electric bike

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…

A few years ago a startup company called Alta Motors made headlines with its Redshift MX bike that made some racing and performance headlines before sadly falling victim to corporate/finance issues. With Alta’s demise came a fresh wave of…

Action Photos: Pat Carrigan The Ossby Curve folding electric bike showed up at the office, looking unlike any folding bike we’ve ever seen. And, as we’ve learned from previous encounters with odd-looking bikes, that may or may not be a…

Even though all eMTBs come with various assist settings that can be changed on the fly, not everyone uses them to their full potential. It’s not uncommon for first-time users to just put them in Boost, Turbo, Ludicrous or whatever the…

The DYU electric bike makes city commuting make sense

Starting back in the late ’60s and running well into the ’70s, mini bikes were all the rage in America. As the name implies, these were shrunk-down motorcycles (most famously the Yamaha JT-1 Mini Enduro and the Honda XR75) that helped fuel…

Tarform, a Brooklyn, NY-based startup company, has two new motorcycles for 2022. They are the Scrambler and the Racer, and both share the same specs, including the motor. They boast a 120 mph top speed, 120 mile range, a 0-60 time of 3.8…

Simon Cowell crashed on an e-bike, again. This time, it was an M1 Sporttechnik Das Spitzing Evolution S-Pedelec, a Class 3 e-bike. He was riding it near his home in West London when he hit a wet patch of pavement and the bike came out from…

The Italian company Noko is debuting their new belt driven line of e-bikes on the market. Resembling the fashionable "fixie" the Forza is a maintenance free urban street cruiser with up-to-date style. A hub driven motor with the E part…