May 13, 2020

2020 electric bike innovation: health, environment, lasting smile-in your hands

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New model of the year

May 13, 2020, 5:16 PM Reading time: 3 minutes

Electric bikes are a better choice for buses and trains. They can keep you healthy and it ’s fun to ride. Whether it's E-MTB, folding bike or hiking bike-this is the best new product in 2020.

Better law and current situation shouting: Switch to electric bike now! (Source: Netzwelt)

The beginning of 2020 is very scary. However, if you master it, you don't need to be a doctor or environmentalist to realize that electric bicycles (or more precisely electric bicycles) have many advantages that are unmatched in these special periods.

For example, anyone who rides an electric bike avoids buses, subways, and suburban trains to protect themselves and others from infection.
Bicycling and e-biking can be seen as active preventive measures against Covid-19. "You breathe harder, which means you can clean your lungs well. This is the best choice for virus protection," said Michael Barczok, a physician at the Federal Academy of Respiratory and Respiratory Physicians.
In addition, electric bicycles are a good substitute for cars. You sweat less, but still consume a lot of calories.

Which electric bike do you take? The major manufacturers display new electric bicycles almost every day. We have selected the most interesting models for the year 2020 for you. You can find our selection in the gallery below. You can find below the things you should pay attention to when buying an electric bike. There, we also clarified the trends for 2020 for you.

2020 electric bike innovation

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2020 STVO amendment: cyclists are safer

Legislators have considered the development trend of two-wheeled motor vehicles in their amendments to the Road Traffic Regulations (STVO). It entered into force on April 28, 2020, and contains the following key points of riding an electric bicycle:

Distance when overtaking: From now on, the cyclist or electric scooter must keep a distance of 1.5 meters in the town when overtaking. 2.0 meters outside the city.
It may be explicitly forbidden to overtake two-wheelers in narrow places.
Large freight bicycles (freight bicycles) have special parking spaces in some places.
Now, the green arrow (signing on the traffic light) when turning is also suitable for cyclists. A separate logo is being planned.
Like the Tempo 30 area, there will be a bicycle area in the future. Unless there are additional signs to allow other road users to use, otherwise the municipality can only allow cyclists to pass here.

Now, outside the construction area, when overtaking bicycles, cars must maintain a distance of two meters. In the urban area is 1.50 meters. The regulation will take effect from the end of April 2020. Previously, STVO only talked about "enough distance". (Source: ADAC)

What to pay attention to when buying an electric bicycle

Today almost everyone who is considering buying or renting a bike sees an electric bike on the screen. But do you know what you should pay special attention to when buying a motorcycle? What are the different concepts, where are the shortcomings of the front engine, and which battery size makes sense? We provide answers to such questions in the video purchase guide below.

Purchase suggestion: Pedelec (Source: netzwelt)

In the video purchase guide, we provide you with many tips that you should pay attention to when buying an electric bicycle.

Until recently, buyers ’desire for electric bicycles has not attracted attention. Ideally, it looks like bicycles are still great, and manufacturers and buyers have now shown more design courage. Ok! Electric bikes can also be futuristic, weird or fun. New companies are constantly being added, and these companies fund their first electric bikes through crowdfunding portals such as Kickstarter. The most recent example is the sushi bike sponsored by Joko Winterscheidt. Or, you should know a very interesting "baby nurse". In addition to established brand names (such as Bosch), companies such as Haibike have also developed their own drives (such as FlyOn). In short: the bicycle industry is not only optimistic!

Electric bicycle trends: ABS, blind spot warning and self-developed motors

Famous electric bicycle manufacturers have been looking for innovative technologies in the automotive industry. We are already using traction-controlled electric bicycles. Bicycle ABS? It already exists. Moreover, even active driving assistance systems that cannot fall are under development. Emerging brands and startups such as Calamus provide radar-assisted blind spot assistance and Android OS for bicycles. Therefore, it is not surprising that the first electric bike with Alexa connection was introduced. When a theft occurs, the modern scooter can be accurately positioned on the instrument via GPS, and the engine control system can be updated wirelessly. The latter is the case of our fully tested cowboy bike.

In Smart phone play electric bike. This development can also be viewed with skepticism. Through appropriate applications, mobile phones can be conveniently used as bicycle navigation systems. For some electric scooters, it can also be used as an on-board computer and "ignition key". Means-if the smartphone is not on hand or the battery is dead, you can Don't even move electric bikes at all. Maybe recently, one or the other wanted that good old bike.

You can also choose to use the electric bike kit to quickly switch from bicycle to electric bike. You can find out if this is worth it in the linked article, and the possible pitfalls.