With supply issues of the past 18 months beginning to calm and overall stock levels in shops returning to pre-pandemic levels, this newly returned level of choice brings with it far more ease and opportunity to make an eBike part of your daily life This is far from exhaustive, but we’ve picked out the best 10 reasons why you should buy an ebike in 2022. It’s time to get off the fence and onto an eBike. Here are 10 reasons you should buy an ebike in 2022. Gradually leaving the stigma in their dust and ignoring the uninitiated who scream “heathen” and “cheater” while still at the bottom of the ..read more

With bike theft at its highest rate ever, Sold Secure, the most popular testing house for high end bicycle and motorcycle security chains and locks have recently tightened up their approval for categories and introduced a new “Diamond” standard category. How does the new Litelok Core, marketed as their “Ultimate E-Bike Lock” combat rising bike theft? Litelok Core Bicycle Locks – Expensive accessory or necessary against evil? We recently ran an article on the benefits of tracking devices for ebikes and in the process, discovered that more than 285,000 bicycles are stolen in the UK each year. Be ..read more

Just when we thought the new Orbea Rise range of electric mountain bikes couldn’t be any better, mixing ultra-light weight with top shelf components at a price that should have scared many of its competitors back to the drawing board, along come 3 brand new models for 2022! Now with an all alloy frame, the 2022 Orbea Rise Alloy weighs a few pounds more but gets a brand new, larger capacity battery to keep you out enjoying the trails for longer. 2022 Orbea Rise Alloy – Its Roots. A year ago, we proudly introduced the new Orbea Rise model range for the first time, with a great degree of exclu ..read more

2020 was a testing year for the cycle industry & 2021 is shaping up to be the same. Why is it so hard to buy a bike? What is causing delays on bikes? What are the manufacturers doing about it? Here’s an industry inside view at what is & isn’t happening in the global cycle industry right now. 2020 started like any normal year for the cycle industry but before the last of the winter rain had fallen news of a global health pandemic was spreading and much like the rest of the world, the entire industry found itself wholly unprepared for what was to come next. Here’s How It Started The fi ..read more

With bike theft on the rise and lots of requests for electric bike GPS tracking systems from our customers over the years, an email from a company based in France was quite timely. Trackap got in touch offering us an all in one hardware and app solution designed for ease of use from every angle. Naturally, we were interested. Was this the product we had been waiting for? We actually didn’t know the true value of the electric bike GPS tracking systems on the market. How many exist? What are the costs? How easy are they to fit? Are there any ongoing costs? What support is there if something goes ..read more

It’s that time again where Bosch reveal what the latest-and-greatest features are of the new Bosch eBike system 2022. Bosch are constantly innovating their electric bike systems to meet the demand of users. Let’s learn what’s new… There’s lots of new hardware and features for Bosch eBike systems in 2022. Let’s break down each to keep it simple: New Bosch Kiox 300 Display 2022 New on-board featuresThe brand new on-board computer from Bosch is code named: Kiox 300. This new unit is perfect for the ‘sporty’ eBike rider where you can determine fitness data and use this to help with your training ..read more

With the door having closed on last years bikes almost as quickly as it opened and the industry dogged by supply chain delays and component shortages, we’re very excited to announce the launch of model year 2022 Cube electric hybrid, town and touring bikes with newly revised specifications and colourways. Which 2022 Cube Electric Hybrid, Town or Trekking should you buy? Did you know that for model year 2022, Cube are manufacturing 198 different ebikes including a few brand new models (yes, we counted!)? Its a huge number from just one of dozens of manufacturers and a mind-numbing minefield if ..read more

Due to be published in the Autumn, new changes to the Highway Code seek to give cyclists and pedestrians greater priority over vehicles on some parts of the the UKs roads, as well as introducing a new “hierarchal” approach to apportioning responsibility for road safety. These Highway Code updates look to place more onus on the largest/most potentially dangerous road users. What changes are being made to the Highway Code for Cyclists? In a bid to enable healthier lifestyles while protecting the most vulnerable road users, the UK Government is proposing updates to the Highway Code – seeking to o ..read more

There’s no denying it. The bike industry is crippled by both demand and the lack of capacity to fulfil it and with 2021 bikes now almost sold out globally the big question on everyone’s lips is – “When will the 2022 eBikes be released”? Information given here is supplementary to the previous post about 2021 eBike delays. TLDR; No one knows everything, but we know some things. When are 2022 eBikes being released? The short answer is – no one knows. Ok, so maybe some people know. Maybe we know things we’re sworn to secrecy on right now, but – even the manufacturers are throwing out ambiguous dat ..read more

The Orbea brand has been around for a very long time – almost as long as bicycles themselves. Like many businesses who’ve survived two world wars, a civil war, political overhauls and global economic downturns, bikes also weren’t their first product. Orbea ebikes are in fact a very recent addition to the portfolio. Founded in 1840 in Eibar, the Basque region of Spain as a rifle and gun manufacturer, in a turnaround similar to Birmingham Small Arms Company in the UK, they switched to producing bicycles between the two World Wars. Unlike BSA however, they didn’t turn back to firearms and have c ..read more