Electric Bike News

We have speed for you this week in the form of Gazelle’s new class 3, 28mph belt drive e-bike, lightness and versatility with a new German e-bike from Rose and a great value looking folding e-fat bike from Italy. There’s a deep dive video into the role cobalt plays in e-bike batteries and plenty of e-micromobility developments are afoot too.

In this week’s news:

• Gazelle’s fastest belt drive launched
• Rose launches lightweight range with Shimano’s powerful EP8 mid-drive
• Wayel’s new e-fat folder
• Extra large battery from BMZ and background on cobalt in batteries
• Spin’s new share e-bike launches in Providence, Rhode Island
• Helbiz e-sccoters get Italian styling from Pininfarina
• Swedish subscription e-bike raises US$11 million

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It’s never too late to get on the evermore popular e-bike train, as one of the US’s oldest, most respected and well-run firms has confirmed this week, with their launch of a line of both e-bikes and e-scooters. Less convincing perhaps is the ‘reannouncement’ of a new e-cargobike from one of the world’s best known automotive brands.

There’s plenty of innovation too, from airbag jackets for cyclists to car style, roll up and plug in charging points about to be rolled out in the UK.

In this week’s news:

• Radio Flyer’s new e-bikes and e-scooters
• Trek Hosts a Nationwide Pride Event
• VW Announce E-cargobike launch (again…)
• Cirrus airbag safety jacket gets off to a flying start on Kickstarter
• Spelsberg aims to bring e-bike charge points to the UK
• E-scooter news; Voi survey shows popularity whilst Raine refuses deposits return

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Further proof that simple and lightweight e-bikes are an increasingly important area of the e-bike world this week with details of the Torque 1 from the US and a joint collaboration from the UK’s Bikeworks and Revolutionworks.

Novel lock designs also feature heavily in the never ending quest to make them more effective and lighter. And if you want to know where to find the best city cycle lanes in the US just read on….

In this week’s news:

• Torque 1, affordable torque-sensing e-power
• Ji-Move II, the new mini e-bike with high spec and low price
• Lightweight e-bike collaboration from Bristol UK firms
• Woom kids’ e-bikes come to the US
• New accessories; Schwalbe cargo tire, two innovative locks
• City News; E-bike hire for London, Bird 3rd gen e-scooter and People for Bikes’ new city ratings

One of the world’s largest bicycling events is nearing after a more than year-long hiatus; some e-bike companies were bought and sold; and U.S. lawmakers took positive steps to make our roads safer as Europe reported the fewest pedestrian road deaths on record.

Those things and more in this week’s news roundup.

In this week’s news:

• Registration for Sea Otter Classic nears after COVID hiatus
• European road fatalities fall to all time low
• Transportation bill moves forward with funding for cycling, walking infrastructure
• QuietKat acquired by Vista Outdoor, owner of several well-known outdoor brands
• Luxury e-bike brand Stromer also gets bought
• Support people for bikes, (maybe) win a Stromer

Registration for one of the United States’ largest bicycling events is set to open next month after being postponed for more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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E-bikes mean different things to different people – it might be pure power you want, it might be a lightweight machine that’s nimble in town traffic or it might be practical and fun e-fat bike transport.

We have all three in this week’s news courtesy of China’s Bafang, the UK’s Kinesis and the US’s Juiced and Lectric. Proving that whatever e-bike you want the world is your oyster.

In this week’s news:

• The Latest E-fat Bikes from Juiced and Lectric
• Lightweight E-commuter from Kinesis
• Bafang’s New Ultra-powerful Mid-drives
• Miami University Study Shows How to Get Meaningful E-bike Exercise
• London’s Critical E-scooter Trails To Begin
• Bike Commuting from the US and Bike Masterplans from Europe

No doubt many readers would be more than happy riding the latest version of the Stromer ST5, a class 3 (28mph assist) e-bike, now with ABS anti-lock braking. But would you consider riding a 28mph microcar? Well you might soon get the chance by renting the Citroen Ami which we cover below and is becoming available to rent at more and more places around the world (now including the US).

And talking of electrically powered alternatives to e-bikes there’s also news of the remarkable Hydroflyer which, as its name suggests, appears to fly above the water. If all this seems a little far fetched for your tastes the e-bike show season is getting underway, and we bring you news of tryout shows over the summer months where you can get your hands on the latest models.

