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Netherlands reports ‘rapid’ rise of electric bikes for over 60s

A Dutch Mobility Report for 2013 shows use of electric bikes have ‘rapidly increased’ in the Netherlands between 2000 and 2012. During that time cyclists travelled 14% more kilometers than in previous years, with the largest share of that growth being attributed to electric bikes. The country’s increasing numbers of senior citizens were credited with …

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ETRA dissolved

ETRA, the European Two Wheels Retailers’ association, has been dissolved at a meeting on 8th January. The members at the meeting made the decision to dissolve ETRA unanimously due to insufficient funding. ETRA was launched in 1995 with the broad remit of defending and furthering the interests of independent two wheel retailers with respect to …

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QEF Santa Cycle “strong illustration of equality in cycling”

“There could not have been a stronger image of equality in cycling” than Sunday’s Santa Cycle for Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for Disabled People, said Jim Knight of electric bike retailer Cycling Made Easy. Over 150 people, young and old, many with disabilities, cycled a ten kilometre route along the River Thames from Hampton Court. Each …

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