We’re seeing more and more four-wheeled “e-bikes” with manufacturers increasingly inclined to explore the gap between bikes and cars. The latest is CityQ’s cargo e-bike, which the firm is somewhat vaguely referring to as a ‘car e-bike’.CityQ is an electric bike with doors and full weather protection. It can be fitted out with a cargo … Read more
Halfords says it is gifting e-bikes worth up to £999 each to young people experiencing financial hardship.Initially Halfords will be gifting Pendleton Somerby e-bikes, Carrera Crosscity e-bikes and Apollo Transport e-bikes to people aged 18-24 who do not currently have access to a car.Carrera Crosscity E folder (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson) Carrera Crosscity E folder.jpg, by Richard Peace … Read more
E-bikes are allowing cyclists to carry far greater loads, so it should really come as no surprise that they have brought about a new dimension in bikepacking. The Scout is a fold-out camper space you can tow.It’s not the sleekest looking thing – there’s a faint 70s/80s caravanning vibe about its appearance – but the … Read more
National trade association the Bicycle Association (BA) has released a ‘COVID Impact’ report on the UK cycling economy, covering sales from January to October 2020. It reveals that e-bike sales more than doubled during this period, accounting for one pound in every five spent on bikes.Bike retailers have seen sales grow by 60 per cent … Read more
If you want a versatile, easily-adjustable load carrier and you’ve got the pockets for it, the Tern GSD S10 is as good as they come, carrying people and packages with consummate ease. The updates from the first version have made it a better overall bike, at the expense of, well, some extra expense. This remains, … Read more
French auto supplier Valeo has developed what it says is the first system to integrate both an electric motor and an adaptive automatic transmission in an e-bike’s pedal assembly. The firm’s Smart e-Bike System also features an anti-theft system that disables use of the bike when activated.Valeo was established in Saint-Ouen, just outside Paris, in … Read more
Three months after raising £1.8m, bike-share start-up HumanForest has successfully crowdfunded another £1.25m ahead of a relaunch after removing all its bikes from service in September following a customer accident. Founded in November 2019, HumanForest bills itself as “London’s only truly sustainable electric city bike,” with all its rentals running off electricity from certified renewable … Read more
To make recovering abandoned and mis-parked e-bikes and scooters simpler, London and Milton Keynes rental operator, Lime, is encouraging users to report where they’ve seen them using a what3words address.what3words has given every 3m square in the world a unique three-word address. This means that rather than relying on a conventional address or directions to … Read more
Micro-mobility operator Dott is to launch a new e-bike in London in March as part of a hire scheme that will also feature e-scooters. The move comes after Transport for London (TfL) and London Councils launched a competition to identify up to three e-scooter operators for a 12-month trial last month.Dott has been operating e-scooter … Read more
