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As there are plans to get back to the moon by 2025, Dresden-based Hookie, along with partners that include Cake, DuPont and others have developed this electric motorcycle to allow astronauts to move around the lunar surface more easily. Inspired by future and past adventures to orbit, Andrey Fabishevsky visualized a lunar concept motorcycle back […]
The Santa Barbara 100 is back again, after a year off last year for the pandemic. We rode it in 2019 on a Yamaha bike, and it was beautiful and fun. Yamaha sponsors the event, and this is the 10th anniversary. Yamaha has offered to cover the cost for RideSB100 for anyone who owns a […]
If you’re buying your first e-bike, which type should you choose, and where should you buy it? Editor Tony Donaldson and Assistant Editor Nick Claire discuss the basics of what to look for in an e-bike, why you shouldn’t go for the cheapest, and how to get the best bang for your buck. Follow Electric […]
The Sea Otter Classic is back in person for 2021. It’s an amazing event that’s happened every spring for 30 years. It kicks off all of North American bicycle racing. Or at least it did before the pandemic. It was postponed last year, as it would have happened in April, but instead was pushed to […]
How can an electric skateboard benefit you? We have seen the dark sides of exploiting the environment in the forms of – Global Warming and the Coronavirus pandemic in 2020. It’s time that we paid heed to what environmental activists like Greta Thunberg are raising awareness about. It is time that we saved our planet. […]
Hiplok just announced their new D1000 u-lock, one designed to thwart thieves in many ways, including a specially developed coating called Ferosafe, which is partly made of graphene and designed to actually wear down an angle grinder blade instead of letting it cut through.
Harley-Davidson spinoff Serial 1, a company named after H-D’s first motorcycle, has announced its first limited edition e-bike. Based on the Mosh/CTY, it’s called the Mosh/Tribute, paying homage to the 1903 motorcycle that spawned its name. It looks remarkably similar and even has the motor in roughly the same place as the original’s engine. It […]
Mahle, the automotive parent company behind the Ebikemotion X35 motor system, has partnered up with Allotrope Energy and is developing a new battery that is a hybrid between lithium-ion and capacitors, allowing for super fast charging at up to 20Kw. This could change the game for all forms of electric transportation as more and more […]
Specialized brings out the next generation of e-bikes with three new on-road bikes, called the Turbo Vado, Turbo Como and Turbo Tero. They designed them to be powerful but natural, using their philosophy of “It’s you, only faster.” As with all their bikes, these feature Brose motors that were developed with Specialized specifically for Specialized.
VAAST Bikes, a bicycle manufacturer based in the U.S, has revealed the latest addition to their sustainable bicycle range: the E/1. Following the success of their first line of performance bikes in 2019, the E/1 takes VAAST bikes in a brand new direction. It’s built to empower practical, sustainable and fun living, the E/1 is […]