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Survey Says: Electric Bikes Enable More People to Ride Bikes, More Often!

June 12, 2014 by Pete 5 Comments

Electric bikes = More people riding bikes, more often! Photo credit to Turbo Bob.

The results are in from a recent electric bike survey: 55% of those surveyed had ridden a traditional bike weekly or daily. That jumped to 93% after they bought an e-bike!

6% of those surveyed had not ridden a bike as an adult. With an electric bike, 89% of those now ride daily or weekly!

Those are just a few of the stats from an e-bike survey that was directed by John MacArthur, Sustainable Transportation Program Manager at the Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (OTREC). John is also a research associate at [Read more…]

E-Bike News: Cykno Retro E-Bike, E-Cruiser/Diavelo, Vancouver E-Bike Share, & More! [VIDEO]

April 29, 2013 by Pete 5 Comments

Whoa! Checkout the retro style Cykno electric bike with a carbon fiber frame, fork, wheels, brake levers. The Cykno also features a mid drive motor, 360 watt hour lithium polymer battery, and pedal assist (pedelec). No word on price yet, but I bet it ain’t cheap!

The new HeroEco A2B bikes were presented at a launch event in New York City recently. Here is a report from an author of TechCrunch about his experience with the new A2B. And here is some news about their recent launch event in Munich.

E-Cruiser Bikes is bringing the E-Cruiser brand and the Diavelo/Protanium bikes to [Read more…]