Retro-fit electric bicycle wheels

Retro-fit electric bicycle wheels promise twice the practicality and half the price of a conventional e-bike.

Retro-fit electric bicycle wheels

There is much talk about battery-powered cars, but electric bicycles are already being bought around the world in their hundreds of thousands. And while it’s easy for cyclists to scoff at electric bicycles as expensive and superfluous, they make sense for those unable or unwilling to ride a conventional bike. And if the electicity used to charge them is from a renewable source, they are a sustainable mode of transport.

Retro-fit electric bicycle wheels that can be attached to most bicycles promises to have a broader appeal. By using a design like the £600 Omni Wheel or Copenhagen Wheel, almost any bicycle can be transformed into an electrically-assisted bike capable of covering up to 40 miles at 20 mph.

Retro-fit electric bicycle wheels mean you can keep your own bike and they are quick and easy to fit and remove.

The Copenhagen Wheel is so named because it aims to help Copenhagen achieve its goal of becoming the world’s first carbon-neutral capital by 2025.

The wheel was developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and features a long list of features.

Fully loaded

As well as an electric motor and batteries, the wheel houses a 3-speed internal hub gear, a torque sensor, a GPS unit and a sensor kit that monitors noise, pollution, relative humidity and temperature. All the data is collected and accessed via an i-phone application.

One simple policy

For over 24 years we’ve been providing straightforward, affordable bicycle insurance. Whether you use your bike to commute, shop, race or amble in the park, ETA cycle insurance has you covered. Electric bicycles up to 250W are covered as standard.Many cycle insurers offer very limited cover, charging extra for features we believe should come as standard – such as third party cover, personal accident or extension of your cover to family and friends. ETA cycle insurance provides one fully-comprehensive package for total peace of mind, whatever your cycling needs.

Theft, accidental damage and vandalism
New-for-old replacement – no devaluation
£5m third party cover on any bike
£20k personal accident cover on any bike
Family and friends covered

Worldwide cover for cycle touring
Cycle Breakdown cover – including punctures
Replacement cycle hire
Free legal advice
Race events and triathlons covered

Find out more about what’s covered in our cycle insurance

Comments

Matt
February 15th, 2015 1:01pm Reply

Don’t encourage irresponsible use of illegal levels of electric assist. I am not against legal electric bikes but the Omni Wheel as described in this video is illegal in UK and I think in most of Europe. It says it supports speeds of 20mph while in the uk legislation an bike is limited to assistance up to 15mph and in most of europe limited to 25 kph (aprox 15.5 mph). In some countries in Europe it would be legal if registered and taxed as effectively a moped.