General News Sales of e-bikes overtake the traditional city pushbike in the Netherlands

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Electric bikes accounted for 40% of all bicycle sales in the Netherlands during 2018, pushing sales figures for the traditional ‘touring and city’ style of pushbike off the top spot for the first time.
Dutch touring/city style push bikes have traditionally proved to be popular transport for parents, commuters, students and business use alike. In 2011, this category dominated sales with a market share of 53%.
Data just released by mobility association, RAI Vereniging, show the ‘touring and city’ unassisted cycle steadily losing market share in recent years however – and with 42% of all sales in 2017 coming down to 34% last year.
While other unassisted bikes account for a further 15% of market share (including the hybrid, racing, mountain and folding bikes), the electrically assisted bike was the most popular purchasing choice for adults last year.
An extended summer, with warm weather from early spring to late autumn, helped to notch up a 6% increase in overall bicycle sales in...

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That's around eight times our UK sales to a little over a quarter of our population.

One new pedelec per 41 of the Dutch population, against our one new pedelec per 1300 of the British population.

But there's lots more cycle helmets sold here!

Somehow I think we have our priorities all wrong.
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