The Corratec LifeS Ap4 is a hoot. It’s a fun, quirky bike for getting around town that’s also surprisingly practical, with good kit choices, an excellent motor and a decent range. It comes recommended provided you’ve got plenty of storage space and you don’t ever need to carry it anywhere. The LifeS is more like … Read more
Rutland Cycling have opened their new Milton Keynes store, located at the re-developed Lloyds Court shopping mall in the heart of the city centre… and they have some of the best e-bikes around to browse and try out so you can find your perfect match! With 15,000 sq ft of floor space it’s now one of the biggest independent … Read more
Got a lazy teen hanging around the house? Well Halfords think they’ve come up with the solution for them, and on the other hand for those young’uns who are a bit too active and need a motor to tackle gnarly trails… and that is the new Carrera Vengeance E-junior!E-bike use “to grow by 40,000% by 2050”, according to Halfords’ researchThe … Read more
We missed this one first time around, but the world is now cottoning on that e-cargo bikes are the way to go… as the UK sustainable transport charity Sustrans managed to move the entire contents of their old Farringdon offices across to Tower Hamlets using electric cargo bikes!With the help of e-cargo taxi and logistics … Read more
freebike’s dockless e-bike fleet has launched in London’s Square Mile, with 150 bikes available to pick up and drop off in over 70 locations. Derby e-bike scheme falls victim to vandalsTechnically freebike offer the only free shared bikes in the country with their first ten minutes for free policy, although that’s just in pedal mode without … Read more
The latest changes to the Cycle to Work scheme could mean great news for e-bikers and those considering ditching the car and investing in an e-bike for the commute – as the government has outlined plans to make it easier for employers to provide bikes and equipment, including e-bikes, worth over the current £1,000 limit. Are … Read more
“Take a seat. Or two”… that’s what Bird are offering with the launch of their latest shared vehicle, the Cruiser two-seater. The company are better known for their e-scooters, but are tapping in to the electric bike market with the Cruiser, which is somewhere between a motorbike and an e-bike being as it doesn’t have pedal … Read more
While you may expect a retailer that sells bikes to be optimistic, the latest forecasting from Halfords suggests that UK e-bike sales, if they continue on their current trajectory, could jump from around 50,000 in 2019 to a whopping 1.5 million by 2050. That’s an increase of almost 40,000%. Bosch develop standard for measuring e-bike rangeThey predict over … Read more
Described as “the extreme electric bike that you could probably pass as a motorbike”, the all new Delfast Top 2.0 adds an even more powerful motor compared to the original version that was crowdfunded into production following their successful Kickstarter back in 2017. It’s now even quicker off the mark, and has a huge 5000 watt rear hub motor. Buying and … Read more
A cyclist in the East Flanders region of Belgium has been issued a speeding ticket by local police for travelling at 41km/h (25.5mph) in a 30km/h (18mph) zone. Electric bikes and UK lawOriginally traffic officers were performing routine checks in the municipality of Zwijndrecht to check on speeding cars; but as it happens, they also managed to catch a speeding cyclist too. … Read more
