All posts by Eric Hicks

Eric has been involved in the electric bike industry since 2002 when he started a 6000 square foot brick and mortar Electric Bike store in downtown San Francisco. He is a true believer that small electric vehicles can change the way we operate and the way we think.

Fast Ebike Podcast #3 DIY ebike building an...

May 31, 20191 Comment

our 3rd podcast brings us face to face with one of our favorite builders and a major inspiration to build fusion batteries and the wolf

Fast Ebike Podcast #2 – The Sur Ron E...

May 31, 2019No Comments

Electricbike.com continued our recent podcast series with podcast #2 with special guest Mark Kitaoka founder of the Sur Ron Owners group on Facebook and Matt

Sur-Ron Spring Upgrades and Updates

May 16, 20194 Comments

Last spring the Sur-Ron exploded onto the scene as one of the hottest ebike products the electric bike community had ever seen. It is fast,

Luna Announces the Wolf V2 Naked Pack

Mar 17, 20191 Comment

Luna is trying to release a new product a day for the month of March as part of their March Madness celebration.  Stay tuned to

Build a Great-Looking Ebike Battery Box for...

Oct 22, 201714 Comments

by Patrick M. They say necessity is the Mother of Invention. That was certainly the case when I decided to build my own hard battery

Build Report:  Cannondale Hooligan with BB...

Jul 16, 2017No Comments

I am Eric and I am the editor of electricbike.com. For the last few years I have been fairly silent and have not contributed content

Tangent Ascent 6000 watt Review- The Ultima...

May 17, 201718 Comments

Editor note:  There are a lot of exciting mid drives on the market…and some of us are ballsy enough to ride them and write about

10 Most Influential People of the E-bike Re...

Feb 17, 201723 Comments

Editor Note: This list  excludes anyone who owns an ebike company and makes a living off of Ebikes. Nobody wants to pick the top 10

Doped Bikes and how E-bikes have turned Bic...

Jan 31, 20174 Comments

If you have not seen this video you should drop everything and watch it. It is the most astonishing ebike news I have ever seen

Vivax Assist – Doped Electric Bike

Jan 25, 20179 Comments

Please read this recent story about a groundbreaking CBS 60 minutes episode where rampant use of electric motors in sanctioned bike races was exposed. To