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.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
