Bikes
Think Bike chairman passes away.
Brian Cannoo, chairman of the excellent Think Bike awareness campaign has tragically died after a bus turned in front of his motorcycle on 16 February.
Think Bike has done invaluable work to promote public awareness of motorcyclists and bicycle riders in South Africa, and it’s a truly sad day for the country’s two-wheeled community to face […]
GreenCars rides the eZeebike
The DSTV Getaway exhibition at the Coca-Cola Dome turned out to be quite a large-scale and popular event, but while most people were interested in camping gear and 4×4’s, I attended in order to get my grubby hands on the much-vaunted eZeebike range of electric bicycles. Ezee SA’s James Swift (*cough* peddlar of electric bicycles […]
New eBike player hits SA market
I’ve just been contacted by James Swift from eZee SA - importers of the very impressive eZee electric bicycle range - to inform me of the availability of these bikes in South Africa. I immediately headed over to their site, and I must say, the products look very impressive indeed.
Unlike South Africa’s own […]
SA bike sales: 2007
Sales of new motorcycles for the year to date April 2007 came to 9894 units - up 14.7% over the corresponding period ending April 2006.
The best performing sectors were Agricultural (up 60.4% year-on-year) and Specialty Bikes (up 59.3%). Cruisers also showed a significant increase (up 35.3%) whilst most of the other sectors showed some sustained […]
The e-bike
A South African company called Adequate Energy has developed an e-bike. This is basically a normal bicycle that is powered by a brushless and gearless electric motor driven by a sealed lead acid battery.
The motor can drive the e-bike without any input from the rider, or it can provide assistance to the rider while pedalling. […]
