over frame that does not fold.

A 180 lb rider on level pavement gets about 54 miles at 15 mph on the throttle, or 83 with easy pedaling, and a full charge costs about 18 cents at the US average rate. With 1000 W, 50 km/h on the specification table and no class from Samebike, where you may ride it is your state's call.

It suits riders from about 5'8" to 6'1" best, where the post reaches a full pedaling height and most riders clear the top tube; shorter riders should read the top-tube table and the CREST, which drops the tube. Shop Pay on our listing offered plans from $144.32 a month for buyers who qualify.

Tell us your height, barefoot inseam and the ride you have in mind before you order. You will hear back how you clear the top tube and where the saddle lands, the ride's cost in watt-hours out of the 960, and how the trails you name treat throttle bikes.

Source register

The tier beside each source names the authority behind it: T1 is law, regulation or government data, T2 is an organization's own publication about its products, terms or measurements, and T3 is peer-reviewed research or a standards body.

Expiry conditions

Any of these would date the page: a new price, specification, range figure or size chart on Samebike's US STORM page; a revised STORM manual; Samebike's written answer on the load figure, the handlebar, a certificate number, or the delivered speed and power; new price, stock or Shop Pay terms on our listing; or a newer month of EIA residential electricity prices.

So would a change in the federal picture: an amendment to 15 U.S.C. § 2085, a class Samebike assigns the STORM, or a CPSC recall or warning naming Samebike or Sameway. Verified September 29, 2026.

References

Each document cited on this page, with its publisher, title, the part relied on and the date it was retrieved; the two computations of this review are listed last, with the sections that set them out.

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