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Electric Bike Company recently introduced their new Model X eCruiser bike for $1,499 and it just arrived for testing & review!
This economical eCruiser has many of the features of the other Electric Bike Company eBikes along with design and assembly in California.
Some of the highlights are a hydroformed aluminum frame, single speed mechanical gear with 5 electric assist gear/speed levels, Tektro hydraulic disc brakes, Schwalbe tires, and more.
Additionally there are a bunch of ways to customize the colors, upgrade components, and add accessories if you want.
At the same $1,499 price (includes shipping & tax) is the Model Y that offers a step-thru frame & front basket.
In this first part of the testing & review you will get a detailed look at this bike with a BUNCH of pictures and the specifications. [Read more…]
Following a Policy Memorandum from the US Department of the Interior National Parks Service back in August, more dirt roads tracks and trails are now available to e-bikers across the country’s National Parks.
The memorandum states ‘E-bikes are allowed where traditional bicycles are allowed. E-bikes are not allowed where traditional bicycles are prohibited, including wilderness areas…… The intent of this policy is to allow e-bikes to be used for transportation and recreation in a similar manner to traditional bicycles.’
In practice this means park visitors will be able to use e-bikes in the same way they use traditional bikes which, according to a National Parks press release, is “on park roads, paved or hardened trails, areas designated for off-road motor vehicle use and administrative roads.” [Read more…]
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Let’s get one myth cleared up straightaway (which you probably know already if you are reading this article); using an e-bike is not ‘cheating’ nor is it ‘lazy’ as some detractors have claimed.
If you are an extremely fit non-e-bike rider and suddenly swap to riding an e-bike that you ride on full power all the time there may indeed be some fitness loss – but who does that? Very few, I would hazard a guess.
Whatever your circumstances, e-biking gives you exercise.
There is much evidence pointing to the fact that e-bikes promote more active lifestyles than riders previously had, perhaps replacing a car, train or bus journey or simply encouraging riders to get out and about more often.
It all comes down to the fact that riding an e-bike is easy, convenient, and fun and so one of the easiest ways to get and stay active and burn calories.
In other words at the most basic level simply getting out on a bike or an e-bike as much as you can simply has to be a good thing. [Read more…]
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The more I have written about cycling over the years, the more I’ve come to realise the transformative effect good cycling infrastructure has on bike and e-bike use.
If done properly and along with other measures to curb private motor vehicle use it can transform cities and towns into places people want to work and live. [Read more…]
The Cycle Show is held annually in the UK’s second city, Birmingham, and this year seemed to be spilling over at the seams with new e-bike launches.
In this report from the show are:
Enjoy the show! [Read more…]
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