Suspected E-Bike Fire Kills 93 Year Old
Spectrum News NY 1 reports that a 93-year-old women died after a fire broke out below her apartment in Queens, New York. A charging three-wheeled e-bike is currently suspected as the cause of the blaze…
Category: E-bikes
Fire kills Four At E-bike/Scooter/Moped Store
Spectrum News NY 1 reports that four people died and two others were critically hurt after a fire broke out inside an e-bike shop housed on the ground floor of a Lower East Side apartment…
Nireeka Mega 38-Mile-Per-Hour Top Speed Mountain Bike Actually A Really Slow Motorcycle
I hate to break it to backers of the Indiegogo-offered Nireeka Mega, but they are not investing in an electric-powered mountain bike. Sure, it uses bicycle components from its wheels to its handlebar grips. And…
Are E-Bikes Too Fast For Hiking Trails?
Four major user groups share unpaved recreation trails designated for non-motorized use; hikers, trail runners, equestrians and mountain bikers. A change in California law (that other states may adopt) has permitted electric-motorized bikes access to…
Mother And Son Die In Fire Sparked By E-Bike
The e-bike industry and its trade associations often downplay the occurrence of e-bike fires, even going as far as pointing fingers at other industries. They use phrases like "a runaway thermal event" to describe what…
Searching For Buried Treasure At The So-Cal Cycle Swap Meet
The So-Cal Cycle Swap Meet takes place once a month at the Long Beach Veteran’s Stadium through November. It costs $12 to get in and parking is free. Is it worth the cost of admission?…
Norway Begins The Underground Bike Path Revolution
Way back in January of 2019, I begged Elon Musk to pitch urban planners on using The Boring Company to build a network of bike tunnels in their communities. I don’t know if he ever…
Reevo Hubless E-Bike Appears To Be A Massive Failure
Reevo pitched the idea of a hubless e-bike to risk-taking investors back in 2020. Their pitch earned them $6,765,687 from 2,793 backers. The bikes began shipping earlier this year and judging from the comments on…
Reintroduced Electric Bicycle Incentive Act First To Address Potential Fire Hazard
When the “Electric Bicycle Incentive Kickstart for the Environment Act’’ was introduced in 2021, I was a vocal opponent (click here to read that article). The loosely-defined act extended a tax credit to e-bikes even…
Starting The New Year Under Bug Infestation
Jimmy Mac On Two Wheels is off to a buggy start in 2023. Our IT guy is trying to track down what is going on. Unfortunately, new problems seem to pop up as soon as…