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By Troy Rank of Maxwell Motorbikes.
Scars: Last Saturday I woke up, threw some pans on the stove, turned on the burners, and took a quick trip to the bathroom. When I returned the kitchen was filled with smoke.
In an unfortunate knee-jerk reaction, I yanked both pans off the stove and splashed smoking hot bacon grease, all over my left hand.
Why should you care about my Kentucky Fried fingers? [Read more…] about Your Ugly Bike is a Badge of Honor
With a claimed weight of 25 pounds, the Maxwell EP0 is one of the lightest electric bikes around!
The EP0 achieves this with a relatively small motor, small battery (hidden in the frame tubes), and a simple “fixie” style bike set up.
The EP0 looks like a good e-bike for the urban commuter that wants moderate assist and a normal looking bike. [Read more…] about The Lightweight Maxwell EP0 Electric Bike & Interview with the Founder [VIDEO]
By David Rodenhiser.
Many of us entertain dreams of someday taking off on that big bike tour. The one down the coast or across the country. Or maybe Europe. France would be nice, wouldn’t it?
My own dream is to spend 3 or 4 months riding around various parts of Australia, bringing my Greenspeed recumbent trike for a visit back to it’s builders in its birthplace near Sydney.
It’s an appealing idea, but like all big ideas, it takes big time, big commitment and usually, [Read more…] about Tips & Strategies for a Successful Weekend Electric Bike Tour!
By Boris Mordkovich.
“You’re leaving in a week? Wow, you’ve got a lot to do!” said a trusted bike mechanic at a Brooklyn-based bike shop, as he replaced our tires, adjusted our disk brakes, installed a chain tensioner and roamed all corners of the shop looking for spare parts.
“You know, usually people come to me months before going on a trip like this,” he said, eyeing us in good humor, as if to say, [Read more…] about How to Get Ready for a 4,000 Mile Electric Bike Tour Across the Country
The Sondors (formerly Storm) fat electric bike has been creating a storm on the internet! It is a fat electric bike being offered on IndieGoGo (crowdfunding site) at an introductory price of $499 now $599 (plus up to $194 in shipping) and they have raised millions of dollars.
There are many that are warning that this deal could be too good to be true (Yahoo, Treehugger, CNET, [Read more…] about E-Bike News: Controversy, Carbon Frame Kit, “Food Bikes”, Solar, Chop-E, & More! [VIDEOS]
Brett Thurber and Karen Wiener from The New Wheel electric bike shop decided to add a little adventure to their trek to the Eurobike international bicycle trade show this year!
They recently completed an e-bike tour from Zurich, Switzerland to Friedrichshafen, Germany where Eurobike is held.
To give you an idea of this tour, here is a time lapse video capturing part of their trip that included 55 miles and 5,000 feet of climbing: [Read more…] about Electric Bike Touring to Eurobike [VIDEO]
This is a guest post from Grant Walter who is currently touring Europe on his electric bike. Make sure you checkout Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.
It’s August 4, exactly one hundred years since World War 1 started, and I’m in a small Belgian town called Diksmuide.
The ride here was simply beautiful – a (very flat) paved towpath along the Kanaal Ieper – IJzer, lined with trees, passing through idyllic rural scenery.
It’s so peaceful that it’s beyond comprehension that 100 years ago this was the front line of a particularly sordid conflict; we’ve all seen the [Read more…] about European Electric Bike Tour: In The Fields of Flanders – Part 4
ProdecoTech Stride 500 electric bike.
If you are new to electric bikes then this article will help you get a quick understanding of what electric bikes are all about.
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This is a guest post from Grant Walter who is currently touring Europe on his electric bike. Make sure you checkout Part 1 and Part 2.
I’ve completed a loop, I’m back in Stuttgart, where it all began, and the bike computer is showing 3,001 km (1,864 miles).
After Slovenia I rode through northeastern Italy, from Trieste (a really interesting but little visited city) to Venice (a wonderful place, full of visitors).
Maybe it was the area, the geography means that there are few roads between major towns, but I didn’t find cycling very [Read more…] about European Electric Bike Tour: Venice, The Romantic Road, & The River Main – Part 3
This is a guest post from Grant Walter who is currently touring Europe on his electric bike. Here is Part 1.
E-bikes are very popular all over Europe and many of the myriad of bike tour operators offer an e-bike option, usually at an additional cost, but obviously there aren’t too many unsupported tourers using e-bikes as yet, but for me, this has been a positive.
My e-bike attracts a great deal of interest and this in turn often helps me out.
On (attempting) to leave Croatia some days ago I rode down a [Read more…] about European Electric Bike Tour: The Perks of Riding an E-Bike – Part 2
