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By Richard Peace
Budnitz Titanium Electric Bike
If you are looking for a fancy eBike then you should checkout the custom Budnitz Model E -titanium electric bike (starts at $7,450) with the Zehus all in one hub and Gates Carbon belt drive.
The titanium version has a claimed weight of less than 30 pounds!
They also make a steel frame version that starts at $3,950. Here is a video with more: [Read more…] about eBike News: Titanium eBike, Forbes on Faraday, Amsterdam eBike Share, & More! [VIDEOS]
The Biomega OKO is one of the latest innovative e-bikes to hit the market with a carbon fiber frame, fork, and integrated carbon fenders!
In addition it features an integrated frame battery, a Gates Carbon Drive belt, internally geared rear hub, and it starts at $2,295.
Last Thursday Biomega launched the OKO in [Read more…] about Biomega OKO Electric Bike w/ Carbon Frame, Fork, & Fenders!
Heisenberg is a new electric bike company from the Berlin area started by some e-bike industry veterans along with some input from BMW!
Michael Hecken and Karlheinz Nicolai are 2 of the founders of Heisenberg and they also established Grace electric bikes in 2008 and they were commissioned by the Daimler Benz to develop the Smart electric bike.
It is interesting how the automotive industry is [Read more…] about New Heisenberg Electric Bikes with BMW Design
Time for another e-bike news round up!
There are a lot of new electric bikes that have recently hit the market.
First up are 2 new electric bikes from Zap Bikes; the Urban and the Cross.
They have a claimed weight of 38 lbs and 41 lbs, which is pretty light for an e-bike! The 36V 8.7ah lithium battery pack has a low and centered location for good weight distribution and [Read more…] about New E-Bikes: Zap, Karmic, Kalkhoff, Yamaha, Vintage, Solar Bike, & More!
Wow, checkout this wild retro moto style electric bike from custom bike builder Peacock Groove out of Minneapolis, MN!
This custom e-bike features the Shimano STEPS mid drive system with the Gates Carbon Drive belt and Shimano Di2 Alfine electronically shifted internally geared rear hub.
It was displayed recently at the North American Handmade Bike Show (NAHBS) in Louisville, Kentucky.
Erik Noren is the founder of Peacock Groove and in the following video he shows off some of the [Read more…] about Retro Moto Style Peacock Groove E-Bike [VIDEO]
Fifield E-Bikes makes some classy electric bikes for the rider that has an eye for style and quality.
They showed off a custom version of their Chatham model with the Shimano STEPS mid drive e-bike system and Gates Carbon Drive at this years North American Handmade Bicycle Show in Louisville, Kentucky.
Ted Wojcik is a legend in the bicycle frame building world and he makes 2 of the premium Fifield e-bike models: the Chatham and Caladesi.
The following pictures and story from Ted Wojcik will give you a closer look at this stylish e-bike. [Read more…] about Stylish Fifield Electric Bikes from N.A. Handmade Bike Show
Here is a comparison of the different electric bike motor systems to help you determine which configuration is best for your riding needs.
In this article there are the pros and cons of each system: the hub motors (front and rear), the mid drive motor, the friction drive motor, and the rocket drive!
First of all, let’s take a look at the popular [Read more…] about Electric Bike Motor Comparison: Hub, Mid Drive, & Friction Drive
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]
Eurobike is the big international bicycle trade show that happens every year in Friedrichshafen, Germany and it is where a lot of the new electric bikes (and conventional bikes) are revealed.
This year the amount of e-bikes at the show was even more impressive than last year.
The director of Bosch forecasts that e-bikes will eventually make up 50% of the total bicycle market and according to Bike Europe that may occur in 2015!
I personally was [Read more…] about Eurobike Electric Bike Picture Gallery
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
