Ontario truckers have weighed in on two transportation issues facing the city of Toronto. In surveys distributed by the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) on behalf of the city, carriers indicated they're against the demolition of the ...
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Trek Bicycle is adding the 650b wheel size to its mountain bike lineup in 2014. The company unveiled a revamped Slash and Remedy line, both featuring 650b models, to European retailers and press Wednesday. Trek brings a redesigned ...
Long-time retailer Wheels in Motion is wrapping up the final stages of a major expansion project that will more than quadruple its current 2,500 square-foot retail store, and make it Ann Arbor's largest bike shop. Owner Dewight Plotner ...
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A cycling team from Global Monitoring, supplier of industrial remote monitoring and control systems, was doing more than contributing to a good cause by participating in the 65 mile American Cancer Society 41st Bikeathon?in Philadelphia on ...
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With a full-service coffee shop, ample seating and a cozy den, JRA Bikes and Brew is more than just a retail store. Owners Vince and Tamera Gest opened JRA in May with the intention of creating a community hangout. "I always wanted to own ...
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PressCamp, the annual summertime meet-up in Utah bringing together bike brands and members of the cycling media to preview new product, will add a smaller-scale winter edition in 2014 held at an oceanfront resort in Southern California, ...
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Darn Tough Vermont, American manufacturer of the only premium, performance socks with an unconditional lifetime guarantee, reports that Q2 2013 sales and profitability were the best ever for the second quarter in its, and parent Cabot ...
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A number of NBDA e-forum dealers think so. Sensing a business opportunity and new potential market, they have decided to focus on serving under-represented people and it's working for them. There are a whole lot of people out there, it ...
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An electric bicycle, also known as an e-bike, is a bicycle with an integrated electric motor which can be used for propulsion. There are a great variety of different types of e-bikes available worldwide, from e-bikes that only have a small ...
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E-bikes are classed according to the power that their electric motor can deliver and the control system, i.e. when and how the power from the motor is applied. Also the classification of e-bikes is complicated as much of the definition is ...
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China China has experienced an explosive growth of sales of non-assisted e-bikes including scooter type, with annual sales jumping from 56,000 units in 1998 to over 21 million in 2008, and reaching an estimated fleet of 120 million ...
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E-bike usage worldwide has experienced rapid growth since 1998. It is estimated that there were roughly 120 million e-bikes in China as of early 2010, and sales are expanding rapidly in India, the United States of America, the Netherlands, ...
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An electric bicycle, also known as an e-bike, is a bicycle with an integrated electric motor which can be used for propulsion. There are a great variety of different types of e-bikes available worldwide, from e-bikes that only have a small ...
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Australia In Australia the e-bike is defined by the Australian Vehicle Standards as a bicycle that has an auxiliary motor with a maximum power output not exceeding 200 W without consideration for speed limits or pedal sensors. Each state ...
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In the 1890s, electric bicycles were documented within various U.S. patents. For example, on 31 December 1895, Ogden Bolton Jr. was granted U.S. Patent 552,271 for a battery-powered bicycle with "6-pole brush-and-commutator direct current ...
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