79BIKE LITE: Everything You Need to Know
The page is titled Falcon Lite. It was sold out at $2,499. Peak 8 kW, 72V 30Ah, 52 mph, 138 lb with the battery. 72 times 30 is 2,160. The ad says beginner. The sheet says 18+ and no pedals.
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The short answer
The 79BIKE LITE is the Falcon Lite page, sold out at $2,499. It prints an 8 kW peak mid-drive, 72 volts and 30 amp-hours, 52 mph, 340 Nm, and 138 pounds with the battery. Seventy-two times 30 is 2,160 watt-hours. Range is printed as 50 miles with no speed. The ads say beginner. The page says 18+ and no pedals. It is not a Class 1, 2, or 3 e-bike.
The 79BIKE LITE is the bike on 79bike.com/products/79bike-lite, and that page titles it Falcon Lite. This desk’s open showed it sold out at $2,499. The parameter block prints an 8 kW peak, a 72-volt 30-amp-hour pack, 52 mph, 138 lb with the battery, 340 Nm, and 50 miles. Seventy-two times 30 is 2,160 watt-hours. The page does not print watt-hours, and it does not print pedals. It is not a Class 1, 2, or 3 e-bike. The ads call it a lightweight beginner trail bike. The sheet calls it 18+ and 52 mph. The Falcon Pro and the GT are the other two cards. Do not buy this one because a listing said Pro.
79bike.com Falcon Lite product page, this desk’s open. The compare-table row is the one already quoted on the Pro page. Facebook lines are dated posts, not the parameter block. Watt-hours are multiplication.
| What is printed | |
|---|---|
| Name and price | Page title: 79BIKE Falcon Lite. URL slug: 79bike-lite. $2,499, sold out. A 10 September 2026 Facebook post still says starting at $2,499. A 22 June 2026 post says $3,599 CAD. |
| Motor | 8 kW mid-drive, written as peak in the feature line and as 8kw under Peak Power. Max torque 340 Nm. Modes: E, D, S. The page does not spell those letters out. |
| Pack | 72V 30Ah NMC. The feature line says M50LT cells. The parameter line says M5OLT. Those are not the same spelling. 72 × 30 = 2,160 Wh. The page does not print 2,160. |
| Speed and range | Top speed 52 mph. Range 50 miles. No rider weight and no mode on that range line. |
| Mass and size | 138 lb including the battery. Seat 830 mm. Wheelbase 1,250 mm. Aluminum frame. Recommended age 18+. |
| Chassis | Front tire 70/100-19. Rear tire 3.0×18. Suspension travel: front 200 mm, rear 85 mm. Front rotor 220 mm × 2.3 mm. Rear rotor 203 mm × 2.3 mm. |
| Charge | The product page says 3–4 hours. The Facebook posts say 3-hour fast charging. Do not average them into 3.5. |
Beginner is the ad. Fifty-two is the sheet.
A beginner e-bike, in the sense this desk uses, has pedals and a class cutoff at 20 or 28. This page has a mid-drive, a peak of 8 kW, and a top speed of 52 mph. Eight thousand watts is more than ten times a 750-watt federal bicycle line. There is no pedal sentence to rescue it. The class chart does not grow a row for a lighter dirt bike. Recommended age 18+ is the only rider limit in the parameter block. A June Facebook reply from the brand’s account said max load 300 lb. That reply is not on the spec table. A 285 lb rider is not looking at a printed limit until 79bike puts one on the page.
Lightweight is the other ad word. The Pro card this desk already published is 130 lb. This one is 138 lb with the battery. One hundred thirty-eight minus 130 is 8. The Lite is the heavier printed mass, on the maker’s own numbers, and it is the smaller motor: 8 kW and 340 Nm against the Pro’s 10 kW and 410 Nm. The Pro’s pack is 72V 35Ah. This one is 30Ah. The rear wheel is the other split. The Pro’s compare row is 70/100-19 at both ends. This page is 19-inch front and 3.0-18 rear. Seat height is 830 mm on both cards this desk has. Eight hundred thirty divided by 25.4 is about 32.7 inches. Same seat number is not the same bike.
