Electric Bike Action Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

This may be the last episode of the Electric Bike Action podcast. The magazine was closed down, along with Road Bike Action and UTV Action magazines, at the end of February. That action ended the jobs of nearly a dozen people. Hi-Torque is left with four titles, Motocross Action, Dirt Bike, Dirt Wheels and Mountain Bike Action. Supposedly the websites for EBA and the others will be kept going, but time will tell if they have the resources and industry knowledge to maintain those. In the mean time, if you know of anyone looking for people with great writing and photography skills (as well as a couple of great designers), feel free to reach out to me, as I’m happy to connect people. It’s been a good run in an outstanding industry full of great people. Thank you all.

Polini is an Italian company from Bergamo in northern Italy, they produce tune-up parts for motorcycles and scooters. They also now produce e-bike motors the Polini way... In this interview, Alex speaks to Davide Burini all about the company and how their motors are unique. Their philosophy is to build motors that can be repaired for life.

Vernon Felton is a bit of a legend in the bike world. His history is illustrious working for years as a journalist at many of the major bike media outlets. I first met Vernon when he was working for Peterson publishing, I think back in the 1990s. Vernon eventually found himself working for the biggest brand names in the bicycle industry. Now as US director of bike Product Development at Canyon Bicycles. He has a unique role at one of the big and influential bicycle companies. He helps decide as part of a team. What goes on to a new product, advises on what consumers want, and also tells the engineers how the bikes ride and what needs to be done to improve them. In this episode, Alex talks with him about how Kenyan and other companies approached not just the bikes, but bikes in general, what e-bikes mean to Canyon as a brand, and what will happen with e-bikes over the next few years. Without further ado, here's Alex and Vernon rodeo.

Our guest today is Jerome Clementz. He’s been on two wheels virtually since birth, racing enduro before it was called enduro. He’s had huge wins in the Enduro World Series and downhill racing. He’s retired from racing now, and now works with Bosch to help them develop software for their e-bike systems, as well as working as the European mountain biking coordinator for Cycling Sports Group, the umbrella for Cannondale, GT, Schwinn and other brands.

My guest today is Aaron Frank, who is the Brand Director at Serial 1 Cycle company, the electric bicycle company borne of Harley-Davidson. They’re an interesting company, they act as a startup, but have access to all of Harley-Davidson’s engineers and assets. I’ve had the pleasure of riding several of their bikes over the past couple of years, including their new hardtail mountain bike launched this year. They’ve given some electric bikes to the local police department, something near and dear to my heart, so I wanted to talk to Aaron about it, and about what’s coming next from Serial 1.

We talk to Specialized's Jan Talavasek, Senior Director  Of Turbo Innovation about ebikes, why Specialized made what they did and changed the whole market, plus what's coming next... Read the news! https://electricbikeaction.com/eba-podcast-specializeds-jan-talavasek-senior-director-of-turbo-innovation This is an audio podcast with a video stream attached for those who prefer the Youtube podcast experience. Find us on Spotify or Apple Itunes. https://open.spotify.com/show/4yKLJLtNepGumjgezhwCKm?si=6067cfc511cf4d0d #specialized #Ride #emtb #Turbo #Levo

Alex interviews Bosch E-bike CEO Claus Fleischer, they talk about Claus’ passion for cycling, how Bosch got started in e-bikes, and the all new Bosch Performance Line CX Race Limited Edition motor. You can also check out the video on our YouTube channel.

This time, the interview is conducted by our new Editor-at-large, Alex Boyce. He’s talking with James McKnight, former Dirt magazine editor and now producer of mountain bike yearbooks that feature photography from the best mountain bike photographers in the world. His name is James McKnight. You can check those out at misspentsummers.com. They talk about burning questions like whether e-bike racing will ever catch on. It’s a fun chat between friends about e-bikes. Without further ado, here’s Alex and James.

Exciting news with this episode! My guest is someone I’ve had on before, long-time contrributor Alex Boyce. The difference is that he’s now joining the staff of EBA full-time. Our learned, experienced European correspondent is going to be bringing his knowledge and skill to Electric Bike Action, adding to our content across all channels. We dig deep into where we’re going with all of this, so let’s get to it!

My guest on this episode is Larry Pizzi. Larry is the person I turn to when I have any questions about the e-bike industry. I don’t know of anyone more knowledgeable about it. Larry’s not only been involved since the early 2000s with Currie Technologies, one of the oldest e-bike companies in America, but he’s a director on the board of People For Bikes, chair of their e-bike subcommittee, and Vice President of the World Bicycle Industry Association. His involvement with bicycles is immense, and he has been instrumental in helping get the 3-class electric bicycle legislation passed in 39 U.S. states, so far. That’s over ¾ of the states so far. We get into the weeds about the e-bike bill, battery recycling programs, and how you can get more action out of your political leaders. It’s a big interview, so without further ado, here’s Larry!