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4 Mar 2024

The British Book Awards has announced its shortlist for Independent Bookshop of the Year. 

4 Mar 2024

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.

4 Mar 2024

Research by global fintech company SumUp has revealed the best cities in the UK for independent businesses.

21 Feb 2024

The latest quarterly State of the Industry survey from the National Hair & Beauty Federation (NHBF) shows that the recovery of the sector was slow and steady through 2023 and into January...

21 Feb 2024

The UK has voted for its favourite pun-based shop name, and 'Sew It Seams' - a clothing alteration store in Belfast - has been awarded the top spot. 

21 Feb 2024

Businesses in the Devon town of Ottery St Mary have praised their local council for initiatives designed to help support them and boost trade.

19 Feb 2024

A new ranking of the most popular independent coffee shops in the world has put three UK cafes in the top 10.

19 Feb 2024

Older people could be the financial shot in the arm needed for Britain’s high street, according to research commissioned by the University of Stirling. 

8 Feb 2024

The ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has celebrated the crucial role that rural shops play in thousands of communities across the UK in its 2024 Rural Shop Report.

8 Feb 2024

New research reveals that Apple Pay and contactless payments have overtaken cash payments by a landslide as our favourite ways to pay in-store.

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E-bikes get more people out of their cars, finds US survey

Posted on in Cycles News

A new US survey carried out by the National Institute for Transportation and Communities sheds some light on how people actually use electric bikes.

The survey polled nearly 1,800 electric bike owners in North America, asking respondents why they bought e-bikes, what kind of trips they use them for, and how e-bikes compare to conventional bikes when it comes to barriers to cycling.

Some reasons given for owning an e-bike included the ability to ride more easily in a hilly area; to ride longer distances; because of a medical condition; and to just have fun. However, 28% of respondents said they bought an e-bike specifically to replace car trips.

convert to ebike infographic 

Respondents were also questioned about what stops them riding a push bike, and it seems as though a lot of the main barriers could be overcome with e-bikes, such as not being physically able to cycle, bikes being too slow, distances too far, difficult hills and not wanting to arrive at the destination sweaty.

barriers to cycling infographic 

When quizzed on their choice to buy an e-bike, the vast majority of e-bike users (93.4%) said they rode a standard bicycle as an adult before owning an e-bike. More than half of the respondents rode their traditional bike as frequently as once a week; 30.3% weekly and 25.1% daily. After the purchase of an e-bike, the proportion of respondents riding a standard bicycle weekly or daily fell considerably. However, this decrease was met with an increase in total daily and weekly cycling with more respondents frequently riding their e-bike (91.5%). Of the 6.6% of people who said they had not ridden a standard bicycle as an adult, 93.5% of them now ride weekly or daily.

 

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