Due to the motor and battery, electric bikes can be quite a bit heavier than their unpowered equivalents. For example, the standard Raleigh Strada weighs 13kgs, while the electric version is 19kgs. Bigger batteries are usually a big factor. They give you longer range but the increased cell density makes them heavier. So, what are some of the lightest electric bikes available? Hummingbird They are no stranger to making bikes light, having also designed a 6.9kg folding bike from the ground up. Their electric equivalent doesn’t see this change all that much either, weighing in at just 10.3kgs. Lighter than...

There is often confusion around the ability to use "twist and go" in the United Kingdom, and the legality around them. Many forums and online groups are passionately keen to modify standard pedal bikes with kits to give a bike more power, and the functionality to get on and go without the need to pedal. However, most of these kits are high powered and can be dangerous. Technology has come along way so relatively light and cheap battery powered motors can be fitted to a bicycle, making them exceed the 15.5mph and over 250W EAPC limits without the design or brakes...

Reviewers of the Gocycle G3 can’t agree on whether the e-bike is foldable, collapsable or demountable. But they do tend to talk about it being stowable, as in easy to tuck away on a boat or in a car, rather than portable, as in easy to take with you on a journey. So in another video aimed at showing what it’s like to use electric bikes in daily life, we’ve taken a ride on a London overground train to demonstrate how straightforward it is. You will need an extra piece of kit to do it – the Kit Bag from Gocycle. This folds...

Welcome to the Small Sustainability Steps series, brought to you by Urban.Ebikes. The aim of this series of articles, published fortnightly online, is to draw attention to easy swaps you can make in your day-to-day life in order to decrease your individual carbon footprint, gain a better understanding of why these changes are important, and how we can all work together as global citizens to slow the effects of climate change. So, what is the focus of our first article? The answer: to bamboozle you with bamboo alternatives! Native to the Asia-Pacific region, bamboo is one of the most versatile...

New data has been released for the average commuting times in 2018 by INRIX. They are an organisation dedicated to analysing and providing global traffic data which is used for autonomous vehicles and and provided traffic services to over 40 countries. In London, a huge 227 hours are lost in congestion every year which places it at number 6 on the global list of worst city commutes. That's 9 and a half days commuters could have spent meaningfully, but instead were in a car going nowhere!  This equates to £1,680 per year in fuel - a huge chunk of money that...