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Reading time 4:45 minutes
Rapidly increasing numbers of cargo bikes are being sold and used on the road. What do dealers and manufacturers have to learn from the first product recalls and the continued testing of car magazines and automobile associations?
Reading time 4:30 minutes
Recent years have seen a boom in bicycle and e-bike sales. It’s high time for bike dealers and manufacturers to start caring about the bicycle as a product in all its facets. The industry needs to ramp up its lobbying effort to ensure cycling is a truly sustainable mobility solution.
Reading time 3:30 minutes
Better consumer communications can avoid costly legal troubles.
Reading time 3:30 minutes
The poor riding characteristics of e-bikes can be solved.
Reading time 9:40 minutes
BACKGROUND REPORT: STANDARDS — Most bicycle brands like to brag about how innovative they are; it’s an important part of their marketing messages. But too much innovation can be dangerous when it comes to consumer safety.
Reading time 7:00 minutes
It’s hard to believe, but the average German, Swiss or Austrian man today weighs about 89 kilograms (196 pounds). A typical e-bike weighs, on average, 25kg. Add in a helmet, clothes and shoes, and an average man on an average e-bike weighs 117kg out the door. And that doesn’t account for a briefcase, a backpack, or any other luggage.