Electra Debuts New City E-bike

Electra Bicycle Company just announced the electric version of it's Loft city bikes with the Loft Go! 7D EQ (R2D2) urban e-bike. It's available as a step-over or step-through frame, and with all things Electra, the design of the bikes is…

Letters

THE “OTHER” PIKES PEAK HILL-CLIMB Well, almost everyone has heard of the Pikes Peak Hill-Climb, which involves motorcycles and automobiles racing up the peak. But, they don’t realize that there is another race up Pikes Peak, and it is…

CSC MOTORCYCLES

Steve Seidner has been around motorcycles all his life. In 1960 his dad, Ed, founded one of the largest motorcycle superstores in the U.S.—Bert’s Mega Mall in Covina, California. Why the name Bert? When Ed bought the building, the name Bert…

Is This The World’s Lightest E-bike?

Swiss bike manufacturer Thömus just announced the Swissrider, a 25-lb commuter e-bike that they claim is the lightest on the market. That weight edges out the 26 lb, 14 oz LeMond Prolog we tested previously. The Swissrider boasts a…

Ravi Kempaiah and the Future of E-bike Batteries

Our guest for this episode is one of our favorites. One of the smartest minds in the battery space, as well as holding several Guinness World Records for e-bike rides. Ravi Kempaiah is a battery scientist, working with Dr. Jeff Dahn, one of…

Pedego Partners With CyclingSavvy For Cyclist Safety.

Pedego has partnered with the American Bicycling Education Association and their signature program, CyclingSavvy, to teach riders best practices for riding in the streets around cars, other bikes and pedestrians. We think this is an…

GOPRO HERO11

If you’ve been on our YouTube channel, then you’ve probably seen that we use a variety of cameras and even drones to produce them. We do the best we can to give you a great idea of the bikes we test and what it’s really like to ride them.…

THE ELECTRIC BIKE SHOP

Mike Majors was a civil engineer, but at one point in the last recession he found himself out of work. He was doing side jobs as a mechanic and fixing lawnmowers. Mike’s always been a tinkerer. He worked with his dad on go-karts, mini bikes…