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Report From 2014 Taipei Cycle Show

Ray Verhelst, the CEO of Las Vegas-based Rechargeable Power Energy North America, LLC, reports on the latest Taipei Cycle Show in Taiwan.
POSTED: 11-Mar-2014

How Arlington Aims to be East Coast's Top Bicycle Community

33-minute documentary on promoting more cycling in this suburb of the U.S. capital.
POSTED: 05-Mar-2014

Round 2: E-Bike Shootout

In Round 1 of our E-bike Shootout, the Prodeco Stride 500 walked away with the votes, but now we're back for Round 2 pitting the award-winning Currie E3 Metro against the popular Pedego Beach Cruiser.
POSTED: 15-Feb-2014

Help Us Select the E-Bike for Our Test Fleet on Aruba

EV World's spin-off startup ePEDALER is moving closer to launching its first affiliate on the Caribbean island of Aruba, so we need to start deciding which e-bike we're going to feature. You can help us decide.
POSTED: 31-Jan-2014

Elon Musk: Lessons on Entrepreneurship from SpaceX, Tesla

Elon Musk shares his insights and experiences in launching Tesla Motors and Space X, with underlying lessons in entrepreneurship.
POSTED: 25-Jan-2014

LEGO Bicycle Safety Lessons

The City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada has come up with an ingenious way to teach its citizens about bicycle safety using LEGOs and stop motion animation.
POSTED: 03-Jan-2014

E-Bike World Loses One of Its Pioneers

The founder of New York City's NYCeWheels and pioneer in the introduction of electric vehicles in 'Gotham' dies in powered paraglider accident.
POSTED: 06-Dec-2013

Toronto Cracks Down on E-Bike Violators

Toronto Police Sergeant Jack West explains the city's regulations regarding the legal operation of e-bikes .
POSTED: 04-Sep-2013

Time to Implement the 30 Kilogram Rule

Current U.S. law regarding e-bikes contains a potentially dangerous shortcoming that it's time Congress address before the problem gets out of hand.
POSTED: 27-Aug-2013

The Three Minute Apparel Store

How to turn three shipping containers into a retail clothing store in just 3 minutes.
POSTED: 16-Aug-2013

50 MPH E-Bike: Exciting For Sure, But Not an Electric Bicycle!

Just because it looks like bicycle doesn't mean it is one, especially if it can go 50 mph without pedaling.
POSTED: 15-Aug-2013

Copenhagen's Cycling Culture From an American Perspective

Video produced from 2010 Velo-City conference, which served as an eye-opener for American cycling advocates.
POSTED: 12-Aug-2013

Electric Bike Sales Take Off in USA

New study finds electric bicycle market in the United States doubles to 159,000 units sold between July 2012 and July 2013.
POSTED: 09-Aug-2013

Trail Etiquette for E-bikes

Danville's Riverwalk trail system, which follows the course of the lovely Dan River in Virginia, is popular with walks, runners, and cyclists. Electric bicycle advocate Don Gerhardt proposes a set of rules of etiquette for e-bike riders that use the trail, rules that can be applied to other trail systems.
POSTED: 23-Jul-2013

E-Biking the Banking Loop

The mission involved depositing several checks into two different banks, then stopping by the post office to pick up any accumulated mail, so why take a 3,000 lbs pickup, when a 60 lbs e-bike could do the same job?
POSTED: 31-May-2013

An Energy Display For An E-Bike?

When you drive a hybrid car like the Prius, you can see not only how you're driving, but also where the energy comes from, and what that means in terms of fuel efficiency. Seeing that information can make you a better driver. Why not have something similar on your electric bicycle?
POSTED: 20-May-2013

Back On the Saddle Again

With a topped-off battery charge and new air in its tires, my decade-old Wavecrest TidalForce M-750 electric bike got its first workout, a nearly 5 mile ride to Paneras and the bank.
POSTED: 13-May-2013

University of Nebraska Omaha Prepares for E-Bike Physiology Research

University of Nebraska Omaha researchers prepare to put the physiological benefits of electric assist bicycles to the test this summer.
POSTED: 09-May-2013

Is Your State Bicycle-Friendly?

With its massive 10,000 bicycle share program about to rollout in New York City, you would think the Empire State ranked high in terms of its bicycle-friendliness. Think again.
POSTED: 06-May-2013

Bicycles Means Business

A four-panel infograph that compares the economic impact of bicycles versus automobiles on housing prices and local business revenues.
POSTED: 05-May-2013

The World's Most Bicycle-Friendly Cities

Which cities on the planet are most supportive to bicycles? That's the question Copenhagenize.eu asked in 2011, ranking 80 international cities. Now their new 2013 Index is out after adding another 70 more.
POSTED: 05-May-2013

Rowing for Snickers

Would knowing how much physical exercise it takes to burn off the food we consume help you make wiser choices?
POSTED: 03-May-2013

Hoboken to Join Growing List of Cities Offering Bike-Share

Quick... name the fastest growing mode of personal transportation on the planet, at least according to the Earth Policy Institute.
POSTED: 25-Apr-2013

Sitting Is Slowly Killing Us

If you're like me, you probably sit way too much during the day, and what I didn't realize was that it is slowly killing me.
POSTED: 24-Apr-2013

Bikes Out-Sell Cars in Europe Nearly Two-to-One

If you're in the car business in Europe, the last couple years haven't been all that exciting. The story is the exact opposite for bicycle sales, especially electric bicycles.
POSTED: 22-Apr-2013

Exercise or Else....

