Cyrusher Glider

The Cyrusher Glider is a utility e-bike with fat tires, a 750W rear hub motor, and solid cargo-carrying capacity.

This review will cover the bike in detail, highlighting the key pros and cons and comparing the Glider’s performance in our standardized tests to similar models we’ve reviewed. To conclude, we summarize our evaluation of the Glider and provide the BikeRide score.

About Cyrusher

Cyrusher was founded in 2014 in Shenzhen, China, and opened its first store in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2022. The company sells various e-mobility products, such as electric bikes, electric dirt bikes, and e-skateboards. Their current product lineup includes 14 e-bikes, of which we have tested the XF900.

What Is the Cyrusher Glider?

Cyrusher calls the Glider a cargo e-bike suitable for cargo carrying, making deliveries, commuting with kids, or hauling gear on outdoor adventures. In truth, its compact size and unremarkable payload capacity make it more of a utility bike than a true cargo machine.

The Glider has an aluminum frame, a 90mm coil suspension fork, and 4” fat tires. It comes in a single frame size with three color options: orange, blue, or black. The single frame size is claimed to fit riders from 4’11 to 6’3″.

Cyrusher lists the bike’s capacity at 440lb, but this includes the bike’s weight, so the actual payload capacity is just 348.5lb. This labeling is misleading and unsafe.

The Glider has a 52V electrical system that includes an 811Wh battery and a 750W motor with 80Nm of torque. The included accessories are fenders, passenger footrests, lights, and a rear rack, but there is a wide range of accessories available for purchase, some of which were provided for testing.

Pros

Power and Speed

The Glider’s power impressed during testing. The bike accelerates quickly using the thumb-style throttle or pedal assist levels four and five. In fact, the Glider accelerates faster with the throttle than PAS and easily cruises just below 20mph, perfect for those who don’t want to pedal.

The bike also cruises comfortably at 20mph while using pedal assist, and the motor responds quickly to rider input thanks to the sensitivity of the torque sensor. The Glider’s pedal assist is smooth, responsive, and natural-feeling, making it enjoyable to ride in traffic.

Overall, we were satisfied with the bike’s performance in our hill and acceleration tests.

Excellent Range

The Glider has excellent battery range. In testing, the battery lasted over 36 miles using max pedal assist and over 50 miles using PAS level 3, both with almost 1,500 feet of elevation gain. This second test is closer to what buyers can expect as ‘real-world’ range, unless relying solely on the throttle and the highest assist levels.

Cons

Product Information

Navigating Cyrusher’s website and the Glider’s owner’s manual to find product information is a frustrating experience.

Firstly, I couldn’t find a link to the manual on the Cyrusher website, so I had to contact the company to get a link to a Google Drive.

The website also lacks critical information, such as a the water and dust ingress protection rating. The brand also lists the weight capacity as 440lb, but when I asked Cyrusher support, they informed me that it’s actually 348.5lb, which is the total minus the bike’s weight of 91.5lb.

While digging into the Glider’s manual and advanced settings, I became more confused. The bike uses an advanced menu with numerical names, which include 19 options with names from 01p to 19p. The manual only mentions three advanced menu options, none of which are correct.-

These basic issues should be ironed out before any bike is listed for sale.

Ill-fitting Footboards

Some of the accessories that Cyrusher provided for testing didn’t fit correctly. The worst offender was the drive-side passenger footrest. Installing it means bending the rear derailleur cable, which results in poor shifting. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a fix for this issue.

Poor Kickstand Design

The double-sided kickstand lifts the rear wheel high off the ground. Its relatively forward positioning and length means it acts like a see-saw, so when I put weight on the rear rack, it tips backward quite aggressively so the front wheel is lifted into the air.

The lateral stability of the bike is fine, but I would feel uncomfortable loading kids or delicate cargo onto this bike with it moving so much while on the kickstand. This problem could be corrected if the stand didn’t lift the rear wheel as high or if it were placed further back on the frame.

I also noted that the return spring for stowing the stand when not in use started to get stuck halfway, requiring me to push it up manually.

The Cyrusher Glider in Detail

Cyrusher’s description of the Glider as “a powerful, efficient, and versatile electric bike for everyday use” seems mostly accurate.

Frame and Fit

The Glider has a step-through aluminum frame and a suspension fork with 90mm of travel, lockout, and pre-load adjustment. The low 17” standover height makes the bike easy to mount and dismount. The frame’s thick tubing appears robust, but the welds aren’t very clean, and the rear wheel guard is beefy.

Cyrusher rates the bike for riders from 4’11 to 6’3”, but I needed the full seatpost extension at 6′ with a 32” inseam, so this bike is unlikely to fit riders taller than 6’1″. Otherwise, the riding position is relaxed and upright.

