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  1. Skarper forms partnership with Leisure Lakes Bikes

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    Source: Bike Biz Image credit: Bike Biz

    The LEVA-EU member has announced a partnership with the UK retailer, which will consist of Skarper’s presence in 19 of its stores across England, Scotland and Wales.

    Numerous Leisure Lakes stores will be used as demonstration centres, offering riders first-hand experience of the click-on electric assist as a representation of the emerging Click-On E-bike category.

    The latest news follows the e-bike conversion brand’s partnership announcement with ZyroFisher, and an industry event at Red Bull headquarters, where six British bike manufacturers “adopted Skarper’s DiskDrive® platform as the Third Drive System for cycling.”

    Skarper’s CEO Ean Brown has stated the following about the new partner announcement:

    “Leisure Lakes is a byword for quality and trust in UK cycling retail. Their decision to back Skarper, with ZyroFisher, is a milestone for the Click-On/Off e-bike category. Following six OEM partnerships, the market is telling us loud and clear: riders want flexibility. Now riders can buy a new bike with a Skarper, or add Skarper to the bike they already own and love. Leisure Lakes brings both options to their customers”.

    Leisure Lakes Bikes’ CEO Ian Noy added:

    “This isn’t just another product – it’s a genuine solution for riders who love their bikes but want the option of electric assist. Now our customers can test it, experience it, and take it home. Even I want one on my tandem – you can’t get a better endorsement than that”.

    Skarper’s system offers a new solution for non electric bike riders, with the flexibility to change it into an e-bike when it’s convenient to them. The 4.5 kg removable system brings premium electric bike performance (76 Nm torque) while preserving the bike underneath.

    Key benefits of Skarper system:

    • Removable: 4.5 kg drive unit which can be attached/ detached
    • Smooth: 76 Nm max torque for smooth climbing assistance for hills
    • App: Multiple assistance modes can be accessed via the Skarper app
    • Ride Longer: Human pedal power + Up to 50 km pedal assistance
    • Power: 250 W assistance with an intuitive, natural riding feel
    • Quick Charge: 240 Wh; 80% charge in ~30 min; full charge ~2.5 h
    • Protection: IP55-rated for rain and muddy conditions; removable unit for security
    • Compliance: UK/EU compliant (25 km/h limit)

    Customers wishing to experience Skarper will receive in-store expertise at the relevant Leisure Lakes stores with:

    • Test riding: The opportunity to test Skarper on compatible bikes at demo centres
    • Compatibility verification: Instant check of user bikes to asses Skarper-readiness
    • Full service: Customers will receive assistance with installation, set-up, and ongoing support through Leisure Lakes’ workshop network
    • Flexible purchasing: Outright purchase, finance options, or package with new compatible bikes

  2. Skarper’s available with Ribble

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    The LEVA-EU member has announced that its innovative click-on e-bike system is now available through Ribble, one of the UK’s longest-established bicycle manufacturers. Developed in collaboration with Red Bull Advanced Technologies, the Skarper system will be offered alongside Ribble’s existing range of integrated e-bikes, giving customers greater flexibility in how and when they use electric assistance.

    By stocking Skarper, Ribble enables riders to add temporary electric support to its non-electric bikes without committing to a permanently integrated e-bike. Customers will also be able to design a bespoke bicycle using Ribble’s Bike Builder platform and include the Skarper drive system as part of their build.

    Skarper’s click-on e-bike system is available to purchase immediately online and through Ribble’s four UK showrooms. Its full integration with Ribble’s Bike Builder is scheduled to launch in February, alongside the introduction of test rides in selected showrooms.

    Ribble welcomes modular electric assistance

    Commenting on the partnership, Ribble CEO Sean Hastings highlighted the appeal of the system’s flexibility.

    “We love the idea of Ribble riders being able to use their acoustic bike but have the flexibility of occasional electric assistance, without it being a permanent thing. The Skarper system complements our award-winning range of lightweight integrated e-bikes, with the potential to bring a new lease of life to an existing bike and the benefit of being shareable across several bikes.”

    Removable assistance across multiple disciplines

    For the first time, riders can add a removable electric assist option to Ribble’s range of road, gravel and adventure bikes. The Skarper system allows a conventional high-performance bicycle to be converted into an e-bike in seconds, and just as quickly returned to a fully non-electric setup.

