by Simon Rayson | Apr 23, 2014 | Electric Transport, Sustainable Energy Stories, Sustainable Living
Ebike Life After writing about the Mojo electric bike motor a few month’s ago I finally decided to go and visit Tony Castles the developer and importer and try it out for myself. So with a friend we went to his workshop near Marlborough and after much ebike...
by Simon Rayson | Jan 16, 2014 | Electric Transport
For many advocates of electric bicycles the preferred way of delivering the power of the electric motor is so it goes through the gears in the same manner as the riders own effort. To make this type of assistance possible means having the motor installed at the crank...
by Simon Rayson | Sep 28, 2012 | Electric Transport, Renewable Energy Film/Video
So we have a bicycle, and it has two wheels, a seat and pedals, and it gets you from A to B. Bicycles, they’ve been around a long time and perhaps it seems little is new in the world of cycling. But in the Ebike sector, innovation is bursting out everywhere...
by Simon Rayson | Aug 10, 2012 | Electric Transport
There’s been much talk recently, in the media and elsewhere, about the Wiggins effect. It being wondered if, as a result of the recent successes of Bradley Wiggins in competitive cycling (in Tour de France 2012 and the London 2012 Olympics), more people will...
by Simon Rayson | Aug 1, 2012 | Electric Transport
It is such an extraordinary experience watching the Tour de France, something I did for the first time this year. Cyclists travelling 100+ miles at speeds almost unimaginable to the non racing cyclist. To put their performance into perspective – if an Electric...