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Talk the torque in the Cytech Tech Forum

Cytech, the internationally recognised training and accreditation scheme for bicycle technicians, has launched a new Facebook group - the Cytech Tech Forum –...

11 Mar 2024, more…

BikeBiz editor gets hands on with Cytech technical one

Daniel Blackham, editor of industry magazine BikeBiz, has been writing about his experience of completing the Cytech technical one qualification at training provider Spokes People in Milton...

8 Mar 2024, more…

JE James Cycles to open first Barnsley store

ACT member and Cytech-accredited retailer JE James Cycles – one of the largest independent cycle retailers in Europe – is to open a new 7,874 sq ft store shop in Barnsley town...

7 Mar 2024, more…

Activate Cycle Academy welcomes British Cycling to Cytech technical one training course

Cytech partner Activate Cycle Academy, the largest and most recognised training provider of bike maintenance and technical training courses to the UK’s cycle industry, recently welcomed a...

6 Mar 2024, more…

Local Bike Shop Day 2024 confirmed for Saturday May 4th.

The ACT is happy to confirm the date for Local Bike Shop Day 2024 as Saturday 4 May, the weekend of the early May Bank Holiday.

29 Feb 2024, more…

ACT tells Parliamentary Committee of the need for urgent systemic change to the Cycle to Work scheme.

With more than 500 cycle businesses having now signed up to its campaign for change to the Cycle to Work scheme, a delegation from the Association of Cycle Traders has met with All Party...

25 Jan 2024, more…

OPSS takes enforcement action over dangerous e-bike battery.

The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is taking enforcement action and warning consumers about a brand of e-bike battery – UPP – that has been linked to a number of...

24 Jan 2024, more…

Cytech training to help Go Outdoors boost number of cycle mechanics by offering apprenticeships to store staff.

Go Outdoors, which operates 75 stores across the UK, has announced an apprenticeship scheme involving Cytech training with the aim of addressing what it terms a nationwide shortage of...

15 Jan 2024, more…

Cytech Scotland training provider launches Young Bike Mechanic Programme to empower Glasgow’s youth.

Bike for Good, the Glasgow-based cycling charity and social enterprise, which delivers Cytech training in Scotland, has announced a Young Bike Mechanic Programme designed to create opportunities...

3 Jan 2024, more…

Re-Accreditation of Torq Zone Academy: Meeting QCTO Standards for Excellence

Torq Zone Academy, a leading institution of vocational training in South Africa, has been re-accredited by the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO), for another five years, to offer...

27 Nov 2023, more…

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Quarter of Europeans commuting by e-bike

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Quarter of Europeans commuting by e-bike

Posted on 5 Apr 2019

Shimano STEPS conducted a European e-bike study looking at people's willingness to commute to work by e-bike, with over 12,000 people across ten markets.

The research found that 24% of European commuters would consider switching to an e-bike. Almost half the population of the Netherlands would commute to work by e-bike, this is the highest in Europe. While 39% of people in Spain and 33% in Italy would commute to work by e-bike.

The main reasons for considering commuting by e-bike were to, keep fit (34%), to protect the environment (30%), and to save money (30%). However, people were also put off by the idea of commuting by e-bike because of, bad weather (37%), the cost of an e-bike (34%) and arriving to work sweaty (25%).

Interestingly, the research also found that people in the UK are the least likely to choose an e-bike to commute to work, with only 11% willing to consider the switch. The two largest reasons for resisting commuting by e-bike in the UK was bad weather (43%) and arriving to work sweaty (35%).

Jeroen Van Vulpen, brand manager at Shimano STEPS is confident that with the already strong cycling culture within some countries, the huge growth in the e-bike market across Europe and the likelihood of widespread adoption of e-bikes to commute to work in the future, there is a huge potential for power-assisted bicycles.

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