The ad says beginner and lightweight. The page says 52 mph, 8 kW, 18+, and 138 lb. The Pro card is the one that prints 130.
Two thousand one hundred sixty, and a 50-mile line with no speed
Fifty miles on 2,160 watt-hours is 43.2 watt-hours a mile, if that range happens. The page does not say the speed, the mode, or the rider. It is a brochure rate. If the motor actually held 8 kW, 2,160 divided by 8,000 is 0.27 hours, about 16 minutes. It will not hold a peak for the whole discharge. The 16 minutes is the check that 8 kW and 50 miles cannot be the same ride. E, D, and S are three letters. They are not three tested loops. The watt-hour page is 72 times 30. The Pro’s check is 72 times 35, which is 2,520. This pack is 360 watt-hours smaller. That is five amp-hours, not a feeling.
The cell code is unfinished. M50LT is the feature sentence. M5OLT is the parameter sentence, with a letter O where a zero would sit. The Pro card’s cells were written LG M50T. This page does not print the letters LG. Do not upgrade M50LT into the Pro’s cell, and do not pick O or 0 because one of them looks like a typo. Quote the line in the cart you pay.
What the public film adds
Dankwheelie’s review, upload dated 3 July 2026, is a ride film, not a second spec table. The description says a 72-volt battery that reaches 50 mph out of the box. The product page says 52. Fifty and 52 are both in public. They are not an average of 51. The film is useful because someone is on the bike. It does not replace the sold-out tag or the 3–4 hour charge line. A Facebook post’s “3-hour” claim is the shorter number. The page you buy from is the one that says 3–4.
Who it is for
Buy it only if the cart still says Falcon Lite, 8 kW, 72V 30Ah, and $2,499, and you already know it is a dirt bike for private land or whatever your state actually allows a 52 mph machine to do. It was sold out on the open this desk used. A September post can still say “starting at” after the button says sold out. Those are not the same inventory. Skip it if you needed pedals, a class sticker, or the Pro’s 10 kW and 130 lb. Skip the GT if someone in the comments said this is a small GT. The GT row is 16 kW or 16.8 kW and 40 amp-hours. The rotors, 220 mm front and 203 mm rear, are a real brake size for the speed. The brake guide is why a 203 mm disc on a 52 mph bike is the start of the argument, not the end of it.
Questions people ask
What is the 79BIKE LITE?+
It is 79bike’s Falcon Lite. The product URL is 79bike-lite. The page this desk opened was sold out at $2,499. A 10 September 2026 Facebook post still said starting at $2,499. A 22 June 2026 post said $3,599 CAD. The US dollar and the Canadian dollar are not the same price.
How fast is the 79BIKE LITE and what motor does it have?+
The parameter block prints 52 mph, an 8 kW peak, and 340 Nm, and the feature line calls the motor a mid-drive. Dankwheelie’s 3 July 2026 description says 50 mph. Do not average 50 and 52. There is no pedal line. Eight kilowatts is not a 750-watt bicycle.
What battery and range does the Falcon Lite have?+
72 volts, 30 amp-hours, NMC. One line says M50LT cells. The parameter line says M5OLT. Seventy-two times 30 is 2,160 watt-hours, which the page does not print. Range is 50 miles with no rider and no mode. Charge is 3–4 hours on the page and 3 hours on the Facebook posts.
Is the 79BIKE LITE a beginner e-bike?+
The ads say beginner and lightweight. The sheet says 18+, 52 mph, and 138 pounds with the battery. The Falcon Pro card prints 130 pounds, so this one is not the lighter 79bike. No pedals. Not Class 1, 2, or 3. A Facebook reply said 300 pounds max. That number is not in the parameter block.
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