Electric bike news – Pedelecs – Electric Bike Community

FreeGo Electric Bikes Ltd ceased trading earlier this week and will be going into liquidation shortly, according to the appointed administrators, RSM Restructuring Advisory LLP. Incorporated in 2010, FreeGo Electric Bikes became a familiar brand name and offered reasonably-priced models such as the Wren, through a broad network of UK stockists. A thread on the …

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Importers of electric bikes have come together to call for an end to the EU’s current dumping investigation into electric bikes imported from China. The EBMA (European Bicycle Manufacturers Association) initially lodged an anti-dumping complaint in September, alleging that Chinese e-bike imports were being sold in the EU at excessively low prices with the help …

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Researchers at a Norwegian university have undertaken a study to better understand the intensity of exercise a cyclist gets from pedalling an e-bike (set to maximum motor assistance) compared to an ordinary cycle. “Everybody knows that cycling is a great physical activity but we wondered what exercise a person gets on an e-bike, as these …

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Momentum Electric have just relaunched their VIT-S Kickstarter campaign. Ying-Tsao Tan, a product designer with an engineering background, founded Momentum Electric in 2012, bringing the Upstart and Model T to market soon after. Tan set out to develop the latest model in the range, the VIT-S, with the ambitious target of making it “the most …

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Year 9 secondary school students in Sussex have been tasked with converting an ordinary cycle into an electric one as part of a STEM Challenge. The students, from Warden Park Secondary Academy, Othall Community College and St Paul’s Catholic College will be provided with an ordinary bicycle, a conversion kit and a brief to build …

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Following the preview of the new Swytch kit at the NEC’s Cycle Show, the team behind the technology are today officially launching the product, having reached their crowdfunding target on Indiegogo. The kit from Swytch Technologies comprises a power pack, containing the battery, control electronics, user display and front bike light, plus USB output for …

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Last week Yamaha unveiled 4 pedelec prototype models at Interbike – the largest bicycle trade event in North America – with availability to US dealers scheduled for early next year. Yamaha’s models, capable of assistance up to 20mph for the American market, are the drop-bar Urban Rush road bike, hardtail YDX-TORC, alongside the Cross Core …

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The Bicycle Association has just issued the latest analysis of the UK cycling market to its members. Headlining the data for Q2 is an increase in the value of electric bike imports into the UK. Quoted by the organization as a ‘very significant rise,’ e-bikes accounted for 12% of the total value of bicycle imports …

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Evans Cycles have revisited Sir Ridley Scott’s iconic 1973 TV ad to demonstrate the hill-climbing power of the electric bike to today’s audience. Carl Barlow, now a retired firefighter, starred as the young baker’s boy struggling to push his bread-laden bike up the famous cobbled street to ‘the top of the world’ 44 years ago. …

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