In the July school holidays my in-laws took the whānau do Tūrangi for 4 nights. Their rental car had room for 5 out of 6 of us. And I had to be back at EBT for the Saturday shift. And the bus to Tūrangi is a double decker service that doesn’t take bikes, even when…
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The short story? Our first team outing with a canine crew member (Koki the staffy). And thanks to the new Hunua traverse link from Clevedon to Kaiaua, a trip away right on our doorstep. We hired a van, added 5 e-bikes, a trailer, 5 humans and a dog and drove to Clevedon. 3 of us…
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EBT has a regular email newsletter. You can sign up by scrolling down to the bottom of any page on our website and putting in your email address. The EBT “monthly” newsletter is back!I’m guilty of a long break between newsletters. Consequently, this one will be brimming with stories!Sinch bikes founders at EBT Wednesday from…
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Next stop – EBT! – Karanga-a-Hape train station to open in 2026 Competing with our shop fit-out for longevity, the new train station build across the road is coming along nicely. I was beside myself with excitement on a tour of the station construction (Thanks KBA!) some 40m below ground level. The very high level…
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Did we sell you a Magnum e-bike? We’re pre-empting a trade-in offer to you, due to spare parts availability getting tighter This being my 15th year of selling e-bikes, there’s one unavoidable fact – the more time that passes since a bike was ‘current’, the harder it is to get parts. In this respect, Magnum…
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First hand guide to travelling Aotearoa with bikes and buses
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Staff of the University of Auckland have access to benefits when purchasing electric bicycles from the Electric Bike Team. We are offering $300 off our range of eZee electric bicycles and $150 off all other electric bicycles in our vast range in store. To take advantage of this offer, simply visit or get in touch…
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You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone, as the saying goes. That’s certainly been the case for us moving from Sydney to Aotearoa and finding that there’s almost no train services with which to combine bike travels. NSW is not exactly a world leader for interregional public transport, but the options for bike…
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Presenting “Cargo Bike World” – cargo bikes hand made in Christchurch by Pete Thornton! Launching at the Electric Bike Team at 29 East Street Auckland at 5pm, Saturday February 10th. A culmination of decades of bicycle industry experience, Pete is bringing his creations to the world. Beautiful cargo bikes built to last – repairable, practical…
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After completing this trip, my mum reminded me of something I’d forgotten. When we moved to Auckland from Sydney in 2015, I’d told her that I aimed to do two things that were relevant to our new home: learn te reo Māori and learn to sail. Well, one of those two things had been working…
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