The Japanese brand Yamaha has entered into the UK e-bike market. Their range will soon be available to purchase from Yamaha Motor dealersips and the Yamaha Motor UK website. The move comes nearly 18 months after they announced plans to launch their new ‘own brand’ bikes in Europe. For the UK market, we can expect a speed pedelec … Read more
One of Britain’s oldest bike brands, Claud Butler, has entered the leisure eMTB market with their latest Wrath models: the 1.0 and 2.0. The Wrath 2.0 was sent to Yorkshire for ebiketips to do a bit of testing around the local roads and bridleways. At just shy of £2,000 and with a rear hub motor, … Read more
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Here at ebiketips, we encounter a lot of wacky and interesting electric concepts – the VOOK ultra long-range e-trike falls nto this category. Evidently designed for the US market, but also available in the UK (remember they have different regulations regarding electric bikes and similar), this three-wheeled concept is a blend of drift trike and Stewie … Read more
Troubled e-bike company VanMoof has been sold to the McLaren Applied-backed e-mobility company, Lavoie, just weeks after the Dutch e-bike maker was declared bankrupt. The firm said its plan was to switch to using third-party retailers to sell and service VanMoof e-bikes.McLaren Applied’s chairman Nick Fry said the acquisition, “underscores our commitment to strengthen and grow … Read more
A Herefordshire couple were kicked off a Great Western Railway (GWR) train because of their converted e-bike after a train manager ‘took exception’ to the bike, believing that it was a fire hazard and banned from rail services.Colin and Margaret Palmer were ejected from their London-bound train at Honeybourne station earlier this month, but Mr Palmer told the Hereford … Read more
As part of Cannondale’s Go:Easy campaign for their electric bike range, they have announced the launch of new electric cargo bikes: the Wonderwagen Neo and Cargowagen Neo. Whilst it’s not their first foray into cargo bikes, as the Compact Neo was launched last year, these two are the first full-sized options Cannondale has brought to … Read more
This article includes paid promotion on behalf of Estarli Read more about sponsored content Estarli was established in 2020 by brothers Alex and Oliver Francis. During my visit to their bustling factory in Berkhamsted they explained how Covid became the catalyst for them to make the jump from software engineering and commercial advertising respectively to the … Read more
As Northern Light Motors themselves say, their three-wheeled, fully-enclosed machine is not your average electric vehicle – as one glance at it will tell you. It’s the fruition of many years’ thought and planning as it has been around in prototype form at least – and all over the internet – for several years. And now, … Read more
A video demonstrating the dangers of e-bike and e-scooters owners using incompatible chargers to power their devices has been released by Electrical Safety First (ESF). The footage shows a forced ‘overcharge’ which causes an e-bike battery to burst into flames.The video was released following ESF’s Battery Breakdown report. The charity has concerns that some owners may be unaware that when incompatible chargers are … Read more
Originally founded in 2010, British e-bike brand EBCO has relaunched after the COVID-19 pandemic halted operations. They’re back with a revamped website, new bikes and what they call, “significant improvements in technical features.” We reviewed several of their bikes previously, including the futuristic looking M-45, and found that overall the brand represented good value, with … Read more
