Rungu Juggernaut Run-In
The Rungu Juggernaut is a very strange vehicle. While its inventor is quoted in an Outside article as saying “This is not a bicycle. This is an ATV [all-terrain vehicle],” their website claims their three-wheeled,…
Category: E-bikes
E-bike Fires More Prevalent Than Claimed?
While e-bike publications claim fires are a rare occurrence, more reports of exploding e-bikes and e-bike fires seem to point to a larger problem. The latest report comes from the Sun, a British newspaper and…
Stunning E-bike Concept Falls Into Motorcycle Territory
The Monro Motors website doesn't have an English version so if a Jimmy Mac On Two Wheels reader can translate, we would much appreciate. Even without a translation (that is Chinese, right?) the detailed photos…
AN E-BIKE LOVE STORY
The Guangzhou Orientway Electric Motorbike Industry Company offers a large line of electric motorized vehicles including bicycles, motorcycles, scooters, cargo bikes and even tricycles. But they don’t sell them under the Guangzhou Orientway name. They…
CANNONDALE MOTERRA, $5500 OF UGLY
The industrial designers at Cannondale must have been on vacation when the Moterra was created. This bike represents everything wrong with e-bike design. The bloated downtube and engine cradle mated to the aluminum top tube,…
E-BIKE FIRE SENDS TWO TO HOSPITAL AND QUESTIONS REMAIN
ABC Eyewitness News, WABC-TV in New York has an exclusive report on a fire that appears to have been sparked by an electric-motorized bicycle. The questions that remained unanswered by the coverage are many. Was…
PEOPLE FOR BIKES CORRECTS E-BIKE RIDE INFO
Jimmy Mac On Two Wheels was contacted today by PeopleForBikes who agreed to remove outdated information that encouraged electric-motorized bike riders to break the law by riding the Big Topanga Loop in the Santa Monica Mountains. …
AN E-BIKE CONVERSION THAT COULD PROVE DEADLY
Converting your bicycle to an electric-motorized bike has never been easier. A recent visit to eBay revealed over 600 kits to motorize your bicycle. But just because you can convert your bike, doesn’t mean that…
DESIGN SCHOOLS COMPETE TO CREATE A BETTER E-BIKE
Swiss technology brand Punkt's Urban Mobility project, shown at Milan design week, asked students from three top design schools to create electric bicycles that would encourage city-dwellers to cycle more. Here are the preliminary results…
NYC NEEDS COMPREHENSIVE POLICY ON E-BIKE USE
UPDATED: October 20, 2017: New York City's war on e-bike use has escalated according to a DNAinfo article. Instead of adopting a comprehensive plan for sensible e-bike use, the mayor of New York City has…