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Check out the full written review and some sweet photos of the Mini: https://www.electrifiedreviews.com/blog/revi-bikes-cheetah-mini-review-2199-the-miniature-e-bike-beast-you-need-in-your-life
See the Cheetah Mini website: https://www.revibikes.com/products/cheetah-mini-20-inch-vintage-electric-bikes
tl;dr version of the written review:
The Revibikes Cheetah Mini has all of the same vibes of its older brother, The Cheetah, but just shrinks them down into a more approachable form factor. This vintage-inspired electric bike only cares about one thing: Looking cool and feeling good. Wait. That’s two things. Let’s just say, you may need to break out the leather jacket and shades if you want to be seen riding this Ebike around.
The Cheetah Mini has a starting price of $1,799 USD and includes free shipping, a 30-day price match policy, and a limited 1-year warranty. The coverage isn’t “mini” here by any means.
The Cheetah Mini is rocking a Revibikes-branded 500-watt, rear hub motor. Now, it is capable of 750-watt peak wattage output, so by no means is this little beast lacking any power! 500-watt motors are generally regarded as “good enough”, and I’m not sure if there’s any optimization behind the scenes, but this motor felt really solid, with plenty of power to handle anything we tackled during our ride tests.
You’re not going to break any speed records here, but the Cheetah mini is capable of achieving 28MPH with pedal assistance, and 20MPH throttle only, making this a Class 3 bike. It may ship in class 2 configuration, but this is something you can hop into the menu and unlock.
The Cheetah Mini’s locking and removable 48-volt, 15 amp-hour battery is definitely not as small as you’d expect given the name…In fact, I’m starting to think the Mini name is only referring to the frame size…
This battery uses Samsung cells and offers a max estimated range of 35 miles in ideal conditions. Considering this battery is 720 watt-hours, this estimate feels spot on! But, I do think the real-world range is going to be around 25-30 miles, especially if you want to rip on the twist-throttle every once in a while. And come on…you want to rip on the twist throttle now and again.
The Cheetah Mini is not a step-through, but we’ve got a very approachable standover height of about 22 inches. With an adjustable reach of 21 inches to 23 inches, this bike will fit a wide range of riders. Anyone from 4’11”-5’9”, according to Revibikes. Based on my 5’9” frame, I’d say those are spot-on ranges.
Besides being smaller than the Cheetah, there is another difference, and one that we think is pretty awesome. The front forks: these ones move! That’s right folks, we’ve got a suspension front fork! This is one of the biggest upgrades we were looking for when we reviewed the full-sized Cheetah. The Mozo front fork on the Mini doesn’t transform this bike into a jump-ready bomber, but it is going to smooth out the ride quite a bit! We’re not positive about the actual travel here, but it does feel like anywhere between 60-80mm. This is definitely an upgrade that we are stoked to see!
The Cheetah Mini features Tektro hydraulic brakes, with 160mm rotors on both the front and rear wheels. Even though this is a smaller bike, Revibikes still went with hydraulic brakes on this bike, and we’re glad they did! Tektro makes some pretty dope brakes, and they were right at home on the Cheetah mini. They functioned well, stopping the bike when needed, and could be feathered to descend steeper embankments at a safe pace. We wouldn’t change a thing about how the braking was set up.
The Cheetah Mini has an integrated headlight that’s almost bright enough to ride at night if it was your only source of illumination. I would feel more comfortable with a secondary, brighter light mounted a bit higher on the bike, but it’s definitely doable. I love to see the integration with the battery, so we don’t have to source weird power cells that are only carried at ACE Hardware for some reason. So, big plus there.
The handlebars have a slight upsweep to them, making them feel a little more ergonomic when compared with straight bars. We have an adjustable stem, with quite a good range of motion. So, this will accommodate a pretty wide rider height, as we discussed earlier.
We’ve got a color LCD screen that gives us all the pertinent information. We can cycle through our levels of pedal assistance, and turn on and off our lights, with the standalone keypad on the left-hand side. The cockpit has a sleek, minimalist vibe to it, allowing you to focus on the ride ahead.
Overall, the Revibikes Cheetah Mini is a cool-looking Ebike, and it is quite the head-turner! We’ve reviewed a few of the Revibikes models recently, and the style and value of these Ebikes are things we really enjoy!
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