It’s been a while coming, but Shimano has unveiled its new city and trekking motor. The dependable but slightly boxy E6000 motor is on its way out, after six years, and is replaced by a new unit, the E6100. It’s lighter, more powerful, and shares a mount with Shimano’s mountain-bike-oriented E8000 unit. And it’s not … Read more
The Giant Entour E+ 2 is a good quality mid motor city bike with a solid spec. It has plenty of power for the hills and enough range for most people’s city riding. It’s not without its niggles and won’t appeal if you’re looking for a longer-range bike, but it’s a good package for the … Read more
If you want a simple way to make your normal bike into an e-bike, then they don’t come much simpler than the Swytch system. It’s compact, light and easy to fit. It’s not without its issues – the effect on handling being the main one – but as a straightforward retrofit system it has a … Read more
And another one! e-road bike week continues here on ebiketips with the news that Wilier are entering the fray with a brand new bike, the Cento1 Hybrid. With a claimed weight of less than 12kg it’s one of the lightest off-the-shelf e-bikes out there. And it looks very smart, we’re sure you’ll agree. How so … Read more
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It seems not a day goes by at the moment without someone unveiling something new in the e-road market. Yesterday it was Bafang’s new M800 motor, and today it’s Wisper, who have announced that they’ll have two new e-road bikes at the Eurobike show in July. The two bikes are both called Wolverine, with the … Read more
You can have your cake and eat it. The Bianchi Impulso e-Road delivers the best-performing motor system we’ve yet encountered, in a package that’s light enough to ride without power. If you’ve been torn between a lightweight road e-bike with a less powerful motor, or a heavy bike with a standard system, the good news … Read more
e-Road is a growing sector right now. You might have seen our review of the Cube Agree C:62 Hybrid a couple of weeks back: these are bikes that are designed to be ridden a lot of the time with no assistance, with the motor kicking in for a bit of help away from the lights, … Read more
A while back I tested the Giant Full E+ 0 SX, which at the time was Giant’s top tier electric mountain bike. And I liked it, although my main sticking point was that I didn’t think that the Giant SyncDrive Sport motor was quite a match for the best motors out there. Now Giant have … Read more
Gtech’s e-bike is a pretty good way to spend a grand, if that’s what you have to spend. The motor is pretty powerful and the bike is simple, but works well. The Gates Carbon belt drive is unusual at this price point and offers quiet, low-maintenance riding. Overall it’s a better package if you add … Read more
We’ve featured a few retrofit motor systems on ebiketips but this might be the cheapest: the Revolution Works Revos will be funding on Kickstarter this month and prices will start at £299 for early adopters. How so cheap? well, it’s a simple enough system. The drive unit itself is a motor that sits on the … Read more
