Eurobike 2023: Urban Bike news for the upcoming season

It’s that time of year again — for the second time now, the Eurobike trade show is taking place in Frankfurt am Main. Traditionally, many manufacturers take the opportunity to give a preview of upcoming innovations. Thus, there were some interesting things to discover, as can be seen in the following tour of the fair […]

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Lightweight urban e-bike in three styles: Flyer Upstreet SL

Bosch unveiled its new drive system for lightweight e-bikes just yesterday, featuring the Performance Line SX mid-drive motor and a compact battery with 400 Wh capacity. It is hardly surprising that the first bikes are already being presented that use this system and its new possibilities. A prime example of this is the new Upstreet

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Revolution among ebike drives? The Pinion E-Drive MGU combines a motor with an electronic gearbox

What was already apparent in this article, can now finally be released: Pinion actually combines its gearbox with an electric motor, together it becomes the so-called Motor Gearbox Unit, or Pinion E-Drive MGU in short. This makes the dream of many users of a fully integrated and encapsulated drive come true, which promises a high

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Displays, motors and subscription via app: this is how Bosch is expanding the smart system

The highlight of the Bosch innovations for 2024 is certainly the compact and lightweight Performance Line SX mid-drive with the equally new CompactTube 400 battery. We report on both in detail in this separate article. In addition, there are other innovations around the smart system from Bosch: New and yet familiar: the Active Line motors

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Finally: Bosch launches the Performance Line SX, a compact drive system for lightweight urban e-bikes

If you look at the numerous new releases among the e-drives in recent years, one trend is unmistakable — and that is the trend towards compact and lightweight systems! In addition to the now quite popular hub motors, mid-motor systems are also increasingly relying on these properties. Thus, in addition to Specialized with the SL

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Smart ebike with a manual mode: the Lemmo One in test

About a year ago, the new Lemmo brand debuted with its first bike, the Lemmo One. In the meantime, the prototype has developed into a production model and, in addition to its minimalist design, also comes with many smart features: a tracking function, anti-theft lock, alarm system and an extensive app connectivity are included. There

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Monopole Toolbike No 01: Lightweight mini cargo bike with invisible e-drive

In urban areas in particular, compact cargo bikes are becoming more and more of a thing, which is also reflected in the steadily growing range of such types of bikes. Another example in this category is Monopole’s Toolbike No 01 from Switzerland, which features a cool design and exciting details! Already the compact steel frame

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Mission ON.E — Gearbox manufacturer Pinion wants to bring together what belongs together! 

We are getting closer to the start of this year’s Eurobike — the international bicycle trade fair in Frankfurt — where, as usual, you can expect to see numerous new products and innovations relating to bicycles and e-bikes. This certainly includes the latest product from Pinion, the manufacturer of the well-known gearboxes for the bottom

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Earlier than expected: the new VanMoof S4 and X4 bikes can already be ordered in all colors!

One of the key features of the new and more affordable VanMoof S4 and X4 bikes is certainly the colorful color palette: with Evergreen, Purple Fog, Sunbeam Yellow and Foam Green, the smart bikes are available in no less than four attractive shades. However, VanMoof set various dates at the presentation from when the respective

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Veloretti Electric Two: these are the new Ivy and Ace Urban ebikes from Veloretti.

About two years ago, Veloretti caused quite a stir with the presentation of their first e-bikes Ivy and Ace — the Dutch company presented a smart bike alternative that went its own way with a powerful mid-drive motor, continuously variable automatic transmission and a removable battery. Of course, the success of the two bikes was

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