E-foiling – it’s the latest craze. Or at least it is according to the people who manufacture e-foils. They may be right though because there are a growing number of them about. The HydroFlyer is one that caught our eye recently – in large part because it has handlebars.Last month we covered the Manta5, a … Read more
A Devon man has won a Specialized Turbo Vado in a prize draw run as part of the county’s Lifestyle Spring Clean Week. Strikingly, 52-year-old Grant Sherman has lived without a car for over 13 years, but only learned how to ride a bike during lockdown.The environmentally focused Lifestyle Spring Clean Week was a joint … Read more
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Police Scotland have reminded the public that it is illegal to use e-scooters in public places after Scotland’s First Minister was pictured riding one during a campaign visit to Troon on Sunday. (Her efforts also triggered a couple of excruciating “independent Scootland” headlines.)The Courier reports that Nicola Sturgeon gave a Pure e-scooter a try while … Read more
A New York e-bike shop owner has told the story of how he was handed a $25,000 fine within six months of opening because he was selling e-bikes. It is largely a tale of inspectors not properly knowing the law when it comes to new forms of transport. After returning from serving in Iraq with … Read more
Bristol’s e-scooters appear to be pack animals. The Bristol Post reports that over 100 of them were found huddled together on the pavement in one parking zone in Clifton.Last month we reported how Bristol hire scheme operator Voi has come in for criticism for the way in which some e-scooters are being parked.While the firm … Read more
In March we reported how Specialized e-bike batteries are to be processed by Tesla co-founder JB Straubel’s Redwood Materials over in the US. An agreement has now been reached for Ecolamp to carry out battery recycling in the UK.According to a 2019 estimate by the UK consultancy Circular Energy Storage, only about half of lithium-ion … Read more
The MATE X was a crowdfunding sensation when it hit Indiegogo in 2018, grossing over £12m and becoming the biggest ever bike crowdfunder in the process. Now we’ve had a review bike to try and it’s quite a fun machine. However, while hitting all the niches at once makes for a compelling story, it doesn’t … Read more
A freedom of information (FOI) request has revealed the reasons why Lambeth Council used the Pedal Me e-cargo bike delivery service to distribute care packages during lockdown. Whether the council’s answers were what the person who put in the request expected, we unfortunately cannot say.In late March 2020, as the UK entered lockdown, Lambeth Council … Read more
We report on a great many important developments in the world of e-bikes, but sometimes we’re drawn in by little more than a name. (See also the Paperboy.) Thor is a new Bafang-powered e-bike from Surrey-based E Movement that is currently looking for backers on Indiegogo.Thor is billed as “the only affordable high tech e-bike” … Read more
Here in the UK, we have a number of successful bike share schemes and e-scooter share trials also underway in a number of towns and cities. Meanwhile, over in the Netherlands, they’ve got Cargoroo – an e-cargo bike share scheme.“There are lots of solutions for individual transport, but nothing if you have two to three … Read more
