The Electric Bike Book

UNDERSTANDING ELECTRIC BICYCLE BATTERIES Part 2: What Does an Amp-Hr Tell Us?

How are Electric Bicycle Batteries Rated? In Lesson 1 we learned how energy is measure in watt-hrs and this is the like the size of the gas tank. You will often hear the term amp-hrs used to rate an electric bicycle.…

Jim Turner - Inventor and Founder of OptibikeDecember 9, 2013

Jim's Blog

Jamestown Flood Fundraiser Ride

On Sunday December 22nd, cyclists4Jamestown is having a fat tire fundraiser ride up to Jamestown. Jamestown was hit hard by the September flood and the road is still not open. This is one of my favorite rides and also for …

Jim Turner - Inventor and Founder of OptibikeDecember 9, 2013

Optibike News

US Electric Bike Sales Double

Electric bike sales in the USA doubled from 2011 to 2012 to a total of 159,000 units. This is a huge increase and follows the several years of increase in European E Bike sales which are now at over 800,000…

Jim Turner - Inventor and Founder of OptibikeDecember 4, 2013

Optibike News Other fun stuff

Taming the BEAST: Boulder B-cycle’s first season with Optibike’s Electric Bikes

Guest blog post from Kevin Bell at Boulder B Cycle To run a successful bike-sharing program, like Boulder B Cycle, a number of key components need to come together—chief among them are system balancing, maintenance, and marketing. Our partnership with…

Jim Turner - Inventor and Founder of OptibikeDecember 3, 2013

Optibike News

Save another $1000 on Cyber Monday

Call in the morning on Cyber Monday and receive an additional $1000 off a new Optibike R8 or R11 electric bicycle. (I know it is Cyber Monday and it is strange that you have to call in to get the…

Jim Turner - Inventor and Founder of OptibikeDecember 1, 2013

Optibike News

Electric Bikes are the worlds largest selling electric vehicle

Electric Bikes are the worlds largest selling electric vehicle with sales of over 30 million units in 2012! This number dwarfs the 100,000 electric cars that were sold in the same year. Electric bike sales are still small when compared…

Jim Turner - Inventor and Founder of OptibikeNovember 30, 2013

Jim's Blog

A Brief History of Electric Bikes

Many people think electric bicycles are a new invention, but they are not. Read "A Brief History of Electric Bikes" exerted from my book "The Electric Bike Book" below and see that the idea is actually very old, with the…

Jim Turner - Inventor and Founder of OptibikeNovember 28, 2013

Jim's Blog Optibike News

Happy Thanksgiving!

I want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a truly American holiday, where we all take time to be with family. Have a great day.

Jim Turner - Inventor and Founder of OptibikeNovember 28, 2013

Optibike News

Cyber Monday Electric Bike Holiday Sale

Optibike will be beginning its Cyber Monday Electric Bike Holiday Sale on Monday December 2nd. On that day you can save over 30% on an Optibike. The new SIMBB electric bicycle is also on sale at $1000 off. The sale…

Jim Turner - Inventor and Founder of OptibikeNovember 26, 2013

Optibike News SIMBB

Introducing The New Super Integrated Motorized Bottom Bracket (SIMBB) Electric Bike

Introducing the first SIMBB equipped bike from Optibike that is truly Made in the USA. We launched this bike at Interbike 2013, with great e-bike reviews. The Super Integrated Motorized Bottom Bracket (SIMBB) 29C comes with a 600 watt SIMBB…

Jim Turner - Inventor and Founder of OptibikeNovember 25, 2013

Check Out the 2025 Optibike Weight Loss Transformation Challenge

Optibike BlogNews and customer stories

UNDERSTANDING ELECTRIC BICYCLE BATTERIES Part 2: What Does an Amp-Hr Tell Us?

Jamestown Flood Fundraiser Ride

US Electric Bike Sales Double

Taming the BEAST: Boulder B-cycle’s first season with Optibike’s Electric Bikes

Save another $1000 on Cyber Monday

Electric Bikes are the worlds largest selling electric vehicle

A Brief History of Electric Bikes

Happy Thanksgiving!

Cyber Monday Electric Bike Holiday Sale

Introducing The New Super Integrated Motorized Bottom Bracket (SIMBB) Electric Bike

Categories

Archives

Check Out the 2025 Optibike Weight Loss Transformation Challenge

Optibike BlogNews and customer stories

Categories

Archives

Tags