2023

Ebike Innovation

2023 has turned out to be the end of the road for quite a few e-bike brands, or a major reset at the least. Still, e-bike innovation and development, not to mention opportunity, remains as robust as it has been since the sector really took off around the middle of the last decade. We start […]

Obstacles to E-bike Adoption and E-bike Design Innovation Read More »

Heavy Folding Bike

As the year comes to a close, discussion and analyses on folding e-bikes has figured prominently across the interwebs — we take a deep dive. Other subjects: E-bike Tipping Point German riders will buy more e-bikes than conventional models this year.It’s a remarkable statistic given that the shift to e-bikes really only began in earnest

Folding E-bike Design (and why motor vehicle cos are into e-bikes) Read More »

Three or four years from now, we’ll look back at this 2022-2024 period as a pivotal period in the bicycle industry. Many international brands have been bankrupted or bought out while many Taiwan manufacturers are doing it tough. For the first time ever, many are experiencing cash flow problems as the international glut of bicycle

Ditch Batteries—Use Capacitors (and other e-bike stories) Read More »

e-bike market growth

Welcome to our monthly survey of developments in the world of ebikes where we describe some of what’s been happening, but, more importantly think through how and why those events are significant in the bigger scheme of things. This month two themes are prominent: Yes. Two forces going in opposite directions—it is crunch time for

E-bike Market Growth, Digital Integration Problems, Bankruptcies… Read More »

e-bike gears

In this first in our new series of monthly surveys of key themes in the world of e-bikes, we take a look at e-bike batteries, AI in e-bikes, and speculate on the viability of a new category, the “all-rounder” plus a whole lot more. E-bike Batteries An e-bike’s battery is arguably the most important component

E-bike Batteries, Battery Recycling and the Best All-Round Ebike Read More »

e-bike controller

The e-bike controller is a new addition to the group of core components making up the modern bike. Traditional bikes don’t have them—but all the rest do. And controllers are central to making e-bikes work the way they are intended, or simply work at all! E-bikes vs EVs and “M”-bikes Speaking generally, as the EV

E-bike Controller: the newest ‘essential’ component Read More »

MPS e-bike technology

We take a broad look at the current status of e-bike parts and components used to construct most e-bikes. Within this broad survey we’ll take a deep dive into the main component classifications to see where things are, and based on that, where things may be headed. The technology is rapidly evolving: to name a

E-bike Parts & Components: What does the future hold? Read More »

Taipei Cycle - Motor Spindle and Gears

This page gives you the latest on Taipei Cycle for the current year, 2024, and looks ahead to the next year 2025 as 2024 progresses. We also include discussion and insight as to where the bicycle industry is headed generally as it evolves in the years ahead as that relates to Taipei Cycle as it

Taipei Cycle 2024 – Trends, New Products, Information Read More »

fixed gear bicycle frame adjustment

This article examines (1) the technical issue of fixie chain tension and (2) the aesthetic issue of fixie frame craftsmanship (considerations which apply to all frame manufacturing actually). Firstly lets note that a fixed gear bicycle is a type of single speed bicycle and not the other way around: fixies are single speed, but a

The Fixed Gear Bicycle – Chain Tension and Craftsmanship Read More »

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