If Brisbane is a great place to ride a bike, then it’s an even better location to ride an electric bike! With bike paths circulating through many parts of the city and rides such as the Boondal Wetlands, a bayside ride along Wynnum and Manly, the Morten Bay Cycleway and beautiful off-road trails such as those around Daisy Hill Conservation Park nearby, it’s no…
Electric bikes aren’t exactly glamorous. Many of them have stubby frames and small wheels that may work great for commuting, but lack the style of white-walled beach cruisers or other townie bikes. Seattle-based Propella set out to defy those stereotypes. Their new Propella 2.0 e-bike—which just launched on Indiegogo today—is an electric pedal-assist bicycle…
Inc. Magazine Unveils 33rd Annual List of America’s Fastest-growing Private Companies — the Inc. 5 NEW YORK, Aug. 21, 2014 — Inc. magazine today ranked Pedego® Electric Bikes Number 1311 on its 33rd annual Inc. 500|5, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment…
The Copenhagen wheel captures energy dissipated while cycling and braking and saves it for when you need a bit of a boost. Photograph: Max Tomasinelli /MIT Senseable City Lab The Copenhagen wheel turns a normal bike into an electric cycle, but it also adds extra weight and screams out to be stolen File this cycling invention under solution in search of a problem…
Find a bicycle in good working condition to modify. Make sure it is comfortable and has good brakes. Any problems the bike has when you start are going to be magnified once it has 40 pounds of electric stuff added to it and an extra horsepower pushing it around. It ll be harder to stop and the ride will be rougher. Full suspension department store bikes actually…
Pedego Various models of e-bikes can reach speeds of up to 20 to 28 miles per hour. At lower speeds, they’re allowed to go wherever bicycles go in most communities. But they’re not legal everywhere. Larry Pizzi, president of Raleigh Electric, a California company that designs, develops and manufactures e-bikes, has worked in the bicycle industry for decades…
Electric bikes are a new and promising alternative form of urban transportation. They provide all the advantages of a regular bicycle: fun exercise, free parking, zero emissions, and freedom from gridlock, while eliminating one of the bicycle s more serious drawbacks, lack of power. Imagine pedalling up a hill as comfortably as riding down, that s what the e-bike…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWATCH: Electric bike v pedal cycle. The hill test. Electric bikes are a common sight in cities from Berlin to Beijing, so why have they failed to catch on in the UK? Their heads turning to spot what sounds like a milk float drawing up, the eyes of fellow cyclists fall instead on a souped-up pedal bike…
I ve been testing the E-Zip 2008 Trailz bike by Currie Technologies. This electric bike is quite inexpensive - other electric bikes range in price from $700 up to $3 in the U.S. For half the price, this is a solid bike with good range and power. My bike arrived partly-assembled in a box. It took me about an hour to attach the seat, front wheel and pedals. The…
Police in Manhattan confiscated 247 illegal motorized bicycles in the borough on Wednesday during a targeted safety blitz. Officers averaged a seizure rate of just more than 10 bikes an hour during a 24-hour crackdown focused primarily in southern Manhattan, according to an NYPD spokesperson. The crackdown falls under the banner of Vision Zero, Mayor Bill de…
The Rollout Trailer helps motivated cyclists to ditch the car … even when they have heavy gear to haul The Brouhaha Bike Trailer from Wisconsin-based Rollout Self-Propelled Trailers puts a bit of horsepower behind your two-wheeler. Unlike on some other electric-powered bike trailers, that horsepower doesn t make pedaling any easier; it simply adjusts for the…
If you re looking for an e-bike that blows away pretty much everything else on the market, take a peek at Juicer Bike s electric motorbicycles. The current trend of electric bicycles seems to be moving toward bikes that look just like a conventional bicycle, but with the power of electric mobility hidden in the design, which may help get more cyclists riding…
Photo Pachyappa Bala, the co-founder of Ampere, with its latest electric bicycle, the sturdy Angel.Credit David Ferris It wasn’t a sleek, shiny bike for the urban hipster — the company had tried that and failed. It was the Angel, a heavy, clunky converted Chinese bicycle that goes only 15 miles an hour but can carry extremely heavy loads. The customers were farmers…
In 2007 Robert Provost and Daniel Del Aguila were running a successful company manufacturing electronics for consumers and businesses in South Florida. Their products ranged from closed circuit TV systems to personal electronics for individuals. Additionally, they also owned and operated a flourishing 12, sf motor sports store. They quickly grew frustrated with…
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Electric bicycles can be a clean and green method of transportation, and building your own ebike is not only possible, but is also affordable. Micah Toll, the author of a popular DIY electric bike conversion book offers us 6 tips for getting started with building your own electric bike. There s absolutely nothing wrong with using a conventional manually-pedaled…
For the seasoned cyclist, pumping a bicycle tire is a run of the mill operation; you’ve done it so many times you’ve lost count. However, for new cyclists it can be overwhelming trying to understand all the different components of the bicycle and making sure you select the right tools, like bike pumps, that you need to maintain your cycle. In this article I will…
KHON2’s Wake Up 2day and Living808 present a special series from the Island of Hawaii. Trini Kaopuiki went exploring and found the joys of a staycation on Hawaii’s largest island. Big Island Electric Bike Company offers electric bicycle rentals and tours on the Kona Coast of Hawaii Island. Pedal as little or as much as you like on fully electric bikes. With five…
Moto Parilla is trying to get its Carbon bike to market The Moto Parilla Carbon comes to life as a heavily motorcycle-inspired electric off-road bike with claims of being the SUV e-bike. The beautiful but beefy fat bike doesn t exactly make us excited to start pedaling uphill, but it definitely makes a statement and turns heads. Plus, it s available with a…
By This bike is so intense. It moves fast. And then faster and faster. Faster than any other electric bike, reportedly, with quickly rising speed. One must be seriously adept, fearless, and full of love for the open air at breathtaking speed to use this bicycle. The bike is aerospace test grade, made with aluminum and titanium. In the test run shown on this film…
Tired of your bike? Why not consider a hybrid bike or an electric bike ? Hybrid bicycles are basically a combination of different types of bikes to give you the ultimate cycling experience. In fact, you can find characteristics from road bikes, touring bikes and mountain bikes. Due to the combination of all these features, the result is a more stable, comfortable…
35 Mile Range. 36 MPH in Race Mode. 2 Hour Re-charge. The CRUZ is a classic California cruiser with design elements reminiscent of the American Art Deco movement. The CRUZ evokes a bygone era. Offering the same best-in-class performance as the Tracker, the CRUZ leads the industry with a top speed of 36 mph in race mode. Regenerative breaking, coupled with Shimano…
At the India Gadgetz Expo (IGE) 2016, what caught our attention was a chic electric bike. Built by a Chennai-based startup, the Volta Zap is a crossover electric bicycle with a rechargeable battery. It claims to offer a mileage of 60km on a single charge even without pedaling and will cost just about Rs 7 paise per km. It will be priced around Rs 35, , which…
In the present study, comparing e-biking to conventional bicycling on two different routes simulating relevant cycling to work options, e-biking was faster and less intensive than conventional bicycling, especially on the hilly route. However, 95% of time spent biking, both for e-bike and conventional bike, were considered to be MVPA. E-biking were faster than…
