A campaigner for clean energy and a journalist who’s already toured Iceland, Mongolia and the Sahara by pedelec, set out from Glasgow last November to start the first leg of their journey to Cape Town by electric bike. The lead rider of the expedition is Cape Town born, Glasgow based co-founder of The Purple Heart …
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UK distributor of Kalkhoff electric bikes, 50cycles, talk to Pedelecs about the launch of the Impulse Evo range and what’s new for 2016. Tim Snaith explains the background: “The 2016 season will mark our ninth year importing Kalkhoff electric bikes into the UK. From small beginnings with a single premises in the Midlands, we’ve expanded …
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EBC Ltd are this month introducing the Correctec electric bike range to the UK. The e-bikes are produced in Correctec’s Bavarian factory and retail from a starting price of £1999 up to £3999, with systems powered by Bosch and Shimano Steps (on Urban model bikes). Paul Stanforth, MD EBC Ltd, commented: “This is a great time …
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- Posted onOct 15, 2015 at 4:28 PM
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New kid (bird?) on the block, the Emu electric bike. Who are Emu? Delbanco Meyer & Co Ltd are behind the new Emu brand. Established in 1936, the company is more famous for being the world’s largest bristle merchant but in more recent decades the firm has moved into textiles, property development and now the …
Wisper’s 905 range is now 10 years old and the latest iteration is touted as having one of the quietest motors on the market. Is the new 905 Torque really whisper quiet? We find out. A little bit about Wisper It was in late 2004, during a business trip to China, that David and Doug …
Having recently tested the Pony from Riese and Muller’s premium blueLABEL brand, we also had an opportunity to put the Charger Nuvinci with belt drive through its paces blueLABEL blueLABEL is a separate marketing identity from Germany’s Riese & Muller premium bike manufacturer. Unlike the main R&M range which all have full suspension, blueLABEL …
Swiss e-bike brand, Stromer, is expanding into the UK market by appointing Bikes GB as sole importer. Describing the UK market as ‘in its infancy,’ Stromer are tapping into the continuing upsurge in cycling, saying: ‘With a massive rise in the number of commuters taking the bike to work each day, London is currently investing …
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- Posted onAug 17, 2015 at 1:51 PM
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Launched successfully on Kickstarter towards the end of 2014 and now in full production, we test the WingLights bike indicators from CYCL, a budding trio of entrepreneurs with a passion for cycling. What are Winglights? Winglights are direction indicators for your bike. They attach to the ends of your handlebars magnetically and have a flashing …
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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- Posted onJul 16, 2015 at 10:35 AM
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From the stables of Riese and Muller, next up is our review of the blueLABEL Pony Nuvinci, with belt drive. A little bit about Riese & Muller Started in a garage by Markus Riese and Heiko Muller, this German bicycle company launched their first innovation, the folding full-suspension “Birdy”, back in 1993. In the following …