E-bike

In this final in our three part series (Part 1, Part 2), we look at the move to weight reduction, technical advances in safety, lighting and signaling, and the rise of belt drives. Ultra-Lightweight Materials – Déjà vu As we’ve mentioned more than a few times over the last year or so, the quest for

We’ll get the year started with the second in our series looking at developments in e-bike tech: 1. over the previous year 2. looking ahead through this year into next. Part 1 looked at SSB, fast charging, and regen braking, among other things. Part 2 delves the tech turning e-bikes into fully connected, intelligent devices

2025 has turned out to be a significant year for e-bike component evolution.  Not so much the cliche of ‘better, cheaper, faster’ as smarter, more efficient—and lighter. This is the first of a three part series focusing on significant developments in e-bike intelligence, efficiency and weight reduction in which we expect the remainder of the

A few weeks ago Bike Europe mused whether cargobikes will ever become more than a niche in a much bigger market. It was puzzling given the clear swing towards e-cargo bikes, particularly in the last five years. The space has matured with compact short and long tail models joining the standard bucket model in increasingly

September saw the third edition of the IAA Mobility show in Munich where the industry focus is on mobility rather than bicycles, or particularly, e-bikes. The mobility industry focuses on creating improved means of getting around cheaply, efficiently and in relative comfort, which is the keyword—modern bikes and e-bikes, no matter how advanced, are still

“E-bike designs are a dime a dozen these days, with countless brands simply tapping into Chinese hunks of aluminum for a speedy feel for low bucks” writes Autoevolution before going on to talk up the fine points of Vintage Electric’s Roadster 2.0 V 72 version. E-bikes have been commoditized: it’s now not difficult to source

H1 2025 and Q2 conclude with Eurobike, which we’ll review next month. The mood going into this year’s event is slighly downbeat to neutral, you might say—the post-Covid downturn continues to weigh heavily on the market. Hope springs eternal though, as we see from the eclectic, yet progressive, array of products we look at this

Coming at the end of Q1 each year and as the first of the two major bike shows every year (the other being Eurobike straddling Q2/Q3), Taipei Cycle is a representative snapshot of e-bike-related technical developments at the outset of every year. This month we take a look at where the industry stands having come

As the industry heads into the Taipei Cycle end of Q1, the outlook is still tough. Is it getting too tough? At least one commentator thinks so. In other news motors are becoming more powerful, e-bikes are rapidly not looking like e-bikes while becoming smarter and more customizable. Is the Bike Industry Worth It? The

Back in 2023, the bike industry became aware that reducing the post-Covid stockpile of components was going to take a bit longer than expected. Executives resigned themselves to a 2024 that was not going to produce the bounce back they were expecting. And now we enter 2025—the year everyone was sure would see a return