The UK’s largest cycling show returns to London’s ExCel from 12 – 15 February. Now in its 5th year, last year’s show attracted 45,000 visitors through its doors. The organisers told Pedelecs that while the London Bike Show is “still growing the e-bike side of the event…a greater focus on e-bikes this year has led …
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- Posted onJan 9, 2015 at 11:51 AM
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January 2015 sees a new electric bike shop open in Cambridge, with the Electric Transport Shop relocating to larger premises on the city’s busy Newmarket Road. The Electric Transport Shop (TETS) now has retail premises in several cities, including London, Oxford, Bristol and York. But the company’s roots are in East Anglia, with the company …
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- Posted onJan 7, 2015 at 10:14 AM
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A2B Obree Review Next up in our series of e-bike reviews is the urban-styled A2B Obree electric bike. Introduction If you found this review and you are completely new to electric bikes, then it might be worth reading our introductory articles first, our First Timers’ section is here and our Buyers’ Guides section is here. …
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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- Posted onDec 18, 2014 at 5:32 PM
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Batribike and Oxygen have announced they’ve agreed a ‘business relationsip’ which enables them to produce 2 e-bike models in the UK for spring 2015. The models being hand-built at Batribike’s facility in Lincolnshire are the Batribike Storm and the Oxygen MTB-X. Both will be made available through existing dealer networks. With MTB styling, 24 gears, …
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- Posted onDec 3, 2014 at 10:57 AM
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Captus Available from stockists in January will be Raleigh’s latest two models. Retailing at £1750, the metallic grey Captus features Shimano Altus 9-speed gearing, Raleigh V-brakes, Suntour suspension forks and Schwalbe Energizer tyres. A Bosch Active Line middle motor provides the power with a Bosch 300wh battery providing a maximum range of 92 miles. The …
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- Posted onNov 28, 2014 at 4:08 PM
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Famed, amongst other brands, for its Vespa mopeds, The Piaggio Group recently unveiled their first foray into the world of electric bikes. Currently named simply the ‘Electric Bike Project,’ the prototype shown at Milan’s International Motorcycle Show is due to go into production shortly, with the bike being rolled out next year. Press statements from …
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- Posted onNov 13, 2014 at 10:57 AM
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The Department for Transport yesterday published a consultation document entitled ‘Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycles (EAPC) Deregulation’ seeking views to its proposed changes to current legislation, which define what constitutes an electric bike for road use in the UK. The UK’s existing UK electric bike law, the Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycles (EAPC) Regulations, came into force …
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- Posted onNov 4, 2014 at 2:25 PM
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Board members of Sustrans, the charity dedicated to safer travelling on foot, bike or public transport, recently experienced cycling in London’s commuter traffic in the saddle of an electric bike for the first time. The Electric Bike Company (EBC Ltd) took a range of e-bikes along to the October Sustrans board meeting to demonstrate the …
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- Posted onOct 23, 2014 at 10:18 AM
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Raleigh has announced it has secured the UK and Irish sales rights for the Dutch Koga brand. Both Raleigh and Koga are part of the Accell Group. The move pushes Raleigh’s UK portfolio of distributed brands to more than 50, with the Koga range spanning the E-bike, Race, MTB, Touring, Trekking and Comfort models – …
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- Posted onOct 20, 2014 at 1:11 PM
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