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An open letter organised by national shared transport charity Collaborative Mobility UK (CoMoUK) is calling for the new Labour government to ‘urgently’ legalise e-scooters, saying it is the only way to resolve the problems caused by “entirely unregulated” privately-owned e-scooters being ridden on public roads.The letter, to Transport Secretary Louise Haigh and her ministers, says e-scooters … Read more

Hi-Bike’s e-bike scheme in Inverness has been restarted following its suspension last month due to what was described as “an obscene amount of vandalism”. The capacity will be approximately 50% of the original fleet size.Hi-Bike said the vandalism had caused approximately £100,000 of damage to its bikes, and that all but about six to eight bikes … Read more

At ebiketips we love a bit of ingenuity. Whether that be bikes made from bamboo, or in the case of VeloConcerts’ VeloStage, an electric cargo bike that’s also a mobile stage and sound system – a portable e-concert, if you will.The idea behind the VeloStage is to create a sustainable, mobile and environmentally friendly way … Read more

The general public is becoming increasingly conscious of e-bike fires, with one retailer telling ebiketips that the question of fire safety now comes up at events even more frequently than whether e-bikes are ‘cheating’.Energise E-bikes say they have no way of knowing how many people have been put off from buying an e-bike because of the perceived … Read more

The Hummingbird Electric has had a rebrand. The innovative electric folder – which weighs just 10.3kg in its lightest flax fibre frame incarnation – will henceforth be known as… drumroll please… the Prodrive Electric Folding Bike.The Hummingbird folding bike was originally designed by London-based Petre Craciun. After a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2015, Oxfordshire-based motorsport … Read more

British e-bike brand Ebco has launched an entry-level flat bar gravel bike called the Adventure 2. It enters their current Adventure range as the cheapest option, at £1,499. It sits below the Adventure 3R, which we reviewed last year, and the 5R.  What’s new?Perhaps the biggest difference between the Adventure 2 and the rest of … Read more

People escaping a London house fire believed to have been caused by the failure of an e-bike battery were aided by a builder who stopped and put up a piece of scaffolding as a makeshift ladder.Two children and three adults escaped from a first floor window via the scaffolding, and a baby was caught by … Read more

Basildon town centre is reportedly considering banning e-bikes in a bid to make it ‘safer’, following reports of residents, “having their bags stolen and their phones snatched”.According to the Echo, reports of e-bikes being used anti-socially has contributed to residents feeling “unsafe and distressed”, with the council also reportedly fearing that the bikes’ increasing popularity will … Read more