It’s a cloudless sunny morning in London’s Hyde Park and I’m on the Cowboy 4, which we declared one of our best electric bikes ever when it launched back in 2021. It’s gotten even better this year thanks to a comprehensive software update, which has made me totally rethink the future of powered vehicles.
I put a tad more juice into the pedals and the bike responded remarkably quickly, zipping along at pace and immediately taking the load from my legs. I only had to put slightly more effort into a single rotation of the pedals before the bike anticipated my needs and adjusted its power to compensate. The end result is a remarkably easy ride, and I quietly marvelled at how little effort I was putting in without the aid of settings, gears or a handlebar-mounted motorbike-style throttle.
