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In this week’s eBike news roundup:
[Read more…] about eBike News: Ducati eWheel, eChopper, Enclosed eTrike, Recalls, & More! [VIDEOS]
By Richard Peace
Gocycle
Gocycle is a well-known name in the US and the UK where it was invented and they have recently taken to Kickstarter with a US goal of raising $250,000 to introduce the GoCycle GS to the US market.
The GS starts at $1,699 with the limited supply of “early bird” orders.
Already in Europe there have been three successive designs of the foldable e-bike that uses its own hi-tech technologies such an injection-molded magnesium alloy frame and miniature hub motor integrated into quick release wheels.
Here is a video with more about the new GS: [Read more…] about eBike News: Affordable Gocycle, Wireless Solar Charging, N.A. eBike Tour, & More! [VIDEO]
The new Felt Brühaul electric cargo bike will be available very soon!
This e-cargo features 24″ wheels front and rear for a stable ride, a solid mix of components from Bosch, Shimano, Schwalbe, and others. Felt will be offering a number of cargo accessories for the new Brühaul and it is priced at [Read more…] about E-Bike News: Felt E-Cargo, New Haibikes, Light & Portable A-Bike, & More! [VIDEOS & PICS]
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]
Pedego has been busy this year!
For 2015 they are introducing an electric cargo bike, a super e-step thru, and an electric mountain bike.
And that is in addition to new features that they will be adding to their existing line of e-bikes which includes beach cruisers, commuters, a fat bike, and a tandem.
Pedego showed off these new 2015 e-bikes at Interbike in Las Vegas; the largest bicycle trade show in the US.
Don DiCostanzo, the CEO of Pedego, was on hand to show off the new Pedego’s in the following videos. [Read more…] about New Pedego Electric Bikes: Stretch E-Cargo, Boomerang Step Thru, & Ridgerider E-Mtb [VIDEOS & PICS]
The electric bike industry enjoyed a successful year in 2013. Here is recap of what happened in some of the most important markets.
Electric bikes sales in China grew, but slowly. There is now an estimated 170 million electric bikes in use in China and the replacement of aging electric bikes is around [Read more…] about What Happened, What Comes Next: A Recap of Important Events from the 2013 Electric Bike Industry
Interbike is the largest bicycle tradeshow in the US and it is where bicycle brands show off their new products for the next year and meet with their dealers to talk about orders for the next year.
This first part of electric bike coverage at Interbike features videos of the new electric bikes for 2014 from brands like Pedego, Haibike, eFlow, IZIP, Optibike, and BH Easy Motion.
Enjoy the following videos and [Read more…] about The Electric Bike Scene at Interbike 2013 – Part 1 – Pedego, Haibike, eFlow, IZIP, Optibike, & BH Easy Motion [VIDEOS]
The only real question is which of these beauties will make it to the U.S. market. We’ll have a better idea when we see who’s wheeling and dealing at [Read more…] about E-Bike News: New E-Bikes at Eurobike, Gates Drive Unchained, New E-Cargo Bike, Darfon’s Besv Thinks For Itself, & More! [VIDEOS]
Post from Electric Bike Report correspondent Brett Thurber, co-owner of The New Wheel electric bike store. 
Why is America so behind in using the bicycle as transportation and what can we do about it? I’ve written before about a problem we have in the land of the free: you can choose any mode of travel you’d like as long as it has four wheels and a combustion engine.
In 2012, the budget for the U.S. Department of Transportation was over $122 billion, with a paltry $6 billion allocated to [Read more…] about Getting the E-Bike Word Out! The Interbike Electric Bike Media Event [VIDEOS]
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…] about Electric Bikes are Roaring Success at Eurobike 2012
