Market for electric bikes on Gold Coast powers ahead

Credit: Alister Thomson, Gold Coast Bulletin June 29, 2016 12:00am

ELECTRIC bikes are supercharging the Gold Coast’s bicycle market.
Retailers report higher sales as the technology improves and they become more affordable.
Crooze Electric Bicycles, which recently moved from Main Beach to Broadbeach, has launched its own brand, Crooze, with bikes priced from $2000.
Owner Ollie Mueller, who runs the business with wife Andrae, said that, when they launched the enterprise in 2012, few people were familiar with electric pedal-assist bikes.
Mr Mueller said a typical European-made bike costs from $4000 to $8000.
“We wanted our range to be more affordable,” he said. 
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