“We went out and bought our own” – free e-cargo bike loans winning people over in rural Wales | electric bike reviews, buying advice and news – ebiketips
“I could get going easily, I could get up the hills easily. It just didn’t feel there was any sort of limitation,” says Gemma Loveless to explain how a free month-long loan persuaded her to invest in not one but two e-cargo bikes
E-Move is a Welsh Government-funded pilot project, delivered in partnership with Sustrans, that enables people to borrow an e-bike or e-cargo bike for 30 days free of charge.
It’s currently being run in Aberystwyth, Rhyl, Barry, Swansea, Newtown and their surrounding areas with 20 e-bikes are available at each location.
E-cargo bikes are available to businesses and organisations in Aberystwyth, Swansea and Newtown for up to three months.
Sustrans’ project co-ordinator Emily Sinclair told the BBC: “Obviously it’s very hilly and the electric bikes can be a great way to bridge that gap between people that want to be travelling more sustainably but find that these hills make it impossible to do that.”
