It’s giving season again (or getting season, depending on how you look at it) and if you’re looking for that special something for that special e-biker in your life, we’ve got some suggestions.

From e-bikes to shoes and trailers to tools, we’ve compiled some of our favorite products you can stuff under the tree or into a stocking of that special e-biker in your life.

Single speed bikes (without a motor) have been around for a good long time – in fact Tour de France originator Henri Desgranges was a big fan and bikes with more than one gear were banned from the TdF until 1937! After that, they became somewhat more of a cult, mainly shared by fast, racy, city-style riders. In more recent times the advent of e-bikes and technology such as belt drives has undoubtedly given the single speed genre a new lease of life.

For many modern single speeds electric bikes you can enjoy multiple levels of pedal assistance which helps you dial in the assistance you need – it essentially provides you with a type of faux-gearing system. Thanks to this, it helps it to garner some more main stream appeal...

In this week's e-bike news:

• Fat tire specialist Addmotor launches middle-of-the-road commuters
• US e-bike subsidies – data shows which brands might benefit most from proposed legislation
• Volt e-bikes new courier-style and e-mtb models
• How near are we to e-bikes that will speak to cars?
• The incredible complexity of how you steer a bike
• Europe’s electric mobility capital holds lessons for US cities