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GNG; an affordable 1,000W Mid Drive Kit
Written by Ron/Spinningmagnets, January 2013 We have waited to write about the GNG kit because it proved to be immediately popular (electricbike.com’s leader Eric stumbled across the new GNG site in...
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Pedego Trail Tracker Review
Pedego, known for their beach cruiser line of electric bikes, has made the brash move of releasing a Sand/Trail bike, a natural progression for a company that made its start selling beach bikes to the...
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Easy Motion Neo Jumper Review
The Neo Jumper is the flag ship, full suspension version of the Neo line of Easy Motion electric bikes. Recently I got the shocking news that internet friend Kepler from endless-sphere had decided to...
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BionX Hub Motor Kit Review
The BionX is the best selling hub motor kit in the United States, and probably the world. The Bionx is not only sold as a kit, but many manufacturers use it as a turn-key solution to very quickly...
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BionX Conversion Ebike Gallery
Here we compile a gallery of Bionx builds found all over the internet. These are examples of frames that have been used for people who are thinking about building a Bionx kit. If you have a bionx...
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Pedego Interceptor Review
Pedego has made a name for itself by offering California cruiser style electric bikes that are “fun” and reliable. The key to the Pedego Interceptor is that it was a pretty fast electric bike for its...
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Stromer ST1 Ebike Review
The Stromer ST1 is one of the most exciting electric bikes to be released and one of the best production ebikes I have gotten to test so far. A complete redesign from last years bike, the Stromer ST1...
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Specialized Turbo Ebike Review
The huge global bicycle company Specialized invited 30 members of the media to an exclusive ride-event in San Francisco which included: breakfast, a presentation by the Specialized engineers, a talk by...
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GNG Gen2 Mid-drive Kit Review
May 1, 2013, written by Ron/Spinningmagnets I haven’t written about the GNG Gen2 drive yet (It’s been out for about a year), because I was waiting to hear about which parts needed upgrading, what the...
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Outrider USA, Electric Trike Review
Three recent college graduates with a shop in Fletcher North Carolina have taken on the task of offering one of the most exciting and expensive electric bikes on the market. But instead of just...
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Suspension Seat-posts on Ebikes
Written by Ron / Spinningmagnets, September 2013 I own a Thudbuster, and I paid full retail price for it…long before I began writing about E-bikes. If you ride a hardtail bike (whether electric or...
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Frame Triangle Cases, for Batteries and Cargo
While looking at pictures from the recent Eurobike 2013 convention in Germany, I finally saw a pic which reassured me that some of my personal preferences were not crazy. There was a pic of a hardtail...
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AstroFlight 4535, their largest motor yet, 15-kW / 20-HP
AstroFlight is a maker of high-end RC motors and components for RC-helicopters and model planes. Their headquarters are located in Irvine, Southern California. This month they have announced the...
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Cromotor, Monster Hubmotor for Electric Bikes
Zvonimir is an engineer who lives in Croatia, between Italy and Greece on the beautiful Adriatic Sea (ES member HAL9000V2.0). In a recent story, we told our readers how he developed the Greyborg Warp...
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10 Mid Drive Kits for DIY Electric Bikes
Some of the most refined electric bikes on the market are mid drives. And until recently, if you wanted a mid drive electric bike you were stuck buying an under-powered and overly-priced 250-watt Euro...
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High Current Batteries that are NOT LiPo
High performance requires high amps, but LiPo batteries can be dangerous for someone who is inexperienced with them. LiPo is capable of putting out VERY high current (the C-rate), and if you are...
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Surain Ezekiel, off-road Electric Bike from Belgium
A friend just sent me a link to this new E-bike, from Surain in Belgium (near the northern border of France). Sooner or later, this interesting off-road E-bike will be compared to a Stealth Fighter,...
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Qulbix Raptor, Offroad Hot Rod Electric Bike
The Qulbix Raptor is a high-performance E-bike frame that is made to allow a very large battery pack, and a very high-powered rear hub-motor. We’ve been wanting to write about the Raptor for some time,...
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BMW announces a new E-bike for 2014
BMW produced 200 small folding electric bikes in 2012 as part of a public relations campaign about their new electric concept car, the i3. You could fit two of the folding i-Pedelecs in the back of the...
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Qoros eBIQE, Exotic Concept E-Bike
Qoros has revealed a new high-performance electric bike, and if it looks vaguely similar to the GreyP G-12, there is a reason for that. We haven’t had a chance to write about the GreyP E-bike yet, but...
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