Estarli has teamed up with BackPedal to offer an e-bike theft recovery service. Estarli Cycle Security, which can now be added to any bike purchase, combines built-in tracking technology with a “robust” recovery service with the offer of a replacement bike if the stolen bike cannot be returned to the owner.“We want people to feel … Read more
Here at ebiketips, we just love e-cargo bikes, but we will admit they can be pretty sizeable compared to regular bikes. Bristol-based Micro Mobility Labs is seeking to address this with its upcoming electric trailer, Convoy. Convoy is not unlike the bench seat from a longtail cargo bike, only with its own wheel and 250W … Read more
It’s a couple of years since we first reported on Morelle, mountain bike legend Gary Fisher’s e-bike project. Back then he was talking about a battery that would fully recharge in half an hour, but the latest we’ve heard is that it’ll actually only take 15 minutes.Fisher is widely considered one of the founding fathers … Read more
The owner of a Norwich e-bike shop has blamed misleading press coverage of e-bikes, and the Panorama episode fronted by Adrian Chiles in particular, for a drop-off in trade that has resulted in his shop’s closure.Mark Watkin opened e-Velo in Halesworth, Suffolk, in 2015 and subsequently expanded into premises in the Royal Arcade in Norwich … Read more
There’d been a bit of a lull after Yamaha launched a raft of new e-bikes a year or so ago and we’d begun to wonder how committed it was to the e-bike market. However, the firm has now agreed to buy Brose’s e-bike drive business and in so doing established a new European company, Yamaha … Read more
E-bike fire safety messaging tends to recommend only ever using the charger that came with your bike as the dangers of using an incompatible one are so significant. However, the EU recently established USB-C as its standard for charging personal devices and Estonian brand Ampler has consequently gone down that route for its upcoming Nova … Read more
The recent Bicycle Association (BA) Market Data Annual Report reports that UK e-bike sales volumes fell by 5% in 2024 compared to 2023, despite heavy discounting in the market. The BA estimate that around 146,000 e-bikes were sold here – that’s 9% of the total bike sales market. Perhaps surprisingly, sales of non-electric bikes fell by less – some 4% … Read more
The Tenways AGO T has proven one of the harder e-bikes to score. It’s a high quality, beautifully built, mid-motor step-through, but at the same time it has a couple of qualities that might make it a bit of a non-starter for some people. Let’s start with a quick bit of history for those who … Read more
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Peruzzo are an Italian company (just in case you couldn’t guess from the name) who manufacture carrying accessories for cars and vans. This includes rooftop boxes, ski equipment carriers and, yes, bike racks, including e-bike specific ones. With Thule being the name in high quality carrying equipment for cars, we thought it would be interesting to … Read more
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The UK government has announced £120m of additional funding to help speed up electric vehicle uptake, including the retention of a maximum £500 grant against new electric motorcycles. However, there is no current plan to phase out petrol and diesel two-wheelers in favour of electric alternatives.Up until 2021, all new electric motorbikes received a price reduction … Read more