Cargo Capacity

The Glider weighs 91.5lb, and the payload capacity for rider and cargo is just 348.5lb. The frame-integrated rear rack only supports 60lb of cargo, and the optional front rack adds another 20lb, putting the total cargo-carrying capacity at a meager 80lb.

The short-tail rear rack and limited rack weight capacity make Cyrusher’s “cargo e-bike” label seem like a stretch. We think the Glider is more accurately described as a utility e-bike.

E-Bike System and Classification

The Glider’s 52V e-bike system includes a 15.6Ah battery integrated into the down tube and locked in place with a key. The frame can also take a second battery behind the seat tube. The controller is set up to balance load and motor output between the two batteries, according to Cyrusher, but our test bike only came with one battery.

Cyrusher provides a basic 2A charger, so charging takes over 7 hours. The charge port is located on the non-drive and is protected by a rubber plug, and the battery can be charged on or off the bike.

The 750W rear hub motor has a torque output of 80Nm. Pedal assist is managed by torque sensor, and the thumb-style throttle gives you access to a top speed of 20mph.

As mentioned, the Glider doesn’t have UL Certification. Thankfully, the bike does have an EN15194 certificate. This is a European standard for safety and performance in electric bike design, assembly, and testing. Cyrusher doesn’t list a water and dust ingress protection rating listed online, but sales support says it’s IP55.

Drivetrain, Brakes, and Wheelset

The Glider has a set of Logan hydraulic brakes with two-piston calipers and 180mm rotors. The drivetrain is a basic Shimano Tourney setup with a TX-50 shifter, 14-28t 7-speed freewheel, and a 52t aluminum crank covered by a single-sided guard. The bike doesn’t have a chain tensioner or guide despite the long chain line, meaning there’s a lot of chain slap on rough terrain.

The 4” Chaoyang fat tires have a light off-road tread, but they don’t have puncture protection. These tires run on standard 20” aluminum rims.

Handlebars and Touchpoints

The Glider’s handlebars come with locking rubber grips, a thumb-style throttle, a horn button, a five-button control pad, a centrally mounted display, and the TX-50 shifter. The other touchpoints include a large padded saddle and aluminum platform pedals.

Accessories

In addition to the integrated rack described above, the Glider comes with a bright headlight and brake-activated taillights mounted on each seatstay. Optional accessories include a rear rack extender, rear basket, rear handrail, child’s seat, pet basket carrier, front rack, and front tray.

Testing the Cyrusher Glider

Hill Climb Tests

The Cyrusher Glider produced a fast time of 2:41 in the longer, less steep hill climb, maintaining reasonable assistance throughout. However, compared to other Class 3, 28mph models, the Glider only beats the Himiway D5. This is likely down to the bike’s weight.

The Cyrusher is also limited by its gearing, which results in ghost pedaling at speeds over 20mph, so the torque sensor cannot be taken advantage of fully. The Cyrusher isn’t a slow bike or a slow climber, but it’s not quite as fast as some other models we’ve tested, at least on this type of climb.

In the shorter, steeper climb, the Glider was only outpaced by the Fiido Titan, holding a rapid 17.8mph average speed. This is an impressive result, considering the bike’s high weight.

Acceleration Tests

As mentioned in the first pro, the Glider’s acceleration is excellent, taking just 8 seconds to reach 20mph from a stop whether using the throttle or PAS level 5. This is the fastest throttle acceleration result we have recorded, matching other powerful bikes like the Velotric Summit 1, the Himiway Cobra, and the QuietKat Lynx.

Range Tests

The Glider delivered impressive range in both tests, covering almost 37 miles with 1,473 feet of elevation in the max assistance test and roughly 51 miles with the same elevation gain in the real-world PAS 3 range test.

The only downside is that PAS 3 is a little underpowered, especially for hills, so the average speed during the test was just 13.5mph. This meant briefly using PAS 4 and 5 on some of the steeper sections of the test course.

Another pleasant feature of the Glider’s battery is that the five-bar battery indicator didn’t fluctuate. Each bar was used consistently and reliably, making it easy to gauge remaining range.

Brake Tests

The Glider’s stopping distances, while within a safe range, are longer than average. From our comparison bikes, only the Fiido Titan took longer to stop. The Fiido T2 long-tail cargo e-bike, with similar wheels, took just 13 feet.

Light Tests

The Glider comes with a bright front light that easily illuminates a set of cones 100 feet away. The beam reach is almost as good as our Cateye AMP1100 1,100-lumen test light, but looking at the beam from above, you can see that it’s narrower and doesn’t illuminate the peripherals as well. That said, this is a great light for a bike at this price point, and the Glider could be ridden night without an additional front light.

The two rear lights are also bright when viewed from 100 feet away, as is the brighter braking indicator. However, the Glider’s taillights are not quite as bright as the 150-lumen Lezyne KTV Pro+.

