We road-test all this year’s best electric bikes, from folding Bromptons to family-friendly Raleighs and Swytchbike conversion kits. They are:
Best overall: Decathlon LD 920 E
Best value: Halfords Carrera Actuate
Best folding e-bike: Brompton Electric C-Line
Best premium e-bike: Orbea DM 20
Best Dutch-style e-bike: Volt Burlington
£3,000 is a fair whack of money, but it doesn’t necessarily translate to the créme de la créme of electric bikes. That being said, you can of course get a lot of value for that kind of money, particularly in the urban and folding categories. In fact several bikes on this list are so good that they’re already in our overall best electric bikes guide. So what do you get for your
Step-through frames are timeless. They take inspiration from Dutch-style city bikes, and provide a more upright riding position than other types of frames. This is ideal for riders who don’t perhaps want to be hunched over drop bars and racing through the city streets. For a more leisurely, comfortable ride, a step-through electric bike is ideal. If, of course, faster paced
We have already taken a brief look at the The Yamaha Booster Easy, covering its launch earlier in the year and the fact that Yamaha now has a range of e-bikes for sale in the UK, including more conventional-looking urban, gravel and e-MTB models. It was the Booster Easy that caught my eye though, as with its combination of moped styling, striking spaceframe and 4" wide tyres,