One pound in every five spent on bicycles between January and October 2020 was spent on e-bikes, so it is no surprise that imports should again have risen significantly.UK government statistics showed that 101,362 e-bikes entered the UK in 2019 – 42,437 from the European Union, plus 58,925 from countries outside the EU.That in itself … Read more
In 2020 we tested loads of ebikes, and we’ve spent the festive period mainlining mince pies and sherry and picking out the very best of them: welcome to ebiketips’ Bike of the Year awards!First things first: for a bike to be featured in our Bike of the Year awards, we have to have reviewed it … Read more
The Xubaka electric moped is striking for its light weight and for having a frame more like a bicycle than a motorbike – but it is also noteworthy for a long-term plan to fit it with a sodium-ion battery.Manufactured by the not-entirely-coincidentally-named French firm, Sodium Cycles, the Xubaka has been in development since 2018.Electrek reports … Read more
A Belgian firm has come up with a parking rack where you can recharge your e-bike. Street Waves’ HAVN parking locker is also designed so that you can stash a bunch of your stuff in it – like your helmet, for example.As e-bikes become more popular, we’re seeing a host of innovations when it comes … Read more
The firm running York’s e-scooter trial is to add more scooters, expand the area it covers and also start offering e-bikes if the city’s transport bosses give it the go-ahead this week. Tier is hoping to offer its service everywhere within the outer ring road by summer.In September, Tier announced that it would be running … Read more
I have already reviewed the 2020 version of the MiRider from the eponymous UK-based company and really liked it. Many of the features on the 2020 bike remain the same for the 2021 version. Essentially it is a funky looking single speed ‘fold-in-half’ style folder with a small 187Wh battery in its unusually-shaped magnesium frame. … Read more
A social enterprise in Ruthin has responded to the surge in interest in cycling during lockdown by offering to carry out e-bike conversions at cost price. All Drosi Bikes asks people to do is supply the bike.The BBC reports that Drosi was launched last year when Wales was in its first full lockdown, founders Beth … Read more
A 100-mile range, all-terrain e-bike with regenerative braking and a folding frame has raised over £1m via Kickstarter. Priced at around £1,500, the Rocket Bike is expected to ship from July.The Belfast-based designers had been looking to raise £25,000 for their creation, but hit their funding goal in just five minutes.Based around a custom folding … Read more
The one very obvious minor hassle of owning an e-bike is charging it. Building on an academic project from the Technical University in Delft, the Tiler charging tile with bicycle kickstand is said by the developers to be the world’s first wireless induction charger for e-bikes.Tiler is being pitched as a more cost-effective solution that … Read more
