Top Gear’s Electric Bike Blog

The Independent this week announced that bike sales were on an all time high rising month on month. This is the case within the electric bike market. Credit Crunch fever has led to people wanting to reduce costs by not spending money on cars and fuel, not good news for the automotive sector but great news for Bike retailers.

Put simply, you can own a power assisted electric bike, electric mountain bike or folding bike for the same price as 12 tanks of petrol.

With the advancing electric hub motor technology, e-bikes provide an effortless way to travel inclines and off road whilst providing exercise without the sweat that puts so many people off of biking to work. The popular step through models also mean that mobility is easy too even in your work clothes.

Join the revolution, for the same price as 12 trips to the petrol pumps you can save years of trips to the petrol pumps!!

Find out more about the benefits of Electric Bikes?

Electric bikes obviously consume energy, where a conventional bike does not  However the amount of energy used is very small compared to a moped, motorcycle or car.  Besides fuel, the only consumables are the batteries, and these can normally be recycled when life-expired.  As for the energy use, electric bikes typically consume fuel at an average rate of 100 to 150 watts of electrical energy, against 15,000 or so for a car .

In terms of fuel consumption, an electric bike achieves about 800-2,000 mpg. No other commercially available vehicle can match figures of this kind.

If it’s hard to place these numbers in your own lifestyle, think of a 100 watt electric light bulb burning for an evening - that’s enough energy to propel an electrically assisted bike for 20 to 40 miles….

Read more about the Green Side of Electric Biking by clicking here