electric bikes

If you’re looking at bikes online—or anything, really, whether it’s headphones or monitors—you have to consider price versus payoff. Gazelle has billed its newest ebike, the Eclipse, as a long-range comfort cruiser. It is basically the…

There’s eight gears, five levels of assistance, a twist throttle, and also a zero assist mode. Rad now has a new torque sensor which makes it feel infinitely better and so much more natural to pedal. It’s also much quieter. I previously…

Electric bikes reduce car congestion, get you moving, and reduce your carbon footprint. Also, they’re just really fun. I’ve never met anyone who has tried an electric bike and not wanted one; in the Netherlands, ebikes currently outsell…

Photograph: Will MatsudaThe frame was also thick enough that I knocked my knees on it while pedaling. There’s a reason why a motorcycle has a thick frame and a bike has a slim one—with a motorcycle, you don’t need to pedal. This would…

I stopped monitoring the range after about 30 miles, but the battery indicator on the top tube said that I still had about 30 percent of the battery left. (I weigh 115 pounds, so your mileage may vary.) You can also select drop…

I've tested a lot of electric bikes at a wide variety of price points, but I'm never more excited than when Specialized launches another new ride. We've tried everything from the company's first electric cargo bike (9/10, WIRED…

A few ebikes try to work around these restrictions by adding a mode that limits the speed to 20 miles per hour so you can ride them on multi-use trails and paths. Toggle the setting or remove a special physical key to unlock the bike's…

Whichever lock you go with, make sure it can loop around your lock-up point—a bike rack, a secure fence—and through the triangular part of your bike frame, plus the spokes of your rear wheel. The photo above shows this method. Don't…

It’s hard to buy a go-anywhere ebike. Day to day, you may have different cargo and hauling needs, or switch from city streets to weekend trails. Given their expense, many of us have to decide between bikes that are a fun toy and ones…

If a new drivetrain manufacturer name makes you nervous, Electra bicycles are certified to the UL safety standards, which is the current gold safety standard for electric personal mobility vehicles and significantly reduces the risk that…