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Mid drive systems provide motor power through the cranks of the bike to leverage the drivetrain (or “transmission”) to climb almost any hill and speed along on flat ground.
Mid drives have been popular in many European markets and they are starting to gain popularity in the US and Canadian markets.
This guide will outline the popular systems that are equipped on complete e-bikes as well as retrofit mid drive systems that can be added to a conventional bike. [Read more…]
This is a guest report from Brett Thurber, co-owner of The New Wheel electric bike shop in San Francisco, California.
Derby Cycles throws one hell of a party. From morning to night, for two weeks, Derby Cycle Werke, the factory and headquarter’s of Germany’s largest bicycle producer and Europe’s largest electric bike manufacturer is transformed from a workaday plant in a tiny town in middle of nowhere Lower Saxony into the second largest bicycle expo in Germany after Eurobike.
Thousands of retailers, distributors, and suppliers from around the world make the pilgrimage to Cloppenburg for [Read more…]
Haibike electric full suspension mountain bike on display at Eurobike 2012.
This is a guest post from Reiner Kolberg who is an eBike-expert from Cologne/Germany and runs the website www.e-bikeinfo.de.
Not long ago electric bikes (called E-Bikes or Pedelecs in Europe) were cheap “old person” vehicles and there was a big discussion if and how they would influence the market.
At the German Eurobike Show at Lake Constance which has become the biggest and trend-leading bike show in Europe with [Read more…]
Bike Expo in Munich Germany
Recently I was at Bike Expo in Munich Germany and it was great to see the electric bike scene in a country that is leading the way in e-mobility. It was impressive to see how many bike brands now have electric bikes. The growth of electric bikes reminds me of the days when mountain bikes were just becoming popular.
Speaking of mountain bikes, there is a growing electric mountain bike niche growing and according to the companies selling them, [Read more…]
Stealth Electric Mountain Bike
One of the new trends in electric bikes is the electric mountain bike or electric conversion kit for mountain bikes. An electric mountain bike may sounds strange at first, but it does have it’s place.
I am putting together this guide to give you an idea of what electric mountain bikes and kits are available. First of all let me give you an idea of why they even exist.
Downhill mountain bikes have always been hard to pedal up hills because [Read more…]
