E-bike Etiquette If you’re riding an e-bike there are things you can do to prevent accidents and stay safe. In this blog post, we offer a few tips and suggestions to help keep you and everyone around you safe.  Learn the regulations All cities are different on how they regulate e-bikes, so our first suggestion is that you take a few minutes to learn about your city’s regulations. Check out our blog post Riding your Electric Bike in North America: Laws and Regulations. We also suggest you do a quick Google search for additional municipal info....

The newly designed 2021 Rize City is set to release July 2021 and pre-orders are piling up for it, fast. Who needs this e-bike and why is it shaping up to be one of the most incredible e-bikes of the year? Keep reading to find out more. As the name suggests, the Rize City is perfect for city cruising and city commutes, which means it’s built for practically everyone. Rize Digital Marketing Executive, Ray Chwartkowski had this to say “The 2020 Rize City was our hottest seller last year and the newly designed 2021 Rize City...

Hi everyone, we hope you’re doing well and staying healthy. It’s been more than a year since COVID-19 impacted our lives and we thought we’d post a quick pandemic update. Health Rize’s CEO, Ace Samurai, contracted COVID-19 and quarantined for the mandatory time limit, in Vancouver, this past April and early May, 2021. He and his entire family contracted the virus but they are all fine, now, and doing great. Many of the workers, at our overseas factory, have unfortunately experienced loss and setbacks with the virus, and we’re grateful to each of the workers there....

If you’re into riding electric bikes, it’s crucial that you protect yourself with a high-quality helmet. But, which one should you choose? After all, e-bikes tend to travel faster than regular bicycles, so do regular bicycle helmets and e-bikes go together? Keep reading to see our top picks of the best e-bike helmets for 2021. Road Bike Helmets For anyone who lives in an area with a warmer climate, a regular road bike helmet might be your first choice simply because they’re lightweight and extremely breathable, which means you’ll get more air circulation and you won’t...

When was the first electric bike invented? Well, you may think they’re a recent invention, but the first concepts date back to 1895. Let’s first look at the origin of the bicycle and work from there. Image credit: Bloomberg The First Bicycle In 1817, a man named Karl Drais built the first official two-wheeled transportation contraption. His invention was essentially a bike without pedals, and it weighed approximately 48 pounds. It became known as the Draisine or Running Machine, and it was immensely popular in Europe and eventually The United States. The excitement, however, was short-lived...

At one point, North American food delivery was mainly done with small cars and conventional pedal bikes, and then food delivery apps such as those launched by Uber Eats, SkipTheDishes, DoorDash, and others, made food delivery more easily accessible. And, with the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic more people were inclined to order their food and stay home rather than go wait in line outside their local Chipotle or other favorite restaurant or Fast Food pitstop. There was an explosion of business and when food delivery spiked to new levels, in 2020, Food Couriers began shifting...

Most ebikes come with an integrated LCD control panel screen which allows riders to monitor their speed limit, alter their motor response mode and even turn the secure lock on and off. But, if you’re looking for a way to navigate your next route via GPS or track more in-depth metrics, you might want to mount a phone to your e-bike handlebars and download a cycling-based technical app for your next ride.    So, what’s a good ebike App to load to your phone? We’ve compiled a list of the top apps for iPhone and Android...

You might be asking “Is it legal to ride an electric bike (e-bike) in Canada?”, “Do I need a license to operate an ebike in the USA?” or even “Can I operate a 1000 watt ebike, legally?”. If you’re a US or Canadian rider, you can read on to find out about the legality of using an e-bike in your area. Note: The information contained in this blog post is a general summary. For more detailed information, please click here for more info. Please also check your local area for up-to-date regulations and to confirm the...

In this Rize Blog post, we’d like to introduce you to Calgary YouTube sensation, Dave Schrader. Dave is a Rize Bike owner and has a YouTube channel called MegaDave’s World where he regularly posts self-shot videos that feature him and his Rize Bike. We decided to interview Dave for this Rize Blog post and introduce you to him. Without further ado, here is the interview. Hi Dave, who are you and when did you launch your YouTube channel? Hello, my name is Dave Schrader. I’m from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and my YouTube channel is called MegaDave’s...

Please Follow Rize Bikes on Facebook! Hello and welcome to this week’s Rize Blog post. Today, we’d like to invite you to join the Rize Bikes company Facebook page. Simply, click here, and then hit the Facebook Like and Follow buttons and you’ll then be able to stay up-to-date with exciting news about Rize Bikes and the electric bike world, along with release updates, and professionally shot photos and videos promos, as well as how-to videos that will show you exactly how to use and service your Rize Bike. Rize Bikes is an e-bike manufacturer and...