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S O L A R B I K E - autonomous transport design
Posted on May 26 2019
The world’s most efficient people mover roams the inner city streets of Sydney daily. Here is the creation story of the solar powered electric box bike Cargo bike...
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S O L A R B I K E - autonomous transport design
Posted on May 26 2019
The world’s most efficient people mover roams the inner city streets of Sydney daily. Here is the creation story of the solar powered electric box bike Cargo bike...
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Battery Safety
Posted on April 08 2019
Liability Disclaimer The information included here was created with forethought and care. However, we can not guarantee that all information within this post is completely accurate or error free. No liability can be accepted...
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International Battery Recall on eZee Batteries purchased April 2016 - December 2017
Posted on March 29 2019
eZee has internationally recalled a series of batteries after a serious incident. We have already contacted all customers with known serial numbers but we are asking all customers to...
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Some GLOW WORM History
Posted on June 20 2018
The Store Glow Worm Bicycles opened its doors in Marrickville, Sydney’s inner west in 2009, making it one of the first retail electric bicycle stores in Sydney and is now open for...
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LATEST E-BIKE OWNERS & 14 Day Challengers
Posted on June 07 2018
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The life of a courtesy electric bicycle at Glow Worm
Posted on August 14 2016
Did you know that we have courtesy electric bicycles for you to use while we're fixing your e-bike? And if you bought your e-bike from us, it's absolutely free! After...
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Sale and Party Aug 19-21! Celebrate Ali's new baby, Sam's e-bike epic, Maurice's visit and up to $500 off e-bikes!
Posted on August 04 2016
$500 off Kalkhoff and Gazelle electric bicyces!ex-demo and used e-bikes from $899!But 3 get 1 free Microscooters!Half price Dutch Basil bags and baskets!15% off touring gear (Ortlieb, Schwalbe and more)Nutcase...
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What's best, front hub motor, mid-drive motor or rear hub motor?
Posted on May 30 2016
Where's the best place for the motor on an e-bike? With more and more electric bicycles on the market in Australia, we're seeing more examples of the various places a...
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Product Reviews now active and another happy eZee Expedir family
Posted on April 18 2016
You can now review our exciting products! Simply find the product you want and scroll down to below the description and click the 'write a review' link. Greta, formerly of Melbourne...
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Bicycle Battery Light Amnesty - Trade in for a Hub Dynamo lighting system!
Posted on March 24 2016
We will buy back your battery lights and set you up with a hub dynamo system! Tired of having to remove your bicycle lights from your bike each ride? Even...
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NSW anti-cycling laws start today, March 1
Posted on March 01 2016
New anti-cycling laws in NSW There's been a lot of news coverage about new anti-cycling laws in NSW lately. So what are the new laws all about? - From March...
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Choosing a Battery for your Electric Bicycle
Posted on January 29 2016
Introduction A recent survey of over 20,000 electric bicycle owners in the Netherlands found that a full 25% were dissatisfied with their battery! The reasons were many and the brand-breakdown is...
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Special Offer on micro® scooters Kids and Adults Scooters! Buy 3 scooters get 1 free!
Posted on November 12 2015
Save big on Christmas presents this year with a great special on micro® scooters. It's pretty simple and applies to the whole range of scooters, kids and adults. Buy 3 of...
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Tim walked from Vic to Cape York, now leisurely riding home!
Posted on October 01 2015
Welcome home Tim! Well, almost... Beloved Glow Worm Tim Shmigel left in March for a walk across Australia to raise awareness and money for Lifeline (donate here). He made it to...
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Summer Party! Two days of fun and bargains, October 17-18
Posted on September 15 2015
Summer's nearly here! And that means a whole bag of excitement for Glow Worm Bicycles. We'll be celebrating a lot in this our 5th summer at Marrickville!- The return of...
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14 Day Electric Bike Challenge!
Posted on September 15 2015
The 14 Day Electric Bike Challenge! When we started in 2010, most people didn't know what an electric bicycle was. While this has certainly changed, it's still the case that...
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Hydraulic Disc Brakes, Rim Brakes and Mechanical Brakes on electric and city bicycles
Posted on September 04 2015
Hydraulic brakes on electric bicycles Are you riding a bicycle with mechanical disc brakes? We can upgrade these to hydraulic for you. Simply email us your bike model and we...
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Newtown High Students Take Line Honours at the Hunter Electric Vehicle Festival with an eZee conversion kit!
Posted on September 01 2015
Congratulations to (Glow Worm's own) Broughton Caley, Taku Rogers, Abe Benson and John Caley who took out this year's Electric Vehicle (EV) Prize in Newcastle on their first attempt! In...
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Farewell party for Maurice and June 30 Stocktake Sale!
Posted on June 08 2015
Come celebrate a new chapter in the life of Glow Worm Bicycles and for Maurice and family. Dr Kaitlin has been drafted to the University of Auckland and is taking...
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Glow Worm Bicycles is hiring!