It's called 'active transportation' and the sooner you climb aboard, the better you and your bank account will feel.
POSTED: 10-Apr-2013

The Truth About Exercise

Michael Mosley, a British journalist and physician looks at what exercise does for us and why it's harder for some people to do it than others in this BBC Horizon's television series, via Vimeo.
POSTED: 10-Apr-2013

Rowing for Health and Happiness

We've decided to become proactive about our health and wellbeing as we row into 'senior citizenship.'
POSTED: 07-Apr-2013

Life Imitating Art in Saudi Arabia?

Could it have been a 10-year-old girl in the first feature film shot entirely in Saudi Arabia that helped open the door to women riding bicycles in the ultraconservative Arab nation?
POSTED: 04-Apr-2013

Ecycle: The Art of the Possible

Prolific designer Milos Jovanovic develops an electric-assist bicycle concept that raises the bar on both design and engineering, but is still tantalizingly achievable.
POSTED: 03-Apr-2013

Not All Entrepreneurs Are 20-Somethings

I never figured I'd really ever retire, but I never expected I'd be an entrepreneur at age 65.
POSTED: 02-Apr-2013

The Management Philosophy of Harry Selfridge

Harry Selfridge was not only ahead of his time in the world of marketing, he also was decades ahead in his management philosophy.
POSTED: 01-Apr-2013

Bullet Point 71

According to Kevin Johnson's 'The Entrepreneurs Mind' its important that 'tell everyone about your business,' so here is episode one of the ePEDALER venture, from idea to reality.
POSTED: 31-Mar-2013

Electric Bike Charging Gets SMS Payment and Text Notification System

German group led by Vodaphone are testing an electric bicycle battery charging scheme that, like their larger electric car descendants, sends a text message to the owner when the battery is fully recharged.
POSTED: 30-Mar-2013

Putting More 'Spark' In Your Life

"If you're not busy living, your body will be busy dying," warns Dr. John Ratey when addressing the need for continuous physical exercise to slow-down the aging process and its effects on the brain.
POSTED: 27-Mar-2013

San Francisco Bay Area Selects Alta Bicycle Share

$7 million program will see deployment of 700 bicycles and 70 stations to be distributed among communities on the San Francisco peninsula.
POSTED: 26-Mar-2013

Electric-Assist Bicycle Sales Increase 15% in Germany

380,000 electric-assist bicycles are sold in Germany in 2012, marking a 15 percent increase over 2011, growing its share of the market to 10 percent of bicycle sales.
POSTED: 26-Mar-2013

Boomer Generation Less Healthy Than Parents

The generation born between 1946 and 1964 is more obese, has higher rates of diabetes, hypertension and artery-clogging chlosterol than their parents, but there is solution.
POSTED: 26-Mar-2013

London Transport to Trial Electric Bikes

City of London plans to trial electric-assist bicycles in three different operations: public hire, police department and with a commercial company for staff use.
POSTED: 25-Mar-2013

Pasadena's Elevated Cycleway: A Turn of the Century Dream

The plan was to link Los Angeles with Pasadena by an elevated cycleway that would be a safe, convenient way to commute between the two southern California cities.
POSTED: 24-Mar-2013

From Noodle Maker to Carbon Fiber Bike Builder

Bike Europe reports from the annual Taipei Bicycle Show that Taiwan's largest Chinese noodle maker is the money behind Leadforce International Bicycle's new Gusto bicycle brand.
POSTED: 22-Mar-2013

Stromer ST1: A Fun Ride, Just Don't Get Caught

It must be really tempting to ride the 600W electric-assist bicycle at full speed at nearly 50 km/h, breaking the law in both Europe and the USA.
POSTED: 21-Mar-2013

Thwarting Bicycle Thieves with BikeSpike

Chicago-based BikeSpike wants to thwart bike thieves by letting you track the location of your stolen ride via Google Maps… and much more.
POSTED: 19-Mar-2013

BMW's Enters Into E-Bike Race

BMW tests the market in Germany for an electric-assist bicycle powered by Bosch e-drive system, joining smart, which now sells an e-bike in Europe.
POSTED: 18-Mar-2013

Park Your Car, ‘Spark’ Your Brain

A gym teacher in Napierville, Illinois made a surprising discovery: kids who exercised before taking tests performed better than their classmates who didn't.
POSTED: 17-Mar-2013

Study Identifies Problem Areas Along Cycling Routes in North America

North American cyclists are eight to 30 times more likely to be seriously injured riding their bikes than their counterparts in northern Europe.
POSTED: 14-Mar-2013

Healthy, Wealthy, Wise...

Getting off our car seats and onto bicycle saddles can help Americans tackle the problem of obesity, as physiology tests in Australia demonstrate.
POSTED: 11-Mar-2013

Making the Wellness Case

Wellness has become a corporate cause as employers look for ways to control their healthcare insurance costs, and ePEDALER has developed a compelling approach that offers a way to improve employee wellbeing and that of the community.
POSTED: 09-Mar-2013