Tag Archives: e-bikes

This month we take a look at the latest e-bikes and accessories from some of the leading brands in the sector, including Exposure, Perry eHopper, Elvedes, Thok, Scott, Dawes, Continental, Lapierre, Weldtite, XLC, Magura, Kona, ETC, Tern Bicycles, Batribike, Kinesis, EVOC, Oxford, Lezyne, Pirelli, Spank, Hiplok, MiRiDER, Ridgeback, Litelok, Cube, Benno, Argon 18, Ergon and Knog

A bike shop has come up with a scheme to help cyclists charge their e-bike batteries en route. After installing a 24-hour free e-bike charging system at its shop in Betws y Coed, Beics Betws decided to encourage other businesses to offer a similar service. With the help of Starfish …

HumanForest has successfully completed its crowdfunding campaign, raising £1.27 million. “I would like to offer a warm welcome to HumanForest’s 523 new shareholders,” said Agustin Guilisasti, CEO and founder. “It gives me and the whole team at HumanForest great excitement to know that so many people from all around the …

Equal bike, a new electric bicycle from a Finnish startup, is now available for preorder. The company is taking €100 deposits to reserve the e-bike. These deposits are fully refundable, and customers can finish configuring their orders as production nears in summer 2021. Deliveries are limited only to EU countries, …

A UK-based e-bike developer has won investment from Innovate UK’s Sustainable Innovation Fund. CrownCruiser Motors was awarded £139,970 to support the development of the Rapture e-bike as part of a dedicated COVID-19 innovation recovery fund. The grant will enable CrownCruiser to set up an operations and assembly centre in Sheffield, …

Lime has partnered with Citymapper, allowing users to locate Lime e-bikes and scooters in 21 cities around the world. It will create a streamlined user experience to encourage more people out of their cars as they get moving again following recent lockdown measures. Users will quickly be able to find …

Raleigh has received a Good Housekeeping endorsement for its Motus Tour e-bike. The Motus Tour is a premium electric bike capable of up to 108 miles on a single charge. Complete with components including a Bosch Active Line motor system, Bosch 400wh powerpack and Tektro Hydraulic brakes, Raleigh has designed …

HumanForest has secured its target crowdfunding investment of £1.25 million. The campaign is now overfunded thanks to commitments from more than 445 investors. Capital raised will be used by HumanForest to acquire 1,500 electric bikes, expand into 15 London boroughs by summer 2021 and grow internationally in 2022. HumanForest launched its …

Europeans are expected to buy an extra ten million bikes per year by 2030, 47% more than the annual number in 2019, a new forecast from CIE, CONEBI and ECF has shown. The 30 million per year total will take bike sales to more than twice the number of passenger …

New data from the Bicycle Association Market Data Service, powered by SMS, has highlighted the spiralling value of e-bikes to the UK cycling market