Electric bikes Reviewed

Vaast took the bike-design world by storm with its magnesium-framed gravel machine, the Vasst A/1. Now the Ohio-based brand’s sophomore effort brings the smoothest of rides to the urban electric bike.

Canyon’s radical Grail design, with its angular frame and unique bi-plane style cockpit, was divisive when it launched as a gravel bike. The electrified Grail:ON version, however, looks like a much more complete machine.

The headline design feature of the HonBike One is the omission of any chain or belt drive. Instead, this cleverly designed folding electric bike uses a shaft encased in a single-sided aluminium rear spar to the back wheel.

The Mycle Cargo electric bike offers a good-value avenue to owning a very capable cargo ebike with plenty of carrying capacity and impressive range.

British high-street mobility retailer Pure Electric stocks a huge range of electric bikes, along with scooters, cargo bikes and more and Pure has now launched its own range of ebikes, with its £999 Flux One among the least expensive ebikes you can buy today.

Yeti’s 2022 160E is the American brand’s first electric mountain bike and is intended to tackle the electric enduro race segment head-on, having been designed and developed specifically to handle the rigours of the world’s hardest eMTB races.

Genesis’ new Smithfield is a UK-designed electric bike that resembles a classic urban roadster, with an impressive spec list, a smooth ride and a claimed maximum range of up to 150km.

The Impulso E-Allroad is Bianchi’s electric commuter bike that’s built to carry you to work every day and get you out into the wilds too.

GoCycle is a genuine British success story. Its founder Richard Thorpe started out life as Formula 1 engineer for McLaren before designing the original G3 GoCycle a decade ago.

The slick design and smooth ride of the VanMoof S3 makes it one of the best electric hybrid bikes for urban riding, and the X3 looks set to build on that success with the attention to detail lavished on its new frame adding to the air of quality.