You might not have noticed, but sales of e-bikes - bicycles which offer electric motor assistance when you’re pedalling - have sky-rocketed.
In 2021, according to Mintel, just nine per cent of UK cyclists owned one, but that figure jumped to 14 per cent - one in seven - this May. Accounting for a quarter of spend on bikes, sales of e-bikes reached an estimated £315 million in 2021, up from £275 million in 2020.
