Launch of the 2017 North American e-bike survey!

[Ken S]

Portland State University is excited to partner with PeopleForBikes and the Bicycle Product Suppliers Association (BPSA) to conduct a survey of e-bike users in North America. The survey looks to understand why people purchased their e-bike and how they use them in their lives. Additionally, we will be asking questions around safety and benefits to using their e-bikes.



To make this a successful project, we need your help to get the word out about the survey and encourage e-bike riders to participate. I am hoping with your help we can get a larger number of e-bike owners to participate so we will have comprehensive geographic data.



We are hoping you will distribute the online survey link through your network of customers and dealers, and your company's blogs, forums, Facebook pages, Twitter accounts, and other marketing channels.



The survey will be open for two months from April 23th 2017 to June 23th, 2017.

Do you own an electric bicycle? We are partnering with researchers at Portland State University to learn more about why you decided to purchase an e-bike and how you use it. Take the survey and enter a drawing for chance to win one of 10 $50 Visa gift cards: https://tinyurl.com/ebikestudy



Twitter:

Do you own an e-bike? Take this survey for a chance to win one of 10 $50 Visa gift cards: https://tinyurl.com/ebikestudy #ebike



Take this survey and help us understand e-bike use in North America: https://tinyurl.com/ebikestudy #ebike

 

[Dewey]

Ken, you might like to post a link to the survey on https://www.reddit.com/r/ebikes/ although because it is an international forum you will get responses from outside North America. Also you might like to advertize on some of the regional bicycle forums and blogs e.g. in the DC area http://bikearlingtonforum.com and on some of the links and other locations listed down the left side of the blog http://washcycle.typepad.com/

 

[Ken S]

Thanks Dewey.

I will leave further "spread" of this e-bike only survey to the folks at PSU. Adding to this forum should get things out a bit more.

 

[Franklo]

took the survey. seems very thorough.

 

[Al P]

I also took the survey and totally agree with Franklo.

 

[Over50]

I also took the survey and totally agree with Franklo.

I took it too ... it was designed by someone who knew what they were doing (relative to e-bikes).

 

[Pragmatic]

The final report (based upon the above 2017 surveys) is an interesting, recommended, read for Situational Awareness.

It was released in March 2018 and available at this link:

https://peopleforbikes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/NITC_1041_North_American_Survey_Electric_Bicycle_Owners_1h70rdN.pdf