In this week’s news:

• Stromer ST5 Speed Pedelec with ABS Braking
• LiON Smart Charger for Different E-bike Batteries
• Biketrax GPS Tracker Now Available for Yamaha
• Meet the Citroen Ami Quadricycle
• New E-bike Shows to Enjoy over the UK summer
• Hydroflyer’s Electric Power Lets You Glide Above Water
• More Delays to UK E-scooter Decision
• The Latest E-bike Stats and Biz News

Specialized is trying to make the electric mountain bike skeptics into converts.

On Thursday the California-based company released the slimmed-down Turbo Kenevo SL, an all-new eMTB that shaves 12lbs off the full-power Kenevo and packs a much gentler pedal-assisted punch. But aside from the name, the parallels between the two bikes stop there. In fact, the collective mountain bike clan may recognize the new Turbo Kenevo SL as a close sibling of one of Specialized’s most sought-after trail-slaying machines — the Enduro.

The Enduro, one of Specialized’s most shred-worthy mountain bikes just got the Super Light treatment, making big mountains, big hits and big days all the more accessible while still carefully preserving the “MTB” in eMTB.

The Turbo Kenevo SL has been built for the modern trend of aggressive trail and enduro riding; for the mountain biker who might be e-bike curious, but who’s unwilling to compromise performance for a heavy motor and battery.

“We’re targeting kind of the core acoustic trail riders who maybe are kind of interested in e-bikes but are not wanting to sacrifice the handling, because of the weight of a full-power e-bike,” Joe Buckley, product manager for full suspension mountain bikes at Specialized, said on a media call announcing the new bike

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Would you consider renting rather than buying an e-bike? Would you consider ordering an e-bike in advance that hasn’t been produced, but promises as yet unproven, though exciting technology?

This week’s news covers both scenarios, in the first case it’s rental company Zoomo’s plans for major expansion and in the second relatively unknown company Forestal have released news of an exciting new range of lightweight carbon e-bikes with a new lightweight mid-drive. And would an e-bike company’s ability to recycle old e-bike batteries influence your decision to purchase one of their bikes in the first place? Specialized are certainly hoping so…

In this week’s news:

• Belgium’s Cowboy Release Details of Latest generation City E-bike with Higher Torque Motor
• Three New Models from Forestal with New EonDrive Mid-drive
• Shimano’s New Linkglide Technology for Stronger Drivetrains
• Bikeflights’ Boxing & Delivery Service Has Strong Pandemic Record
• Specialized Expands Battery Recycling Plans
• Zoomo E-bike Hire Raises Capital for Expansion
• Lime Calls on Its Workers to Help Lobby For More Bike Lanes
• All the Latest Business E-bike News

Are you ready to go on an ‘Aventure?’ Today the Californian e-bike company Aventon announced its newest addition to its lineup with the Aventure. This fat tire-styled electric bike comes equipped with massive 4” Kenda Krusade tires which are propelled by the bike’s 750W hub motor capable of a whopping 1130W peak. This combination has a lot of promise for those looking to head off-road on occasion.

On top of the new bike itself, Aventon is debuting what they call an industry first color display screen that integrates with an all new app. The app powers the bike and its integrated lights on and off, while also tracking your mileage and trips, and provides a community feature to meet up with other Aventon riders. The app even displays how many trees you’ve saved riding on your bike instead of a car.

Aventon sees the bike and app as a collective step forward for e-bike communities.

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Whilst Shimano have often gone toe to toe with Bosch mid-drives in the city, trekking and e-mtb areas they have not been forthcoming in other areas where they might have wanted to match Bosch’s increasingly extensive offering of mid drives, such as cargo bike specific systems….until now!

There’s also some intriguing new tech this week in the form of carbon composite, injection moulded e-bike frames on the immediate horizon (2022) and further experiments with e-bikes and hydrogen. Which technologies will become mass adopted, which will remain specialist applications and which will disappear is as hard to tell as ever…

In this week’s news:

• New Firmware from Shimano Makes EP8 and E6100 Mid-drives Cargo Compatible
• Ribble Introduce Two New Superlight E-bikes
• Brompton Electric Apple App Now Available
• Carbon Composite Injection-Moulded Frames for 2022
• Olympia’s New 900Wh Model
• Italy’s Military Police E-bike
• E-tech Developments with Hydrogen Hybrid and UK’s New ‘Self Driving’ Laws
• Bike Share Companies Going Public and More E-bike Biz

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