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Best E-Bikes Of The Summer

With another few months of testing out numerous e-bikes we've found ourselves having to refresh a few of the rankings on our best pages. Check out the links below to see some of our top recommendations from select categories.

Best City Electric Bikes

Best Beach Cruiser Electric Bikes

Best Electric Bikes For Seniors

Best Electric Cargo Bikes

Best Car Racks For Electric Bikes

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E-Bike News: Bosch, Yamaha, Brose and Pinion all Release New Mid-drives and Lots More!

The high quality mid-drive market has been dominated by powerful and relatively heavy mid-drives from the big four of Bosch, Brose, Shimano and Yamaha for the last decade or so. But this year’s Eurobike suggests there are some fundamental changes afoot in the world of mid-drive technology. Both Bosch and Yamaha announced their lightest mid-drives yet, whilst Brose announced a new super powerful 48 volt mid-drive system and Pinion moved from bottom bracket enclosed gearing systems into the complex and challenging world of combining bike gears and a mid-drive motor in one unit. Exciting times certainly lie ahead in the world of e-bikes and light electric vehicles.

In this week’s e-bike news:

• Mid-drive mega-launch at Eurobike as Bosch, Yamaha, Brose and Pinion stake their claims in the future world of mid-drive technology
• France’s Kilow combine innovation and style with their new e-bikes
• Wings – the tandem microcar from India

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Bosch Performance Line SX Motor

German e-bike system manufacturer Bosch has unveiled a new addition to its Performance Line of motor and battery systems, just in time for the Eurobike trade show. The Performance Line SX now ranks as Bosch’s lightest drive system.

The Performance Line SX is aimed at higher-performance e-bikes, particularly eMTBs, road e-bikes and gravel e-bikes. The entire system, including controller weighs just a bit more than 4kg total. We will dig more into the weight in a bit, but because so many lightweight systems give up performance to save weight, we will first look at the impressive output of this system...