Tag: e-bikes

The rise and concern of the e-Bike

First published by Author on March 11, 2016 in the following categories: Bike Safety and tagged with e-bikes

Our roads and paths are becoming swamped with the latest consumer craze for electronic driven devices – e-Bikes, e-Scooters and even those dreaded Hoverboards (which our media just to love to bash).

Sales of e-Bikes (or Pedelecs to give them their Sunday name) are on the increase. Back in 2003 it was estimated that sale figures were around the 2k mark… Today, e-Bike sales are over 25,000 per annum. Still nowhere near the likes of Holland (120,000) or Germany (400,000) and then there’s China with over 200 million e-Bike users.
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