We like to push both ends of the envelope here at ebiketips. So hot on the heels of the £649 Cyclotricity Revolver comes this monster truck: the Simplon Sengo 27.5 Urban 80. Or the Sengo, as we shall be calling it from now on, to save our fingers. Is it an urban bike? Well, nominally … Read more
Haibike have unveiled fuller details of their new e-Connect system for e-bikes. We bikes equipped with the system at Eurobike last year, but Haibike were a little vague on the details. Now we know more: It’s a GPS/GSM system built into the bike, which also includes acceleration sensors and a Bluetooth connection to your phone. … Read more
If you have a mixed commute, or not much space at home, then a folding e-bike can make a lot of sense. And Raleigh are entering that part of the e-bike market with the Stow-e-Way, an £1,100 folding e-bike with a TranzX hub motor. With a claimed weight of just under 20kg, the Stow-e-Way isn’t … Read more
Every now and then we’ll get someone ask us: what’s the minimum you can build a decent e-bike for? The lower the price point, the harder it is to fit the pieces of the jigsaw together and come up with a workable machine. We’ve tested a few bikes at around the £800 mark and generally … Read more
Next in through the big revolving bike door at the ebiketips office is this: the Emu Step Through. It’s a fully-specced city bike with a front hub motor and an integrated down tube battery that retails for £1,199. Emu basically make two models, a diamond-frame (the Crossbar), and this one with a single large down … Read more
There’s always an e-bike looking for a crowdfunding push these days, it seems. Some are a bit niche, like the MOAR folding fat bike. Others look like they might have more of a universal appeal, and the Pure Cycles Volta is one of them. What do we have here? Well, it’s a 20″-wheeled, rigid city … Read more
The Mondraker e-Prime R+ has us a bit conflicted here in the ebiketips office. On the one hand it’s a super-capable trail hardtail that’s a lot of fun to ride: it’s one of the best electric hardtails we’ve tried in terms of the way it rides, and it’s light for an e-MTB too which certainly … Read more
Cannondale’s Moterra range uses an interesting and unique frame design to place the battery lower down for a better centre of gravity, a custom motor mount to keep the chainstays short, and a chainline that’s moved away from the frame for better mud-shedding. The result is a bike with excellent and predictable handling that’s a … Read more
In case you didn’t know, the inaugural ebiketips LIVE event happened on Sunday, and there were lots of very shiny e-bikes to have a go on. Including this one: the Specialized Turbo Vado. It was the first time it had been seen in the wild and there was a constant queue of people wanting a … Read more
We wandered over to picturesque Milton Keynes yesterday to have a nose around Icebike*, which is the trade show for UK distributor Madison. Madison are the UK distirbutors for Shimano, and they have three bike brands – Ridgeback, Adventure and Saracen – with e-bikes in the range. Not surprisingly, the Shimano STEPS system is very … Read more
