Here's an independent review of the new Oxygen Emate City electric bike by Dave Chilvers. This bike is now available to test ride and buy at our London electric bike store and our Loughborough headquarters.Ok! First impressions straight out of the box. Quality is the word that springs to mind which, to be quite honest, is what I would have expected from a range of bikes that start at around £1200
The Oxygen Emate City electric bike is now available to test ride at our new London store in Richmond.The big news with this bike is the enormous capacity of its 37V 13Ah Lithium polymer battery pack, which can power the bike for between 32 and 60 miles (depending on terrain, riding style, etc). It's also light, at around 20kg including battery, and comes equipped with lights, rack, mudguards,
We've just opened for business at our new London electric bike shop in Richmond in South West London. We have a range of 2010 Kalkhoff electric bikes on display, plus the new Oxygen E-Mate City model and a selection of our accessories.More to follow on exactly what's in store at 50cycles
A lot of bikes are sold in the Netherlands, millions of them every year, so the news from Bike Europe that one in every eight bikes sold there is now electric is big news indeed. Electric bike sales have nearly quadrupled from 40,000 in 2006 to 153,000 in 2009On a visit to the Netherlands, back in February 2005, we were unable to find any electric bikes in stores at all. We asked the proprietor
2010 Kalkhoff electric bike production is in full swing. The factory has already produced a variety of bikes from our 2010 order, which means many are now ready for delivery to UK customers, months earlier than was possible last year.We have the
December 10, 2009. Staff at 50cycles.com, a national electric bike retailer based in Loughborough, had a customer service dream come true when they were able to find and return a stolen electric bike to its rightful owner.The story began several weeks ago when a customer in St Albans, Herts reported that his bike, a Kalkhoff Agattu supplied by 50cycles, had been stolen. “We went into bike
50cycles electric bikes have just launched their new Kalkhoff electric bikes spares shop on their website featuring all the products you'll need to keep your Kalkhoff electric bicycle (or, indeed, your Gitane, Giant Lafree, Monark, BH E-Motion, Helkama, Rixe, Focus, Gazelle, Biketech Flyer, or Rixe electric bike) on the road. There's free delivery for all customers on the UK mainland and