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This week, Frankfurt welcomed what seemed like the entire European cycling industry to its city for Eurobike – Europe’s biggest cycling trade show. We headed to a conference centre the size of a small British city to get the lowdown on the best new e-bikes and tech so that you can learn all about it … Read more
German brand Pinion – best known for bottom bracket enclosed bike gears – have used this year’s Eurobike to announce a combined ‘gearbox’ and mid-drive in one unit and it’s called the MGU. What’s more, whilst other firms like Valeo and Revonte have had similar products for a while but failed to make a big impact, Pinion … Read more
E-bike leasing company BikeFlex has partnered with Solarcycle UK to provide renewable solar e-bike charging under its business leasing plans.This is in response to the growing demand for e-bike charging solutions, with the partnership aiming “to accelerate the transition from traditional cars to e-bikes by making e-biking and charging more accessible and affordable”.BikeFlex gives access … Read more
Yesterday, Bosch announced a new drive system and expansion to their Smart System for 2024. This included the Performance Line SX motor, a lightweight addition to their range of mid-drive motors, aimed at lightweight e-bikes across urban, gravel and mountain bike categories. We were invited to test them for ourselves just outside of Frankfurt, with … Read more
Dutch bike membership brand Swapfiets has announced a ‘bike amnesty’, where people can bring in their old, unwanted bikes and in return receive a first-month-free pedal or e-bike subscription.Bikes can be brought into Swapfiets’ stores in London, Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin, and Copenhagen, between June 3 and July 3, and they will then be recycled and turned into … Read more
Electric bike motor and drive systems manufacturer Bosch has today announced a big expansion to its current line of e-bike products for 2024. Perhaps the biggest announcement is a new motor, the Performance Line SX, which will be aimed at the lightweight eMTB, e-gravel and e-urban riding markets. Although part of the 2024 launch, some … Read more
Gravel bikes (whether electric or not) and gravel riding in the UK have been subject to some scepticism through the years. I, for one, have also been sceptical. With a distinct lack of Unbound-style smooth, dusty gravel on my doorstep, previous attempts at riding ‘gravel’ have mostly left me with bone shaking bridleways where I’d … Read more
Rad Power Bikes’ RadRhino 6 Plus is so named not, alas, because it has a massive horn at the front (though we’re sure something could be arranged – there’s a mounting point in just the right place for fixing a basket on the front), but because it’s heavy, grey, and might not come off too … Read more
A Warwick-based EV battery company has developed AI-powered software that it says will improve the life of electric vehicles by helping detect when their batteries might fail.The software contains a predictive tool known as a ‘remaining useful lifetime algorithm’ which aims to detect signs of a battery’s ageing in advance by analysing how the EV is being used … Read more
The chief executive of trade association TechUK has called for regulatory certainty from the government in order to increase e-scooter production in the UK, warning that delays to legislation are preventing manufacturers and operators from expanding in the UK and could even see them leave the market altogether.In a letter to Transport Secretary Mark Harper, … Read more
