Helpful Info & Tips for ebiking

Electric bikes are a hot new cycling trend; you get the benefit of a little motor helping you up hills, but all the traffic-free health benefits of riding a bike. 

Tony Desnick, Director for Development and New Projects with Nice Ride Minnesota, makes the case that bikes are saving the world from itself. Bicycles really do change you and, in amazing ways, change the community around you. 

 A university of Colorado Boulder study has buried the myth that electric bike users are “cheating”, demonstrating that riders do indeed get an “effective workout” and the associated health benefits associated with pedal powered bikes. 

In Part 1, an experienced ebiker walks you through the different types of motors used in ebikes in the market today and in Part 2, another experienced ebiker discusses the different parts of an ebike and how they work.

Here are some of our most commonly asked questions relating to electric bikes.