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What’s the best-selling electric vehicle? The E-Bike!

Travel is going electric. Battery technology combined with ever-more efficient motors have meant that electric mobility has taken off in a big way around the world. With all the hype surrounding them, you might think that everyone is going out and buying electric cars. Well don’t forget the humble e-bike! While electric cars are growing in popularity, they are being handily outsold by electric bikes. Which begs the question why e-bikes and similar electric ‘micro-mobility’ devices (e.g., e-scooters, e-skateboards and the like) aren’t a bigger part of the discussion when it comes to sustainable transport alternatives. We certainly think they should be!...

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Preparing for an E-Biking Adventure

We sometimes hear of people nervous about taking their electric bike out on trails and tracks. They think that trails are places only for the super-confident and on mountain bikes, but that's just not true. E-bikes mean that many more people can get out and enjoy Aotearoa’s beautiful wilderness trails....
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Old Blue contributes bikes to E-Bike Workshop

Over the last few weeks, it has been a great pleasure to take part in the Triple Teez ‘have a go’ E-Bike workshop in Māngere. As a researcher at Massey University, my colleagues and I have been investigating how to encourage greater levels of active travel (using bikes, scooters and...
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Welcome to Old Blue!

On your (e)bike!!! Yes, bike riding is seeing a worldwide resurgence, with the demand for new stylish electric-bikes becoming something of a phenomenon in New Zealand. For many families, the only break from those painful COVID restrictions was to fumble around in the shed, dust off of those old bikes...