Switching to an electric bicycle is already a big step in reducing your commute’s carbon footprint. But buying one that’s made with plant fibers is taking sustainability even more seriously.

Using a sustainable, plant-based material that is extremely light but has the same strength as carbon fiber, Hummingbird Flax claims to be the world’s lightest electric folding bicycle, as well as the ...

Power-to-weight ratio is a measure we're used to hearing in conversations about ultra-powerful supercars subjected to lightweighting programs, but British e-bike manufacturer Prodrive brings it to a ...

Hummingbird doesn’t see any reason why e-bikes have to be so heavy. The UK-based manufacturer has just launched a new battery-powered, folding model called the Flax, which features a unique frame made ...

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The triple whammy of road congestion, pollution and public transport price hikes is enough to make even the most exercise-averse commuter saddle up and cycle to work. For longer distances, however, ...