Posted on May 26 2015
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Canberra to Melbourne electric bike ride
Posted on May 05 2015
Canberra to Melbourne electric bike ride Posted by Maurice - 4 years 35 weeks ago Recently the Glow Worm crew decided to put our electric bicycles to the test and...
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Ebike conversion kits and converting your bicycle
Posted on May 05 2015
Ebike conversion kits and converting your bicycle Posted by Maurice - 4 years 29 weeks ago "Can you retrofit an ordinary bicycle to become electric?" That's a question we hear...
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Cheap Electric Bicycles
Posted on May 05 2015
Cheap Electric Bicycles Posted by Maurice - 4 years 16 weeks ago This is a post about the low quality electric bicycles that seem to represent most of the market...
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E-bike ride up Mount Wellington in Hobart, Tasmania
Posted on May 05 2015
E-bike ride up Mount Wellington in Hobart, Tasmania Posted by Maurice - 4 years 13 weeks ago Hobart is known to be a hilly city, which puts cycling beyond the...
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No more flat tyres - guaranteed!
Posted on May 05 2015
No more flat tyres - guaranteed! Tragic followers of our blog on e-bikes and bicycles may recall a previous story about punctures in bike tyres and how we should be...
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Tasmanian central plateau e-bike tour (now with Video!)
Posted on May 05 2015
Tasmanian central plateau e-bike tour **Breaking News - Adventure Seekers is now offering fully catered electric bike tours of Tasmania on eZeebikes!** Maurice and Kaitlin, glowworm staff, put their motors...
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Car-free survival in Canberra - part two
Posted on May 05 2015
Car-free survival in Canberra - part two Posted by Jeremy - 3 years 4 weeks ago Here's a better photo of the bike. The 20" (BMX sized) wheels keep the...
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Electric Bicycles in the Sydney Morning Herald
Posted on May 05 2015
Electric Bicycles in the Sydney Morning Herald Posted by Maurice - 4 years 5 weeks ago Electric bicycles took page 3 in the Saturday SMH paper a couple weeks ago....
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Converting your bicycle to a more comfortable sit-up position
Posted on May 05 2015
Converting your bicycle to a more comfortable sit-up position Posted by Maurice - 4 years 5 weeks ago It's a fairly common occurrence in our bike shop that someone asks...
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Electric bike adventures in Nepal
Posted on May 05 2015
Electric bike adventures in Nepal Posted by Jeremy - 3 years 41 weeks ago In May this year, our e-bike dealer in Pyrmont, Jake Southall of Sydney Electric Bicycles invited...
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Electric bike reviews - long term reviews
Posted on May 05 2015
Electric bike reviews - long term reviews Posted by Maurice - 2 years 44 weeks ago We're starting a collection of e-bike user reviews who have been using their electric...
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Long term electric bike review - Alpino 706
Posted on May 05 2015
Long term electric bike review - Alpino 706 Posted by Maurice - 2 years 43 weeks ago We've starting a collection of e-bike user reviews who have been using...
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Cape York to Sydney electric bicycle ride!
Posted on May 05 2015
Cape York to Sydney electric bicycle ride! Sydney is doing its best impression of winter and our response is to go on another classic eZee electric bicycle epic ride, from...
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Canberra by Electric Bicycle - Video!
Posted on May 05 2015
Canberra by Electric Bicycle - Video! Posted by Maurice - 2 years 30 weeks ago https://vimeo.com/44721096 Canberra by e-bike from Aiko Mineishi on Vimeo. It's well known that Canberra is...
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Electric Bicycle Review - Peter and Phaedra's eZee Cadence in Marrickville
Posted on May 05 2015
Electric Bicycle Review - Peter and Phaedra's eZee Cadence in Marrickville Posted by Maurice - 2 years 28 weeks ago This is the next review in our electric bicycle long...
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E-bike buyers' guide by Bicycles Network Australia and the "Expert Round Table"
Posted on May 05 2015
E-bike buyers' guide by Bicycles Network Australia and the "Expert Round Table" Posted by Maurice - 1 year 48 weeks ago Bicycles Network Australia has created an e-bike buyers' guide...
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Electric conversion of a bakfiets cargo bike and preaching to the unconverted
Posted on May 05 2015
Two years after our blog post about pros and cons of electric conversions vs buying an all out electric bicycle, converting bicycles to electric continues to fascinate a certain segment...
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Perth to Sydney e-bike ride crosses Nullarbor Plain
Posted on May 05 2015
Perth to Sydney e-bike ride crosses Nullarbor Plain Posted by Maurice - 1 year 35 weeks ago Last week we became probably the first electric bicycles to cross the Nullarbor...
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Baby Sale! A celebration of family cycling Oct 18-19, 2014
Posted on May 05 2015
Baby Sale! A celebration of family cycling Oct 18-19 Posted by Maurice - 32 weeks 2 days ago Glow Worm Bicycles welcomes Oskar, the newest addition to its family, with...
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eZee Expedir electric cargo bike review
Posted on May 05 2015
One of our local customers expressed interest in borrowing the new eZee Expedir for the purposes of a review - partly to figure out if it would work for her...
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