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Great article....I've noticed a lot more families coming into the shop this season, buying them for everyone including their kids, this year.
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"Barely any innovation has caused such a lasting change to the world of the bicycle as the electric motor. The e-bike is racing from one sales record to the next, hardly any producer now gets by without an electric version in the range, and the pedelec, once mocked as a “senior citizen’s bike” is now enthralling every age group. But really every age group? We’ve taken a look around in the booming segment of e-MTBs for children.
From nought to one hundred in five years
E-bikes for children make up a relatively new segment, and it all started with kids’ e-MTBs. As sporting equipment for juniors, the benefits of the electric motor were immediately apparent: a chance to introduce children to sport while still young, without overexposing them to the strains of steep slopes and long climbs. The fact that a motor makes some things actually possible at all may well have motivated some parents with sporting ambitions and a passion for mountain bikes to make that extra investment rather than opt for a non-motorised MTB. Yet the e-bike for kids has been a matter of dispute from the outset. “When we were one of the first to launch a children’s e-MTB in 2015, the reactions were very mixed. In the end, however, success has proved us right”, recalls Matthias Grick from KTM Bike Industries and emphasises that full-range providers view their own selection of e-bikes for children and teenagers as complementing the non-motorised models. "
Fun stuff to see.
Excerpt...
"Barely any innovation has caused such a lasting change to the world of the bicycle as the electric motor. The e-bike is racing from one sales record to the next, hardly any producer now gets by without an electric version in the range, and the pedelec, once mocked as a “senior citizen’s bike” is now enthralling every age group. But really every age group? We’ve taken a look around in the booming segment of e-MTBs for children.
From nought to one hundred in five years
E-bikes for children make up a relatively new segment, and it all started with kids’ e-MTBs. As sporting equipment for juniors, the benefits of the electric motor were immediately apparent: a chance to introduce children to sport while still young, without overexposing them to the strains of steep slopes and long climbs. The fact that a motor makes some things actually possible at all may well have motivated some parents with sporting ambitions and a passion for mountain bikes to make that extra investment rather than opt for a non-motorised MTB. Yet the e-bike for kids has been a matter of dispute from the outset. “When we were one of the first to launch a children’s e-MTB in 2015, the reactions were very mixed. In the end, however, success has proved us right”, recalls Matthias Grick from KTM Bike Industries and emphasises that full-range providers view their own selection of e-bikes for children and teenagers as complementing the non-motorised models. "
Fun stuff to see.
