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How to get cycling again: one couple’s cautious route into e-bikes

It’s not easy buying an electric bike. What to buy? What’s the difference between a cheap Chinese machine and their more expensive European counterparts? Add to that a general lack of understanding of what’s legal, what’s not legal.. and what about licences, insurance, helmets? Battery types and myriads of other technical details make the decision-making …

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Electric bike seized for “technological fraud” at Cyclo-Cross race

Belgium’s Cyclo-Cross World Championship also staged the first official case of high-level ‘mechanical doping’ at the weekend. International Cycling Union president (UCI), Brian Cookson, confirmed “technological fraud” had taken place with the bike belonging to 19-year-old Belgian – and pre-race U23 favourite – Femke Van den Driessche, being seized by the UCI as a result. …

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Move for Cyclotricity, as e-bike sales notch up a gear

Southampton-based electric bike manufacturer, Cyclotricity, have announced the launch of two new models alongside a move to larger premises. Last year the company announced their premises was undergoing a re-fit to bring assembly of their bikes back to Britain. With design, prototyping, assembly and testing already handled in-house, Rami Akily, MD, sees future growth for …

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Karbon Kinetics launch Gocycle 3 with daytime running light

Karbon Kinetics this week announced the introduction of its third-generation Gocycle® G3 with integrated automotive-inspired daytime running light (DRL). Since February 2011, European ‘whole vehicle’ type approval laws have required cars to have daytime running lights fitted, which come on automatically when the engine is on, to aid visibility during the day. Richard Thorpe, designer …

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