Whether you’re looking through a magazine, wandering round a store or browsing online, the sheer array of e-bikes on offer can be bewildering. Big bikes, small bikes, folding bikes, cargo bikes, racing bikes, mountain bikes, fat tyres, thin tyres, mid-mount, hub drive, step-through… how do you narrow down the field to find the right bike at the right price?
The trick is to ask yourself a series of questions to determine what your needs and priorities are. And how do we know what those questions are? Because they are exactly the kind of questions that a professional e-bike retailer would ask if you walked into their store.
‘We’ve heard every question going,’ says Len Simmons, owner of Highway Cycles in Hertfortshire. ‘In fact that was one of the reasons I…