The Best Electric Bike For Every Type of Rider, Plus Price
In the first year of the pandemic, electric bikes were part of a US boom in outdoor goods: Americans bought fire pits, coolers, camper vans, chicken coops and just about anything else that would help them to pass the time in open air. But when life started returning to normal, so too did most of the outdoor industry — except demand for e-bikes continued to climb.
According to data from NPD Group, which tracks sales at bike shops, outdoor stores and other retailers, the US e-bike market more than doubled between 2019 and 2020, and grew by another 40% the following year. In the first nine months of 2022, e-bike sales were up 16% over the same period last year as Americans continued to discover what riders in Europe and Asia have long known: E-bikes are not just for breezy weekend rides. From commutes to grocery-store runs to school drop-offs, they're great for a variety of everyday short trips that might otherwise be taken in a car. E-bikes get the job done — and make it feel like recreation.
“E-bikes are going to change the world, and they already are,” says Ryan Johnson, co-founder and CEO of the car-free housing development Culdesac Tempe. Johnson is to e-bikes what Jay Leno is to classic cars: He owns more than 70. He keeps much of this “bike library,” as he calls it, parked at the Culdesac offices in suburban Phoenix for easy lending to employees and friends.
With that expertise in mind, we asked Johnson to be a guest expert for the first Bloomberg Green e-bike buying guide. Below are 16 great car replacers, selected by Johnson and sorted by user types. For each we've included specs on price, weight, estimated range, top assist speed (i.e. speed at which the motor quits helping), throttle (which allows for a boost of
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