Inaugural electric bike expo in Auckland

One of the first New Zealand shows dedicated just to electric bikes, the eBike Expo, will be held in Auckland on November 10 and 11.

About 2000 visitors over the two days are expected at The Cloud on Queens Wharf by organiser Icon Conference and Event Management, such are e-bikes’ popularity.

The expo will bring retailers, distributors and infrastructure enablers together, allowing people the opportunity to connect with all the experts in one place.

Other activities include free learn-to-ride lessons inside The Cloud, guided e-bike tours of the city’s cycleway loop with Electric Meg, and a Share the Road Truck Blind Zone demonstration on November 11 to demonstrate how riders can avoid vehicle blind spots.

Riding an electric bike advertising the expo is almost a daily event around the inner city for eBike Expo project manager Mary-anne Stuart-William. An e-bike fan, she uses it to commute and to visit family, seeing for herself just how popular e-bikes are becoming on the city’s cycleways.

Electric bikes are the fastest growing category in cycling hardware, and new cycleways have encouraged commuters to try alternative transport options, leading to huge interest in e-bikes, Icon Conference and Event Management says.

Auckland Transport and Bike Auckland are among those supporting the eBike Expo.

Tickets for the 9am-4.30pm event are $5 adult/child or $15 a family.

Visit ebikeexpo.co.nz

for more information.