NZ Electric Bike Review

Smart businesses have started to look to ebikes as a way to get around more efficiently. Electricmeg has helped many businesses to get staff onto ebikes safely, but this story is a bit different. It involves cute dogs, so do read on… Auckland Council is one of those smart businesses that has invested in fleet bikes and importantly, on training

I did it, this ebiker rode 360km over 4 days of racing. Yes, this is my blog and I’ll brag if I want to. In reality, it was harder than I anticipated and the level of rider ability was really high too. I guess I should have expected that – not everyone is going to enter a stage race. But

I have asserted before that riding an ebike regularly keeps you fit. It’s true, I am quite fit. But am I fit enough for a 4-day cycle race? That’s an interesting question… My Challenge I have entered BDO Tour of Northland, a 4-day stage race over 360km going Whangarei-Russell-Paihia-Opononi-Dargaville-Whangarei. Apparently it’s fun, but my bike won’t have a motor. Eeek!

I spend a lot of time zipping around Auckland on two (self-powered) wheels.  I am a daily cycle commuter covering around 30km a day to and from work, doing an extra-long loop in the mornings to spend a bit more time in the saddle.  My weekends also generally involve at least one outing on a modern velocipede.  So what would

Kia ora, my name is Nic Bishop. I bought my first ever bike myself at age 39, so that I could live – not so that I could die. Recent days and weeks have seen multiple stories of tragic near misses and fatalities of people getting on with their day by bike. I’m not going to focus on the tragedy

In July 2016 I plonked down several thousand dollars on a bicycle from Saint Cycles in Takapuna. For the same money – as people pointed out – I could have bought quite a nice motor scooter. My justification was that I was commuting in a car for 46km a day, at 40c/km that was $3680 a year. So in my

Originally published on electricbikereview.com forums – reposted with permission. This ebiker from San Diego tells his story about ditching the car: Hello James… Great write up and review and a great thanks for taking the time and effort to put this together. I bought a [Specialized] turbo in January of 2016 and took a vow to ride it for a

I had the pleasure of meeting Emma Coote on the road with her two thrilled daughters. She wrote about her experience for Bike Auckland. https://www.bikeauckland.org.nz/bicycle-built-three-e-bikes-changed-one-familys-commute/

You experience so much more when you are on a bike than in a car or bus https://get.google.com/albumarchive/101082131501061770948/album/AF1QipPSkjaiLLVrm0iytC49dafu0AAi2HYiI3fezib4 Here is another clip featuring the Wisterias in bloom