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Bafang BBSO2, 750W mid-drive electric bike motor
Written by Ron/Spinningmagnets, November 2013 Bafang is now selling a compact 750W mid-drive system that we think will become very popular, due to the large percentage of the population in the...
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3rd Element, German Electric BIke with MPF-5.0 mid-drive
Written by Ron/Spinningmagnets, November 2013 3rd Element is a company that is located in the city of Gauting (in Bavaria, southern Germany, near the border of Austria). Back in February of 2013, I...
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The Pope gets an E-bike
November, 2013 I stumbled across this story today, and I as surprised that I hadn’t seen more about it in the media. Back in July of 2013 (four months ago) Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of...
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UPS/FedEx/DHL using E-Trikes for delivery in Europe
November, 2013 About a year ago, the UPS depot in Dortmund Germany began a test program that used electric trikes to deliver packages around the older sections of town. The streets there are narrow,...
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Acron 250W mid-drive, and pizza delivery in Germany
While strolling around the internet, I stumbled across a pic of an electric pizza delivery bicycle that I hadn’t seen before. I thought our readers might be interested, so here it is. In the city of...
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Electric Bikes in 2013, the Year in Review
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” ― Albert Einstein “To keep moving is easier and faster on an electric bike” – Eric at electricbike.com Well, another year...
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Electric Bikes in the Snow
In the interests of full disclosure, I grew up in Southern California, which is famous for it’s mild weather. I now live in Kansas (Central USA), where there are only several light snow days per...
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Greyborg, High Power DIY Electric Bike Frame
We’ve written articles before on mild-assist electric bikes before, but…this…is NOT one of those articles. And before anyone posts a comment to make sure to say that this is an electric motorcycle with...
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Cromotor, Monster Hubmotor for Electric Bikes
Zvonimir is an engineer who lives in Croatia, between Italy and Greece on the beautiful Adriatic Sea (ES member HAL9000V2.0). In a recent story, we told our readers how he developed the Greyborg Warp...
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Qulbix Raptor, Offroad Hot Rod Electric Bike
The Qulbix Raptor is a high-performance E-bike frame that is made to allow a very large battery pack, and a very high-powered rear hub-motor. We’ve been wanting to write about the Raptor for some time,...
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NAHBS 2014, Pauls custom mid drive
Once a year at the North American Handmade Bike Show (NAHBS, in Charlotte, North Carolina)…custom-made one-of-a-kind bicycles are displayed to show off the builders skill, and to present new ideas for...
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Yamaha YPJ-01, a light mid-drive road bike
Yamaha was one of the early adopters of electric bikes. In fact, they invented the term “PAS” in 1993, which stands for Pedal Assist System. This is where the rider doesn’t use a hand-throttle, but by...
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Aldi stores carry Generic Bike with Bafang mid-drive
Aldi is an unusual store. They are based in Germany and they are primarily a grocery store that is expanding into many countries. I was only recently introduced to the Aldi brand when a store was built...
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Boston Police using electric bikes for the marathon
The Boston Police department has been seen using electric bikes during the 2014 Boston marathon, which was held just a couple of days ago. The TV news video (ABC station affiliate WCVB) had very little...
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Pininfarina Fuoriserie, A stylish Italian E-bike
At first glance, this is just a stylish and simple E-bike with a rear hub. However, the exciting part is…who designed it. Pininfarina is the design studio that is most well-known for creating the...
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2-speed hub motors, E-matic and Xiongda
This is an important development for E-bikes, but they have not yet evolved into their final form. These are relevant because hub motors remain the simplest, easiest, and most affordable way to...
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Qulbix Raptor 140, slimmer with a bigger battery
The Qulbix Raptor has a devoted following as an off-road E-bike that will fit any one of the large and powerful rear hubs that are popular. The large stock battery space of the Raptor frame box is...
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2014 eZip Trailz Commuter, $750 with Lithium battery
The eZip Trailz has been a perennial survivor at the bottom of the lists of factory E-bike models for sale to the public for years, due to their low price. I haven’t been a fan of them…until now. Just...
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Interbike 2014 in Las Vegas, 4 days in September
Interbike is the largest annual bicycle products convention in North America. Over 90% of the floor-space was populated by booths from conventional bicycle products companies (not electric), but there...
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Stealth has a new website, and model updates
Stealth electric bikes has a new website, which can be found here, and they have also made some changes to the details of their three models of electric bike. If you are not yet familiar with Stealth...
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