Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi have been trying their hand at e-bikes in recent years… and as is apt for a brand who usually specialise in pocket-sized devices, their latest creation is an e-bike so tiny it folds up smaller than an A3 sheet of paper! The least e-bike-looking e-bike ever? Capri e-bikes look like vintage commutersAs you will see in … Read more
A report by the Danish Road Traffic Accident Investigation Board (AIB) that analysed incidents involving e-bikes has found that age ‘contributed’ to a number of the incidents, and that riding an e-bike poses ‘more of a challenge’ for the elderly and those with age-related disabilities.E-bikes give a brain boost to older cyclists, according to new studyThe AIB … Read more
The good folks at Tern have always committed to giving away 1% of profits annually to good causes… but this year they decided to donate five GSD e-cargo bikes to deserving non-profit organisations instead, and have told how the chosen companies are making use of their bikes. Review: Tern GSD Your guide to electric cargo bikesTern say giving away the … Read more
A new study has found that riding an electric mountain bike has pretty much the same health benefits as riding a standard pedal assist bike. Riding the e-mtb, participants’ heart rates were within 94% of their heart rates when riding the regular mountain bike, and they completed the route faster of course! Are electric bikes cheating? … Read more
Voodoo was once a somewhat niche mtb-focussed Japanese/US company, but after teaming up with Halfords in 2011 they now concentrate on design and let Halfords do the selling. So in effect Voodoo are the top of Halfords own brand range of mtbs and of course, more recently, e-mtbs. Certainly their non-electric assist models are well … Read more
Two insurance firms are claiming that Northern Ireland is missing out on an “e-bike revolution” by continuing to class any e-bikes as a moped, contrary to the rest of the Britain. Buying and riding an S-pedelec in the UK Electric bikes and UK lawEngland, Scotland and Wales fall in line with the EU’s rules on e-bikes that states … Read more
When Lord Sugar isn’t firing hapless contestants on The Apprentice, he’s been known to enjoy heading out for a bike ride every now and then… and most recently he’s been using his Pinarello e-bike to get himself back to full fitness following a knee replacement. The Apprentice does e-bikes – and sales record gets smashed Review: … Read more
Specialized have added two new and more affordable bikes to their Creo range, the Creo Comp Carbon e-road and Comp Carbon Evo e-gravel models. Although they’re by no means cheap at £5,499, it’s certainly less wallet-busting than the £10,999 asking price of the S-Works Turbo Creo SL e launched back in July. Specialized launch new Turbo Creo … Read more
Ahead of Black Friday, Halfords have launched the brand new Assist Deluxe e-bike… which at just £379* appears to be absolute year-round bargain, and the most affordable electric bike in the UK according to Halfords themselves. Review: Carrera Crossroad E Electric bikes and UK lawIt comes soon after Halfords launched the UK’s cheapest e-road bike (read the Carrera Crossroad E review here) … Read more
From today the way you log in to road.cc (and to all the road.cc family of websites) is changing as we’ve added a new feature – Single Sign On. Single Sign On means that if you’re logged in on one of our sites: ebiketips, road.cc or off.road.cc, you’re logged in on all of them with all the commenting, liking, forum posting, event publicising benefits that brings. So if … Read more
