Tips on Keeping Your Electric Bike Safe & Secure

Here's another great article by ebike report on how to keep your electric bike safe and secure:

You may have selected a good lock from the electric bike locks article but there are some other electric bike safety techniques that can further help you protect your investment.  By practicing these simple habits you can rest easier knowing your e-bike is that much safer.

Let’s get into the tips!

Park your electric bike in a public place. 

Thieves are less likely to try to steal your bike in a public place.  It is harder for them to break the lock when there are a bunch of people around.  Try not to leave your electric bike locked up somewhere overnight.

Find secure things to lock your e-bike to. 

Here are some ideas:

• Bike parking area that is solidly attached to concrete.
• A tree or street sign or street light.  Make sure your bike can’t be lifted over the tree, sign or light.  Avoid parking meters for this reason!
• A solid fence, not chain link because a thief could easily cut the chain link.
• A hand rail that is solidly attached to a wall or sidewalk.

A note about parking your bike in a high traffic areas;

try to be respectful of where you park your bike.  Some areas may not work because it will cause to much congestion where people are walking by.  This can be especially true if you are locking up multiple bikes.

Lock your helmet to your bike. 

If you are in a high theft area you may want to route your bike cable through the vents in your helmet.  Routing the cable through the helmet straps also works and I personally have never had a helmet stolen.  In reality I am not sure how many people really want a used helmet 

How do you carry your lock and accessories? 

Some locks come with attachments that allow you to carry the lock on the frame of the bike.  You may find it convenient to use a messenger bag, back pack or bag that fits on a bike rack to carry your lock and accessories (lights, display, jacket, pump, tools, keys, wallet, etc.)

A strong bike lock at work and a lighter lock for errands. 

A good rule of thumb is to use a strong lock when you are leaving your bike somewhere for extended periods of time (at work) and a lighter duty lock for short periods of time (errands).  Imagine how much time it would take a thief to break your lock and you can see why a light duty lock can work for errands.  You could keep your heavy duty lock at work all the time and carry the light duty with you.

When at home keep your bike out of site. 

Keep your bike in your garage, shed, inside your house, under a tarp, etc.  Thieves will spend time scoping out a neighborhood before they make their move.  Don’t let them see your e-bike!

Register your bike with one or all of these organizations.

Bike Shepard: Register your bike and get a badge that is attached to your bike with a QR code for scanning with a smartphone.

International Bike Registry.

National Bike Registry

Stolen Bicycle Registry: For when your e-bike is stolen 

Check out the next article for some tips on how to recover a stolen electric bike.

Do you have any questions about these tips?  Do you have any tips to add?  Please leave your comments and questions below.

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Safety Tips for ebike Riders

One of the most important things about electric bikes is often times neglected, that is your safety. As e-Bann we’d like to warn and inform everyone who owns an ebike or planning to get an ebike with the following safety tips:

• Riders AgeWe strongly recommend our riders to be at least 16 years old. Many countries and states have this law but sadly as us manufacturers work on the design to make these vehicles look more like regular bicycles, it is difficult for law enforcers to make differ an ebike from a regular bicycle.
  
• Rules
  Don’t forget that you’re subject to the same rights and duties as the driver of a motor vehicle, such as obeying all traffic lights and control devices
  
  
  
  
  
• Speed LimitsPlease do not forget that speed limits are determined by your government for a reason. Please do not try alter the speed limits set by your manufacturer. Don’t forget that no matter how careful you ride your ebike, that car passing you might not be as careful as you are…
  
• Lights:
  At night time please turn on your headlights and tail lights (if your ebike is equipped with one). Turning on your lights may not increase your vision a lot, but it helps you to be visible on the road. We as e-Bannespecially made light sensors a standard in all of our models. Even if you forget to turn on your lights, your e-Bann will turn headlight, taillight and screen backlight will turn on automatically when necessary.
  
• Helmet:
  
  
  We cannot express this enough. Even tho wearing a helmet is now forced by law in your country/state, please get one and actually use it. We strongly recommend all of our dealers to sell helmets to their clients with ebikes.
  We learned it the hard way. Ok, helmet might mess up your hair, but you should decide in between messy hair or a messed up life…
  There are lots of nice and fashionable helmet models available in the market. If you need any recommendations, please do not hesitate to contact us. We’d be more than happy to assist you.
  
