Clients buy electric bikes for all kind of reasons and trying before they buy is crucial in this decision. We want to take the guess work out of that decision, and then offer reliable after sales care through reputable suppliers. People say they have an electric bike/bicycle/ebike or some say they have a pedelec or an EAPC [electrically assisted pedal cycle]. So what have they got – is an ebike the same as an electric bike, and a pedelec and an EAPC? Well, all those terms refer to any bike that’s powered by an electric motor, whether it uses pedals to help propel the bike or not. In the UK the correct term for electric bicycles that are legal on our roads is pedelec – in Europe it’s EPAC. Well strictly speaking it’s a bike with an electric motor that will assist the rider in pedalling. A pedelec is a standard pedal cycle with several electronic components – a handle bar display, a controller, a battery, a sensor, a motor.
