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Cycling the scenic 40km Lilydale to Warburton Rail trail through Victoria’s Yarra Valley. Photograph: Tourism East

Ebike sales are surging in Australia – and retailers are struggling to keep up.

“We’ve sold three times as many ebikes for the first months of this year than we did last year,” says Tony Morgan, manager of The Electric Bicycle Company in Melbourne. “This is absolutely in response to the fuel price spikes.”