• Car Doors:
  Be prepared for anything while cycling. Watch out for the unexpected, like sudden opening of car doors. We are not kidding, it happens more often than you think.
  
• Bicycle Clips:
  If you’re planning to pedal your ebike, use bicycle clips if you are wearing loose fitting trousers. It is important to keep loose fitting clothes away from the bicycle chain at all times. If your cloth gets stuck in the moving part you could easily end up in an accident.
  
• Always Rear Brakes First:
  Do not apply front breaks first as this will cause you to topple. It is always better to apply the rear brakes first. Once your bicycle has slowed down considerable you can apply the front brakes.
  
• Last Note:
  ENJOY YOUR RIDE!

Commute with an ebike!

After a long day at the office, wouldn't you want to have a relaxing commute back home instead of commuting in crammed subways or being stuck in traffic for hours?

This video shows, how your life can be every day after work!

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This is how your morning commute to work should be!

The top 10 reasons to buy an electric bike

We've found a great blog post the other day, thought it's worth sharing.

"I've made up my mind to do my bit for the environment. After doing my research I went out and splashed out on a beautiful electric bicycle. It's a nice shiny piece of machinery that not only does the job, it looks great too. While I bought the bike mainly to help me reduce my carbon footprint, I've since found many more good reasons to have one. Here are 10 of the top reasons I could think of - I would be interested in hearing others you may come up with!"

 

 

1. REDUCE YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT AND DO SOMETHING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT:
   
   Yes this is the one that started it all, which is why I've called it number one. What I am trying to do is to try and use the car a little less and enjoy the bike a little more. As someone who has been driving a car for over twenty years the habit is a little hard to break, so if you are like me don't try to boil the ocean in one go. Start small.
   
   "Fifty per cent of all car journeys are of less than five kilometres' duration, which means that there is considerable potential for at least some of those journeys to be made safely and in a much healthier way by bike."
   
   Think of all those small trips that you do on a daily basis. Like down to the newsagent to get a paper. Or a quick trip to the video store, or to the corner shop to get a loaf of bread? I'm getting into the habit of using the bike for these little trips and keeping the car in the garage. I've also found that I'm enjoying riding the bike. I may not be a great cyclist like Cadel Evans but I can now ride up hills as confidently as he can. The rush of wind in my face reminds me of when I was thirteen and did a chemist delivery run on my bike - so that I could save up for a car would you believe?
   
   Have you noticed how many bicycle lanes and cycleways there are nowadays? Before long there will be a lot more of us cruising to work carbon-less. One of the main reasons people don't ride to work is that they need to get changed when they get there. There are some who argue that riding an electric bike means that you can suit up and not get sweaty (see Suitable Transport), what do you think?
   If you are interested in a completely Carbon Free transport solution, why not charge your electric bike with Green Energy (either wind or hydro generated) or a Solar Panel?
   
   Hey it looks like someone's now invented a hydrogen bike: Hydrogen Powered Bike
   
   Renew magazine has just published an Electric Bike Buyer's guide: Electric Bike Buyer's Guide
   
   A BEAUTIFUL COMMUTE TO WORK: WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO DRIVE A CAR TO WORK?
   
   This is a beautiful video of a bike commute to work in Sydney. Compare this to sitting in a traffic jam or huddling with hundreds of people on a train or bus and it's a no brainer that communities will benefit from more bike commuters and better infrastructure to cater for them.
   
   
   

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Best Bike Storage Solution

The train station in the Swiss city of Chur should serve as an example to others.

Authorities teamed up with the cyclists’ association Pro Velo Grison to construct a new integrated “Velostation” underneath the main station.

The park is reached from the platforms by gliding down a ramp into a spacious facility, accommodating unto 270 bicycles.

Zen is hybrid of a mountain bike and a road bike with an electric motor.

As you can infer from the name, Zen embodies a simple design with great functionality.

As the name also implies, form and function are combined to provide a cool looking electric bike - one that is comfortable to ride to work, run errands, get exercise, or just have fun!

This model blends fashionable style with high quality electric components to carry you quickly and easily to wherever you want to go.

It’s unique motor runs silently, which ensures a smooth and enjoyable ride everyday!

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