WHAT THE HECK IS AN URWAHN PLATZHIRSCH?

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…

Trek Announces New Cargo Bikes

Trek just launched two new cargo bikes. There's a relatively normal one that's good for up to two kids, and/or groceries, camping stuff, etc. called the Fetch +2, and one that can help cart a gaggle of up to FIVE kids, called the Fetch +4.…

Specialized Battery Charge Limiter – Mission Control 3

Specialized Bicycles have updated their e-bike software to increase battery life of their Turbo system. The Turbo System software update includes a new feature called Charge Limit, which limits battery charging to 80%. This feature is…

CSC XP750-26 AND -20

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.…

JORDAN RIVER PARKWAY TRAIL

By Karel Kramer Having ridden my e-bike all around the western states, time and time again I come away reminded that one of my favorite areas to visit is Lehi, Utah. There are miles of excellent bike paths, several mountain bike parks…

Video: Yamaha Or Bosch Is Faster?

Continuing our look at motors, we compared the next two motors on our list, the Yamaha PW-X2 verses a Bosch Performance CX Gen 4. They are both the same generation of motor, what happened? Video The Verdict As you can see in our…

Battery Recycler Li-Cycle Increases Capacity

Li-Cycle, a company that recycles all kinds of lithium-ion batteries, from smartphones to e-bikes to electric cars, recently announced that their capacity at the recycling plant in Germany has increased to 20,000 metric tons per year. With…

Eurobike 2023 – Dates

The second edition of Eurobike in Frankfurt am Main, which takes place from June 21 to 25, 2023, is fully booked and features an increased exhibition space of 150,000 square meters. The event has received significant interest from over 400…

E-BIKE TECH CORNER

WHAT’S COOL ANYWAY Q: What’s with riders having the visor on their helmets mounted so high? A: The high-visor trend is like a super-tall, lifted truck or a lowrider that’s dragging on the ground—people like to push the looks to an…

Bleeding Shimano Brakes

Shimano brakes do have a tendency like all brakes to get air in the system as you use them. Unlike DOT based brakes, they use mineral oil. To bleed this type of brake oil takes a different procedure compared to brakes with DOT oil. We take…