MTF Enterprises announces acquisition of EMU Electric Bikes
MTF Enterprises Limited, the long-established...
NEC 2015: New e-bikes and faces for 2016
This year’s Cycle Show launched numerous new models from the ranks of well-established brands, as well as introducing fresh faces to the UK’s market and an ‘intelligent power’ product breaking rank with the traditional ideas and positions for powering electric bikes. Headlines touted the biggest electric bike line up since the show’s launch (back in …
50cycles to launch Kalkhoff Impulse Evo at NEC Cycle Show
Kalkhoff UK distributor, 50cycles, are this week launching the new Impulse Evo range of electric bikes to coincide with the NEC’s Cycle Show in Birmingham over the weekend. The Impulse Evo e-bikes feature a crank motor, integrated battery option and a navigation app which taps into your smartphone for data, but displays the results on …
Interview with Juicy Bike: the green philosophy
Husband and wife team Bob and Sarah Wales, are the friendly faces behind the Juicy Bike brand. The couple’s interest in sustainable living extends to their shop in Buxton, Eco Republic, which sells eco-friendly, fair trade and recycled products for the home. This business is run in conjunction with their electric bike workshop in New …
F1 company takes Electric Brompton forward
UK folding bike-maker, Brompton, have teamed up with Williams Advanced Engineering “to help to develop a new, exciting bicycle”. The company have said: “Brompton Bicycle is always looking at ways of enhancing city travel. Brompton sees huge potential in the electric pedal assist bicycle as a means to do this.” Williams Advanced Engineering, part of …
Stromer appoints Bikes GB as UK distributor
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 …
Hills & keeping up with my son: buying my first e-bike
Heather Rawe, who lives in Newcastle, shares her story of how she narrowed down the wide choice of electric bikes on sale to purchase her first electric bike, a Smarta LX7 from the Electric Transport Shop. Local 1 in 4 hills and keeping up with her mountain-biking son helped shape the shopping list; here she …
Lumos launch ‘smart’ cycle helmet
A new cycle safety helmet with integrated lights showing turning signals and brake lights, as well as a white ‘headlight’ at the front, has more than quadrupled its original Kickstarter goal. A team of developers in Boston devised the helmet to “solve the worldwide problem of safety when cycling on the road and at night”, …
Leading e-bike brands take charge at The Cycle Show, NEC: 25th-27th September
Reflecting the surging growth of the electric bike market over the past few years, the Cycle Show will be hosting its biggest-ever electric bike village with 27 brands exhibiting their new bikes and products at the NEC this year. Over 100 bikes can also be tried and tested on the dedicated track for electric bikes, …
Fitness boost saves A&E nurse £40 a week
It is not just A&E nurse Carole Nicholas who thinks her e-bike is wonderful – her dog loves it too. Carole is one of the latest converts to e-biking and uses her Oxygen Diva electric bike for the eight mile round trip from home to her busy London hospital and back. She took the decision …
E-Bikes Direct partner with Halfords’ Marketplace
E-Bikes Direct, retailer of electric bikes since 2005, has been chosen as one of Halfords’ first approved partners for its new online Marketplace. The Marketplace will eventually include around 30 third-party sellers, with E-Bikes Direct currently being the only supplier of electric bikes via the online platform. E-Bikes Direct will be offering popular brands of …
