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The e-bike revolution has built momentum over the past few years, and what was once a rare sight on the roads and cycleways of Europe is now becoming more and more common as e-bike attitudes and awareness shifts. A new pan-European report of over 13,000 people from 11 countries for SHIMANO shows an impressive headline; a quarter of Europeans (24%) already own an e-bike or are likely to buy or use an e-bike more this year than last year.
This statistic comes from the SHIMANO STEPS E-bike Index 2020 which aims to compare attitudes towards e-bikes across major European countries and explore people’s motivations or hesitations towards using e-bikes for commuting, leisure and transportation.
The findings show many fascinating figures. For example:
Above all this report shows that, as the world comes out of a health crisis we can expect to see more e-bikes on our streets as people in Europe look for more sustainable and active ways of travelling and ways to increase their increase physical activity and mental health.