Gotrax F3 2.0 Fat Tire Folding Electric Bike
- Class 3
- 601-800 Wh
- 61-80 mi claimed
- 251-300 lb max load
SVT Score, Mid
A folding fat-tire e-bike with a removable 653 Wh battery, a torque sensor, hydraulic brakes and a welded rear rack.
$899
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Usability
4.9 out of 10- Conflict: product page says 14 Ah (672 Wh)
- Rating: IPX4 per manual, below the IPX5 point
Better on featuresVelotric Fold 1 Plus folding bikeA removable battery. $1,499Scores 10.0- Searched: Certipedia Intertek SGS TÜV SÜD CPSC Health Canada UL
Better on verificationHeybike Ranger 3.0 Pro e-bike$1,399Scores 6.0- Variant: R3 on the same listing at $899.00
Strengths
- Folds to fit a car trunk
- Hydraulic brakes stop with confidence
- Fat tires handle dirt and gravel
- Rear rack is welded to the frame
- Torque sensor gives a natural pedal feel
Drawbacks
- Battery capacity stated two ways
- A tester found the grips slip
- Top speed stated two ways
- No turn signals
- Battery comes out only after folding
A well-equipped folding fat-tire bike, but heavy to lift folded
Specs
- TypeFolding
- E-Bike ClassClass 3
- Battery601-800 Wh
- MotorHub
- Top Speed21-28 mph
- Claimed Range61-80 mi
- Weight56-70 lb
- Max Rider Load251-300 lb
- BrakesHydraulic disc
- SuspensionFront
- FoldingFolds
- CertificationsClaimed only
- Warranty2 Years
At a glance
- R3 sold on same listing
- Navy, seafoam or graphite
- Power-on password option
- Gotrax is a brand of GOLABS, INC., a privately held company at 2201 Luna Rd, Carrollton, Texas, named on the Gotrax manuals.
- Gotrax says it started with hoverboards in Texas in 2017.
- The company's range runs from kids' kick scooters and hoverboards to dual-motor scooters, e-bikes, dirt bikes and golf carts.
- The scooters and e-bikes are sold on gotrax.com, through a Gotrax brand store on Amazon and, by the company's own account, at Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Kohl's and Academy.
- Best Buy sells several Gotrax scooters and e-bikes directly, Walmart carries most of the range through the brand's own GOTRAX store, and Dick's lists a few scooters, while Costco, Sam's Club and Home Depot showed no Gotrax rides and Lowe's only Gotrax golf carts (October 2026).
The Gotrax F3 2.0 (model F3LR) is a folding e-bike with 4 in fat tires, a removable 48 V battery and a 500 W motor with a torque sensor, five assist levels and a twist throttle. Its manual lists the battery at 13.6 Ah (653 Wh), where the product page says 14 Ah (672 Wh).
It has hydraulic brakes, a front suspension fork, a frame-welded rear rack and a full-colour display. The maker lists it at 58.3 lb with a 264 lb maximum load and an IPX4 rating.
The manual ships it at 20 mph, with the assisted limit settable to 40 km/h (25 mph) and the throttle fixed at 32 km/h; the product page claims 28 mph and up to 61 miles. It sells in navy blue, seafoam green and graphite at one price. The same listing sells the R3 in white at $899.00 (black sold out).
Questions answered from our data
Is Gotrax good?We list 22 Gotrax products and score 22 of them. Their overall scores run from 3.9 to 6.3, with a median of 5.3, against a median of 5.6 for all 88 products we score.
How much does an electric bike cost?The 61 electric bikes we list run from $799 to $5,999, with a median of $1,499.
Are electric bikes UL certified?21 of the 61 electric bikes we list carry a UL 2849 listing we could look up by model.
How far can an electric bike go?58 of the 61 electric bikes we list claim 41 miles or more on a charge, each on its maker's own basis.
