E-Bike and Electric Vehicle Reviews
Somewhere in London right now, someone is walking back to the spot where they left their electric bike, and it isn’t there. That gap on the railings — just a cut cable or an empty patch of pavement — has become a depressingly familiar sight, and the electric bike theft statistics behind it are not … Read more
Lock your bike outside a flat in Hackney or a bike rack at Waterloo for more than a few hours and you’re taking a gamble whether you like it or not. London consistently posts some of the highest bike theft figures of any UK city, and ebikes — heavier, pricier, and packed with removable batteries … Read more
Somewhere in Hackney right now, a thief is eyeing up a parked ebike, and the odds are frustratingly good that they’ll get away clean. A GPS enabled commuter ebike is an electric bicycle with location tracking built directly into its frame or motor housing, letting the owner monitor, geofence and recover it through a smartphone … Read more
Push a fully loaded electric bike up a kerb ramp with the motor switched off and you’ll understand the problem in about four seconds flat. These things are heavy. A typical battery, hub motor and reinforced frame can add 10-20kg over a normal bicycle, and when you’re not sat on the saddle to steer that … Read more
Anyone who’s ever wheeled a fully loaded e-bike up a steep driveway or squeezed it through a narrow side gate knows the problem instantly: these things are heavy. A typical e-bike weighs anywhere from 20kg to 30kg once you factor in the motor and battery, and manhandling that kind of weight by hand — especially … Read more
Right, let’s get one thing out of the way first: not every “smart” ebike on Amazon actually knows how hard you’re pedalling. Plenty of budget machines fake it with a cadence sensor — a glorified switch that flicks the motor on the moment your cranks start spinning, whether you’re barely brushing the pedals or hauling … Read more
Pedal a normal bike up a slight rise and your effort simply increases – more push, more speed, no drama. Copy that exact feeling onto an electric bike and you’ve more or less summed up how torque sensing works electric bike systems in a single sentence. Rather than flicking the motor on like a light … Read more
There’s a moment on every hill where a normal bike either turns you into a puddle of regret or makes you get off and push. A pedal assist electric bike for fitness changes that equation without removing the exercise altogether — you still pedal, your heart rate still climbs, and your legs still do genuine … Read more
There’s a very specific moment every new e-bike owner remembers: the first time you pull away from a junction on a hill that used to make you sweat, and the bike just… goes. No wobble, no strained knees, no glancing around to see who’s watching you struggle. That moment is usually powered by a 48v … Read more
Right, let’s get one myth out of the way before we go any further: voltage is not power. A 48v system electric bike torque setup doesn’t automatically mean “faster” — it means the motor can shove harder for longer without breaking a sweat, which on a British hill is a completely different superpower. Ask anyone … Read more