Popped in to an LBS that I rarely go in yesterday. I was stunned to see at least* 11 E Mountain bikes from Ghost and Haibike on the shop floor
I've seen one or two around on the [s]trails[/s] streets, but they can't be expecting to be that much call for them?!
11!!!!! 😯
*there may have been more upstairs but I couldn't get up there due to a couple of bike boxes blocking the stairs.
They were on the frikkin One Show last night.
The ones I looked at were all over £3k. So let's give a conservative estimate of say £26k of E bikes sat in stock!
There's a shop in Harrogate that only sells e bikes. Not been in yet though.
There are 5 of them parked in our bike room at work, out of around 50 bikes.
Been 6 years since i worked in bike trade.
We did a roaringtrade in e bikes- powabykes - which by todays standards are shit but they were flying out the door.
6-1600 depending in battery and base bike spec,
It was always going to get bigger. Our main market was 60-70 year olds who were no longer to ride as far as they wAnted for medical or fitness reasons but it got them out and exercising.
Al I may see if I can borrow one for GT in July 😳
My father had an ebike which was amazing - got him able to ride and accompany my mum again. Health issues meant he was unable to walk especially far but the ebike broadened his horizons. After he died I rebuilt it onto a lady's frame for my wife who also has hip/back problems. She is now able to ride into town and back via the steep hill without hurting herself.
As far back as 2009 I went into a dutch bike shop and the guy there said he was selling more electric bikes than anything and the dutch know a thing or two about ordinary folk in ordinary clothes getting about day to day on 2 wheels.
Not sure I'm quite to enthralled by electric off road bikes, though I guess you might have to try one to appreciate it. There was a demo one at the QECP demo weekend that was getting a lot of attention.
[quote=Houns ]Al I may see if I can borrow one for GT in July
Hmmm - I actually could.....
I got asked at a bike show recently if I was interested in one, but I pointed out that I'd overtaken a fair few. I mean I know I'm not a slender racing snake, but the cheek of it!
I guess they could save you a fortune in uplift fees?
That the one pro roadies use jools?