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The sportiest e-bike MTB yet! We have to say right up front that the Haibike Xduro AMT Pro is an impressive mountain bike, and it is clearly more than the sum of its parts. And topping the parts list would be the new Bosch Gen 2 center drive system. No other e-bike brand has embraced […]
The folks at Prodeco Tech E-bikes sent a video of its Fort Lauderdale, Florida factory. The amount of work that Prodeco has going on every day is pretty amazing. Many of the company’s e-bikes are folding models. We are definitely looking forward to riding some of these machines.
One of the bigger challenges facing many people interested in taking advantage of an electric bike is the price of most electric bikes. No, they aren’t cheap. More to the point, what if you already have a perfectly good bicycle that you like to ride and can convert? What many people might not know is […]
Fat bikes have seen a huge spike in interest the past few years in the mountain bike community. From rocks, sand and snow, their huge 3- and 4-inch-wide tires give riders the chance to float easily over every type of terrain where normal mountain bikes would bog down. The problem is, though, pushing those oversized […]
The electric-powered mountain bike is not a totally new phenomenon. Mountain Bike Action reviewed the Denali electric bike back in 1999. Many riders pointed out, correctly, that with footpegs instead of pedals, the Denali was really a motorcycle that used mountain bike components. True electric mountain bikes have used “pedal-assist” designs, but have been so […]
It was a classic e-bike-versus-pedal-bike moment. The guy on the road bike was ahead by a few blocks, but lo and behold, by the time he reached the next intersection, he had fallen behind our e-bike. As he stopped next to us at the red light, he not only looked exasperated but downright befuddled. If […]
A raspy voice bellowed across the intersection of Van Nuys and Foothill. “You’re no boyfriend of mine! You think you can get away?” I sat at the stoplight looking dumbly ahead. With warning lights flashing on my motorcycle’s dashboard and a good 15 miles to go to get to work, I was consumed with battery […]
It’s the dawning of a new era in motorcycles. Electric off-road bikes have finally graduated from the novelty category, and the Zero FX is proof that they are ready to go mainstream. For years electric motorcycles were mocked and jeered at. They didn’t have the power or range to be taken seriously, so it was pointless […]
Luckily, for anyone in the market for an e-bike today, a new trend has swept through the industry—e‑bikes that look like, well, a bicycle. The Izip E3 Dash is one such bike. The design is clean and purposeful. Upon exiting a building after a taco run, a fellow budget Mexican food aficionado wanted to know […]