Unbiased, In-Depth Analysis of the Best Electric Bikes
Gocycle is the brainchild of Richard Thorpe, a design engineer with a 25- year career working in the motorsports and light electric vehicle industry. With his experience in designing lightweight racing car components and enthusiasm for innovative engineering excellence, Richard believed that an e-bike should be elegant, desirable, a joy to live with and fun. Inspired by F1 high-performance and design, Gocycle is the first injection-molded magnesium alloy bicycle in history. The company behind Gocycle was founded is Karbon Kinetics Limited (KKL) and was founded in 2002 with a mission to develop the world’s most innovative and technologically advanced electric bicycle. After an extensive and in-depth product development process, the Gocycle G1 was first made available to the public in April 2009. The second-generation Gocycle G2 was launched in 2012 in Europe and became available for sale in the USA in October 2014.
This review was provided for free using a demo bike and accessories. My goal is to be transparent and unbiased with you, this video and writeup are not meant to be an endorsement of Gocycle products. I welcome your corrections, additions, and feedback in the comments below, and the Gocycle electric bike forums. Observations: This […]
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Gocycle, or Karbon Kinetics Limited, was created by a former McLaren automotive design engineer named Richard Thorpe in 2002 with the mission “develop the world’s most innovate and technologically advanced electric bicycle” which sounds pretty ambitious to me… and expensive. The G3 is Richard’s third-generation product with refinements to the control interface, a brand new […]
The Gocycle is an extremely high quality, compact, folding electric bike. Instead of aluminum, the frame and rear swing arm are made from injection molded Magnesium which is extremely strong but also light weight. The body of the bike is hollow and this is where the controller, battery and wires are stowed creating a very […]