Riding the Glider

The Glider’s overall bulk and weight (91.5lb) isn’t very noticeable when riding with assistance, and the bike maneuvers well for its size. It was also comfortable throughout both range tests, and it rides well when loaded with cargo.

At 6’, the bike fits me well, though I have to use the full seatpost extension, so riders taller than 6’ or with inseams greater than 32” are unlikely to fit.

The Glider is a good option for running errands or doing deliveries thanks to the comfortable ride over pavement, responsive throttle and pedal assist, and solid battery range. However, the 80lb cargo capacity is a possible limitation.

The throttle’s power is linked to pedal assist, so adjusting PAS level changes the throttle’s output. Selecting PAS 5 gives access to the throttle’s top speed. In PAS 3, the throttle maxes out at 13 to 14mph.

Riding in PAS level 1 is slow, and the throttle power is light. This is good for navigating stopped traffic at low speed. The lower PAS levels also lack power for climbing hills; PAS 4 and 5 are required for steeper inclines.

The delivery of pedal assistance isn’t very smooth when beginning to pedal. The power tends to pulse throughout the pedal stroke instead of providing a steady and consistent amount, but this smooths out once up to speed.

Another minor issue with the Glider is the lateral frame flex, which results in a slight speed shimmy. The speed shimmy is only noticed while riding with no hands.

The 4” fat tires performed reasonably well on the light off-road terrains tackled on the test rides. The bike is comfortable over bumpy pavement and smooth dirt and gravel trails. The fat tires and 90mm suspension fork do a good job of absorbing light impacts and vibrations. The fork easily bottoms out from heavier impacts, but this is typical for suspension components in this price range.

Finally, it’s worth noting that the Glider makes a fair amount of noise over bumpy pavement and off-road from the clunky suspension and chain slap. Thankfully, the motor’s is quieter than others we’ve tested recently.

Conclusion

It’s very easy to load items securely onto the Glider. The bike’s battery capacity and powerful motor keep range anxiety to a minimum and make light work of hills. The Glider struggles on rougher terrain, but this isn’t what it’s designed for. It performs perfectly well on pavement and smooth off-road tracks.

The lack of clear information available on the product page and the inadequate owner’s manual were frustrating. Additionally, the poor kickstand and footrest design detract from the bike’s utility, and are particularly disappointing given Cyrusher calls the Glider a “cargo e-bike.”

Overall, the performance and ride quality were good for this price point, even though the bike doesn’t really fit its description. If the abovementioned shortcomings were addressed, there would be little to complain about and the Glider would be an excellent utility machine.

Score Breakdown

• Build quality: 70
• Performance / Innovation: 80
• Design: 70
• Ride quality: 85
• Price / Value: 85

Overall: 78

Detailed Specifications

Electric Bike Class: Class 3
Warranty: 1 year
UL Certification: UL2849
IP Rating: IP55
Total Weight: Claimed: 90lb – Actual: 91.5lb
Motor Brand: Cyrusher
Motor Type: Rear hub
Motor Nominal Output: 750W
Motor Torque: 80Nm
Battery: 52V – 15.6 Ah (811Wh)
Range Claimed: 62 miles
Range Tested (PAS 3): 50.84 miles – 1,470 ft. – 13.8mph avg.
Range Tested (PAS 5): 36.71 mi – 1,473 ft. – 16.9mph avg.
Max Speed: 28mph
Throttle: Thumb-style
Pedal Assist: 5 levels
Charger: 58.8V 2A
Charge Time: 9 hours
Display: 3” color LCD
Frame: Aluminum
Fork: Coil suspension, 90mm travel
Brake Levers: Logan hydraulic
Brake Calipers: Logan 2-piston hydraulic
Brake Rotors: 180mm
Crankset: 170mm 52T aluminum with single-sided guard
Derailleur: Shimano Tourney 7-speed
Shifter: Shimano TX-50 7-speed
Freewheel: 14-28t 7-speed
Rims: 20” aluminum
Tires: 20” x 4” Chaoyang
Fenders: Full-coverage, plastic
Lights: Headlight, taillights with brake activation
Grips: Lock-on, rubber
Saddle: Comfort padded
Pedals: Aluminum platforms
Handlebar: BMX-style
Kickstand: Double-sided and single-sided included
Payload Capacity: 348.5lb
Front Rack Capacity: 20lb
Rear Rack Capacity: 60lb

Geometry Details

Seat Tube: 17“ (432mm)
Reach: 16.5” (419mm)
Stack: 23” (584mm)
Stand Over Height: 17” (432mm)
Virtual Top Tube Length: 21.9” (556mm)
Min Saddle Height: 31.9” (810mm)
Max Saddle Height: 39.8” (1010mm)
Wheelbase: 48” (1219mm)