LA Freeways Like You’ve Never Seen Them
Wednesday morning, April 15, 2020. [caption id="attachment_4569" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Can you imagine if CicLAvia was everyday?[/caption]
Category: E-bikes
E-Bike Battery Explosion Kills 60-Year-Old Rider
The United Kingdom’s Shropshire Star is reporting that 60-year-old Christabel Timmins suffered 55-percent burns and died of multiple organ failure after a charging e-bike battery exploded and caught fire to Timmins’ motorhome. The tragic story…
Coronavirus May Take The Sea Otter Classic As Its Next Victim – UPDATED
UPDATE: The 2020 Sea Otter Classic has been rescheduled for October 1-4, 2020. There is more information here. The date change makes the best out of a bad situation and may work better for brands…
Intense E-Bikes Coming To A Motorcycle Shop Near You – UPDATED
Intense Bikes struck an amazing deal with powersports super distributor Parts Unlimited to distribute their Intense Tazer MX E-bike to a claimed 12,000 powersports dealerships worldwide. In a word, wowzer! While we have reported how…
Jeep E-Bike To Debut In June
There has been a lot of hoopla surrounding the Jeep e-Bike (that’s its official name so far) since Bill Murray introduced it during a Super Bowl TV commercial (not something you expect to see from…
Modified E-Bike’s Fiery Explosion A Warning
An E-bike with a modified battery ignited into flames that were quickly contained because of the fire’s close proximity to an extinguisher. Reports were not clear if the bike was privately owned or used by…
Steam Punks On Two Wheels
A mad scientist creates a jaw-dropping, steam-powered bicycle. Not as convenient as an electric-motorized bicycle and a lot more complex than a human-powered bicycle, it brings back the great memories of the steam-locomotive toy I…
30-Mile-Per-Hour Scooter Scares The Crap Out Of Me
When I worked for Bell Helmets during the 80’s, one of the Company’s largest concerns was product liability. It wasn’t because Bell was making a sub-par product. Quite the contrary. Bell was rightfully respected as…
Jimmy Mac On Two Wheels’ Most-Viewed Stories of 2019
I’m not sure why the top stories of 2019 are very important. I don’t have advertisers to appease and I don’t monetize my loyal readers. It is not a fair measurement because the stories posted…
Cheaper, Faster, Off-Road E-Bikes Threaten Multi-User Trail Networks
I lamented that the Suru Scrambler represented everything wrong with allowing electric-motorized bicycles on multi-user, natural-surface trails. Less than a year later, the E-bikes headed down the trail make the Suru look quaint in comparison.…