Electric Bike Reviews, News, & Testing
Electric Bike Report
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In this week’s news roundup:
The series hybrid type e-bikes have an alternator at the cranks that creates electricity from your pedaling. The bike then uses that electricity plus the electricity in the battery to power the motor of the bike. This type of e-bike eliminates the typical bicycle drivetrain (chain, chainrings, cogs, derailleurs, shifters, etc.) Checkout the Mando Footloose for more detailed info on a series hybrid e-bike.
A friend of mine, David Calley, who is very technically minded, mentioned [Read more…] about Series Hybrid Electric Bike Compared to Traditional E-Bikes: Efficiency, Ride Feel, Cost & More!
This is a paradigm change in the e-bike world for sure. It is a clean and simple design. It removes all of the typical bicycle drivetrain components: the chain, chainrings, cogs, derailleurs, and shifters. This also removes the dirty, greasy chain!
Of course it adds the alternator and some other electronic components but overall [Read more…] about Mando Footloose: The Future of Electric Bikes? [VIDEOS]
