It's not surprising that sales of e-bikes are taking off. The bikes, which are equipped with electric motors that make pedaling easier or even unnecessary, have become a convenient, easy-to-use, ...

When I was a 14-year-old without a driver’s license, I bought a minty Honda Elite 50 for $500. A close friend also had an Elite, and another buddy had a Yamaha Vino. We rode rampant all over our small ...

BELMONT, Wis. (AP) — Jeff Adams is trying to build a better bicycle. Only the design the professional machinist has been tinkering on in his spare time has a four-stroke, 49 cubic centimeter gasoline ...

There’s nothing revolutionary about electric bikes. Ogden Bolton Jr. was awarded the first US patent for one in 1895. His battery-powered bicycle featured a hub motor mounted inside the rear wheel, ...