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E's Are Good: The Swift eBike By Sven Cycles

E’s Are Good: Sven Cycles Swift eBike

The word on everybody’s lips are that eBikes are The Next Big Thing, but a lot of us classically-trained cyclists are quick to pooh-pooh them as either cheating or ugly. Maybe they just haven’t been fortunate enough to ride Sven Cycles’ Swift eBike.

Run Through The Jungle: Timmermans Fietsen Scrambler

Run Through The Jungle: Timmermans Fietsen Scrambler

As they say in the classics… Now for something completely different. There’s plenty of antique and vintage frames to be found in Europe — the birthplace of the bicycle — and they’re fair game for the ingenuous and engineering mind of Teun Timmermans.

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Vienna Bikeworks eBike

In 2010, Fabian ‘Spartacus’ Cancellara gained notoriety for the alleged use of a battery and engine stowed in the seat tube of his bike to…

Paul Brodie eBee

We’ve waited all week for this: the final photos of Paul Brodie’s completed eBee electric bicycle. By the time you read this, it will have…

Paul Brodie eBee Part 4

This is the last installment in Paul Brodie’s walk-through as he builds the eBee, an electric bicycle that utilizes all of Paul’s framebuilding and motorcycle…

Paul Brodie eBee Part 3

Denver is, as we speak, rapidly filling up with custom frame builders, bloggers, industry types and beautiful bike lovers, drawn together by the 2013 North…

Paul Brodie eBee Part 2

Here’s the second installment in Paul Brodie’s process diary of building the eBee, what could very well be the best designed electric bicycle ever assembled.…

Paul Brodie eBee Part 1

For the 2012 North American Handmade Bicycle Show, Paul Brodie astounded us by recreating, piece by piece, an 1888 Whippet full-suspension bicycle. He took us…

Faraday ePorteur

Like them or not, ebikes will become increasingly popular as the technology evolves. Thankfully, Faraday Bikes, based in Palo Alto, CA, is ensuring that at…

M55 The Beast

No, it’s not a colloquial title. M55 is a Hungary-based manufacturer of e-bicycles and The Beast is their flagship model. The Beast is actually a…

Grace Pro Race

I’m approaching a very fine line with this one: any further and I’ll be crossing over into the realm of custom motorcycles. Thankfully the Deutsche…