Cutting-edge ebikes
The tech is better than ever so you’ve no excuse not to jump on and ride. Let us advise on where to place your posterior…
Words: Duncan Bell, Leon Poultney Photography: Neil Godwin
Like its electric car counterpart, the electric bike (or ebike to those who speak the lingo) has been around in one form or another since the days of the Boer War and Oscar Wilde, but the past few years have seen a veritable boom in its uptake.
This is partly due to the fact that technology has improved to the point that it is now smaller, lighter and less cumbersome, often now neatly integrated into frames and hubs so fellow road users are none the wiser about your cheeky electric helping hand. But perhaps more importantly, batteries, motors, sensors and controllers are generally cheaper to manufacture, meaning the bikes are, on the whole, a little bit easier on the wallet than they used to be.