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Cube have issued a statement to say that there will be a different set of their electric bikes to test at the Cycle Show to those previously announced. Due to what Cube are calling the ‘unforeseen popularity’ of their full suspension eMTB models, an alternative line up of demonstration e-bike models has now been arranged. …

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Tern Bicycles are launching a rear cycle light which also projects 360 degrees of radial 60-lumen light on the ground around the bike, with the aim of providing additional protection for the cyclist in low visibility. The Vizy Light’s halo is intended to mark out a safe passing distance for overtaking vehicles, while adding extra …

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An article in today’s Sunday’s Times, headlined “28mph ebikes speed past legal limit” features both a video clip of a cyclist being overtaken at speed by another, apparently electrified, cycle as well as a look at which retailers are selling speed pedelecs and dongles. Since electric bikes are governed by their use on the roads, …

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Susanne Bruesch’s latest epic journey in the saddle of a Haibike SDURO electric bike has seen her cycling over 3,100 miles in 10 weeks across Western USA as team leader for the latest Pedelecs Adventures tour. The Sand to Snow tour crossed 5 states, kicking off from the Californian coast and travelling inland via Las …

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The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) says it has now tested ‘several thousand’ bikes at different races using the same system to detect hidden motors that led to Femke Van den Driessche’s six year suspension by the UCI’s Disciplinary Commission earlier this year. ‘Technological fraud’, or ‘mechanical doping’, utilizes electric bike technology by giving the rider …

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The Department for Transport has today confirmed to Pedelecs that an ordinary cycle, already ridden on public roads as such and subsequently converted to a ‘twist and go’ electric bike, will not require type approval. The DfT further clarified that type approval ‘only applies to new vehicles, not converted ones’. The latest guidance on conversions …

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Electric bike retailer, Cycling Made Easy, have started a petition with the aim of convincing the BHF to have a change of heart about its policy of not allowing electric bikes to take part in fund-raising cycle rides. The BHF London To Brighton bike ride will take place on 19th June, is non-competitive and, ironically, …

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‘Brits are fed up of overcrowded daily commutes’ is the summation of a Shimano survey of 1000 respondents. Differing age groups up and down the country were introduced to the idea of e-bikes as a replacement to public transport and traffic jams by the survey, which then went on to assess what’s not to love …

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