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29 Feb 2024

The ACT team have had a great week catching up with retailers and other industry representatives at the iceBike shows in London and Manchester this week.

27 Feb 2024

The inaugural Cycling Electric magazine Demo Day will take place on Sunday, April 28th, at the Lee Valley VeloPark in London.

27 Feb 2024

New research from the European Cyclists' Federation (ECF), a Brussels-based advocacy group, has confirmed that if a city has more bike lanes, more people will cycle. The results will give...

13 Feb 2024

2024 is well underway and we’re just around the corner from the Spring Statement and for the retail sector it’s pretty much business as usual…or is it?

13 Feb 2024

Fabian Hamilton MP, co-chair of the Walking and Cycling All-Party Parliamentary Group, has said that the Cycle to Work scheme "must be reformed".

13 Feb 2024

The British Independent Retailers Association (Bira) has called for a series of cost-saving measures in the next Budget to help boost business.

12 Feb 2024

People across England are missing out on a slew of health, wellbeing and environmental benefits due to half a century of “chronic underfunding” of its streets, according to Cycling...

12 Feb 2024

ACT member and Cytech-accredited Pauls Cycles in Dereham, Norfolk has said its electric bike sales have increased by a quarter since October, despite predictions they would drop off over...

9 Feb 2024

Guy Opperman, the Minister for Roads and Local Transport at the Department for Transport, whose focuses among other things on cycling and active travel, has attended a meeting of...

2 Feb 2024

The Department for Transport (DfT) has published new information on how to safely purchase, charge and use e-bikes and e-scooters in an effort to improve consumer safety.
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E-bikes are becoming the leading player

Posted on in Business News , Cycles News

EbikeThe e-bike has become the star player in the Netherlands.

With millions invested in improving bike paths, parking and the general cycle infrastructure, Amsterdam aims to reach the target of emission-free vehicles by 2030.

What does this mean for the cycle market in the Netherlands?

The cycle market is growing and becoming more competitive by the minute with more than one million bicycles sold for the first time in four years in 2018. The e-bike has become the biggest sector of the cycling trade with four in ten new bikes sold being electrically powered in 2018. The e-bike has also contributed to a rise in the average purchase of a new bicycle, but the cycles industry in the Netherlands still feels that there is imminent growth and room for e-bikes to develop further.

What does this mean for the global cycles market?

E-bikes were a product for elderly people just two or three years ago, but there is a space in the student and commuter market to see e-bike growth furthering and taking on another demographic.

Although there is this space within the student and commuter market for e-bikes to develop, the general retail market is still reluctant towards e-bikes. The e-bike isn't taking away from the traditional cycles industry it is just opening new doors within the retail space and the cycling industry.

Learn more about the e-bike market and how the e-bike can benefit your business here.

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