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Fitness boost saves A&E nurse £40 a week

It is not just A&E nurse Carole Nicholas who thinks her e-bike is wonderful – her dog loves it too. Carole is one of the latest converts to e-biking and uses her Oxygen Diva electric bike for the eight mile round trip from home to her busy London hospital and back. She took the decision …

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Evolution of Momentum Electric’s Model T: Interview with Ying-Tsao Tan

Sole founder of Momentum Electric, Ying-Tsao Tan, talks to Pedelecs about their progress in the last two years. It has been two years since we last spoke, so welcome back. Back then, you were the new kids on the block, fresh-faced with an ISPO finalist award and you are now found in numerous shops up …

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How to tour the world in your 70s

An electric bike is keeping one septuagenarian in his touring saddle; he shares his story below. Pedelecs forum member, 5threeone, now 76, diarises his cycling youth, when he would think nothing of 140 mile round trips, to telling us how he made the switch from manpower alone to ‘going electric’ this year in order to …

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Interview with Amps electric bikes

David Miall talks to Pedelecs about his new venture & the latest Wisper technology. David, you’ve been in the UK electric bike market since the early days with your Wisper e-bikes. Summer 2015 sees you launching a new venture called Amps however, what’s the story behind the new company? The new company Amps was formed …

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Overcoming type II diabetes with an e-bike: Linda’s story

Linda Tyley shares her story of achieving an eco-friendly commute, while regaining her fitness and health with an electric bike. Diagnosed with type II diabetes 2 years ago, Linda decided to incorporate exercise into her day by cycling to work in order to get back to fitness levels last enjoyed before raising her children. She …

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Interview with CycloTricity: UK manufacturing, innovation and de-restriction

Pedelecs talks to Rami Akily of CycloTricity about his background, his e-bikes and his plans to extend UK manufacturing to other brands. Where did CycloTricity begin? Can you tell us about your background and where your interest in electric bikes started? Kind of like the typical Californian story, CycloTricity started off right in my garage! …

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E-conomic boom: soaring sales turns 2015 into “year of the e-bike”

Matt Flanagan, managing director of E-Bikes Direct, talks to Pedelecs about the UK electric bike market in 2015 and why sales figures are surging ahead. “If you ask me to sum up the current UK electric bike market in one word, it’s ‘exciting’. We have seen the company grow by a third in 2014 alone, …

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CycloTricity bring e-bike manufacturing back to UK

CycloTricity are to manufacture their electric bike range from their Aldershot premises, now refitted as a full assembly factory. CycloTricity’s MD, Rami Akily, told Pedelecs that the set up of the assembly line was a year-long project, costing £180,000. Although 3,000 e-bikes will roll off the production line in the first year, the company’s investment …

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Company plans solar-powered wooden e-bike

Innovators, product designers and investors in sustainable transport continue to further the cause of electric bikes world-wide. Following the tradition in year recent years of car manufacturers dipping their toes into assisted pedaling, Ford this month also unveiled its latest environmentally-friendly prototypes aimed at assisting the business world. Over in Italy, GiocoSolutions, a young company …

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Interview with Batribike

Sue Coulson, of Batribike, talks to Pedelecs about the company’s family business roots, the motivation that drives the business forward and what 2015 has in store for Batribike fans. Batribike is a well established electric bike company, as one of the first companies on the electric bike scene in the UK, can you tell us …

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Features – Page 2 – Pedelecs – Electric Bike Community

Fitness boost saves A&E nurse £40 a week

Evolution of Momentum Electric’s Model T: Interview with Ying-Tsao Tan

How to tour the world in your 70s

Interview with Amps electric bikes

Overcoming type II diabetes with an e-bike: Linda’s story

Interview with CycloTricity: UK manufacturing, innovation and de-restriction

E-conomic boom: soaring sales turns 2015 into “year of the e-bike”

CycloTricity bring e-bike manufacturing back to UK

Company plans solar-powered wooden e-bike

Interview with Batribike

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