Bike Test

Urwahn is a German-based bike company that specializes in building steel-framed city and gravel bikes that have a significant element of them that is 3D printed. As far as we understand, they are very unique to the bike market, with only…

California Scooter Company, also known as CSC, has been selling motorcycles and electric scooters for many years. They started selling e-bikes just a few years ago when founder Steve Seidner decided he wanted to buy an e-bike for himself.…

So you have an e-mtb and you want to put the best fork on it that money can buy? Well it's not easy to choose, so we took two of the very best forks and did a comparative test. Same bike, same trail, same settings, same lines, which one did…

Famed Italian bike manufacturer Bianchi is finally bringing their e-bikes to North America. We featured the new bikes a while back, but now they’re here in the flesh. The e-Omnia (“omnia” is Latin for “everything”) line includes three…

We’ve tested many, many folding bikes. Some are crazy sleek and ingenious, like the GoCycle (EBA, July 2020), but those often come with a price tag that puts them out of reach for entry-level riders. Although there are quite a few…

This one has been a while in the making as we dig into the details of the Trek Fuel EXe, a light weight e-mtb that might be one of the most interesting bikes we have ever ridden. Video:Trek Fuel EXe Test For even more detail read…

It’s highly unlikely that over 135 years ago when Edoardo Bianchi first conceived the idea of starting his namesake bike brand that anything remotely similar to the new E-Omnia could’ve been in mind.  However, the business of bicycle…

Not to be confused with their LiveWire e-bike moto brand, Serial 1 is the American motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson’s e-bike pedal brand, and they invited us to the launch of their first mountain bike entry. The event took place at the…

Assuredly, it’s been a handful of years since we first laid eyes on a Husqvarna at the Eurobike show in 2017. Professed fans of all things throttle-twisting that we are, it was exciting to see a company with such a storied legacy in…

Trek, with their last Rail model we tested two years ago, set an incredibly high bar and, owing to its ease of ride and product quality that few could match, it became one of our favorite bikes of the season. With that memory in mind, we…

Kiyoshi Iwai is a self-proclaimed “passionate environmentalist and surfer” who moved from Japan to California two decades ago. After watching the traffic congestion grow worse every year, he decided that cargo bikes could be part of the…

Yamaha have announced their line up for 2023 with their build versions of the Moro 07. Based around 27.5" wheels front and rear, we visited our local bike park with the Yamaha crew and Brian Lopes to get the low down on the new bike.…

The CRF-E2 is a brand-new electric motorcycle model that comes from a licensing deal between American Honda and Greenger Powersports. Now, this is not your normal licensing agreement where one company just put their name on an existing…

Consumer-direct sales of e-bikes has provided consumers with nothing short of a smorgasbord of choices. And, although issues of quality continue to be the elephant in the room that people look past when they see the price of most internet…

We loved the original Aventon Level when we first reviewed it (EBA, October 2020). In fact, where it was positioned, both in price and spec, the bike was one of our favorite commuters. But, there was one box the original Level didn’t tick,…

Tony Ellsworth first made a name for himself back in the early ’90s when he began designing a line of eponymously named mountain bikes. The first bike that he designed and built was for his wife. Soon after he started making bikes for…

Anyone remember the movie Back to the Future? In particular, the scene when Marty McFly went back in time to the 1950s and wowed the crowd with a wild rendition of Johnny B. Goode? No one could understand the noise he was making, right?…

As we all know, there are an endless number of companies making e-bikes now, and it’s safe to say that picking the right one can be nothing short of a challenge given all the choices. If someone told you that a hub-drive e-bike won’t work…

The great thing about Lapierre is has always been an innovator and the Overvolt GLP2 Team is an e-bike full of specific innovations guided by Nicolas Vouliouz (Ex 10 times world DH champion). This bike then is about speed and control,…

FreeRider is a company that has been specializing in folding mobility scooters, but has expanded into making its first electric bicycles. They’re making a pair of them—one for commuting, one for the occasional off-road jaunt. Considering…

It’s been a while since we last tested a trike, and despite their oddity in design and use, we have to admit that we’ve missed them. There’s something intoxicatingly fun about riding these things. Because the ground is rushing past you as…

Photos: Bill Roberson We all have a list of the features we’d like to see on a fantasy e-bike, and “fantasy” may be a good description of the Stromer ST5 ABS, a burly, tech-laden e-bike that’s ready to take on all comers in terms of…

Photos: Pat Carrigan and Karel Kramer KTM is a famous Austrian motorcycle brand that got its start in 1954, and in the years since (from MotoGP to motocross tracks around the globe) has become synonymous with gas-driven,…

Fiido was formed in 2017 with a focus on bringing something different to the folding electric bike market. They launch each model on a crowdfunding campaign, an increasingly popular (and smart) way of not only raising money to bring a…

Action Photos: Pat Carrigan Over the past few years, bike manufacturers have gone to great lengths to hide the electrical parts of electric bikes, including batteries and motors, to make them look more like their traditional, non-assist…