Riding the latest e-bike system from Bosch
Smooth and subtle, just how I like my e-bike systems.
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Industry Ticker: Xtracycle brings electric cargo bike tour to Portland
An e-boost makes toting the kids easier.(Photo: Xtracycle)
Interbike Day 1: Wading into a foreign land
Yes folks, this is the scene just steps from the entrance to America’s premiere bicycle trade show.(Photos © Elly Blue) I just finished my first day at North America’s biggest bicycle trade show. Interbike has something like a thousand exhibitors and 20,000 attendees from all over the world. Below are photos and thoughts from my … Read more
New Xtracycle child seat eases kid/cargo compatibility
Easily carry kids, cargo with the PeaPod LT(Photo by Xtracycle) If you want to carry your groceries on your bike, or pick up a load of lumber from the hardware store, there are a lot of bikes out there for you on the U.S. market, particularly longtail bikes — particularly the Xtracycle, the Yuba Mundo, … Read more
Updated: In case you were wondering: Xtracycles are taking over
[See end of story for updates.] Kids, cargo, or both; longbikes rule.(Photos © J. Maus) I can remember a time not too long ago, when Xtracycles were an oddity. They first started showing up at bike industry trade shows in the late 1990s and they were a novel, fringe product that only true bike geeks … Read more