    A key advantage of the Skarper system is its portability. A single unit can be shared across multiple bikes, making it suitable for use among family members or across a rider’s collection of performance and leisure bicycles.

    Addressing everyday riding challenges

    Skarper is designed to assist cyclists who may want electric support on hills, into headwinds or during longer rides, while still retaining the feel and familiarity of their existing non-electric bike. The system also helps riders keep pace with faster companions or stay together on group and family rides, without requiring them to abandon the bicycle they already own.

    Skarper CEO highlights strategic importance of Ribble partnership

    Skarper CEO Ean Brown described the collaboration as a significant representation of the company’s approach.

    “Ribble represents everything we admire: British engineering, beautiful design, and an obsession with ride quality. When a brand like Ribble – with 128 years of heritage and a world-class e-bike range already – chooses to stock Skarper, it validates our approach. We’re proud to be part of their offering.”

    A snapshot of highlights from Skarper’s click on e-bike system:

    • Form factor: 4.5 kg detachable drive unit with DiskDrive® rotor interface
    • Power & control: 250 W nominal assist; Eco / Cruise / Turbo modes via app
    • Top torque: 76 Nm for smooth, hill-friendly assistance
    • Battery & charging: 240 Wh; 80% charge in approximately 30 minutes; full charge in around 2.5 hours
    • Range: Up to 50 km of assisted riding (dependent on mode, terrain and rider)
    • Protection: IP55-rated; removable unit for added security
    • Compliance: 25 km/h assist limit (UK/EU standard)
    • Validation: 4.8★ “Excellent” rating on Trustpilot; winner of Red Dot and iF Design Gold awards; designed with Red Bull Advanced Technologies

  3. Skarper enters partnership with Sonder

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    LEVA-EU member Skarper has joined forces with bike brand Sonder to create a unique conversion kit for its gravel bikes, giving the Camino range a pedal-assist upgrade, transforming it from a standard to an electric bicycle. This collaboration builds on Skarper’s efforts in improving sustainable travel effortlessly with high-tech performance.

    After the recent announcement of its click-on e-bike conversion system now being available in UK stores, Skarper intends to collaborate with bike brands. In the collaboration with Sonder, the Camino gravel bike is available in three variations with Skarper pedal assist technology:

    • Camino Apex 1 Flat Bar × Skarper
    • Camino Al GRX1 × Skarper
    • Camino Ti GRX1 × Skarper

    The new partnership has already received great attention with an installation in London’s Selfridges store, and those who have purchased Sonder bikes can buy Skarper add-ons which can be installed at participating Alpkit stores in Edinburgh, Hathersage, Bristol, Kingston and Ilkley.

    The Skarper conversion kit offers Sonder riders the following for a versatile gravel experience with optional pedal assist:

    • Only 4.5kg additional weight
    • A torque of 76Nm
    • Theoretical range of up to 50km
    • An IP55 rating for weather protection
    • Can be removed quickly for anti-theft protection
    • Has 3 available modes: Eco, cruise and turbo
    • Compatibility with nearly all 26- to 29-inch wheel bikes with disc brakes
    • 240Wh internal battery

    Sonder’s Product Manager, Neil Sutton, has said the following about the collaboration:

    “Our riders value simplicity, reliability, and adventure. Skarper’s neat, removable drive keeps a Sonder feeling like a Sonder, while adding the confidence to go further. It is a natural fit for how our community rides.”

    Skarper’s CEO Ean Brown, states how Skarper improves riding experiences, for Sonder riders and beyond:

    “Riders want freedom and flexibility, not a second heavy bike. With Sonder we bring click-on power to award-winning frames through a partnership celebrating British design and innovation. The result is one bike covers the city and the wild, with no compromises on ride feel. For the Skarper brand, this is an exciting step forward as we develop new partnerships that bring to life a new use case for our product – an integrated bundle that goes far beyond being just an additional product to buy for an existing bike you own.”

    The full article about this collaboration can be accessed on Cycling Electric.

    This latest news follows an exciting year for the brand, with developments including winning an IF design award, a new distribution partnership, launching its very own app and its CEO making the Mobility Changemakers list.

  4. Skarper announces new distribution partner

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    Source: Skarper, Cycling Industry News

    The LEVA-EU member has formally announced ZyroFisher as its UK and Ireland distributor. The move will bring Skarper’s cutting-edge e-bike technology into 3,000 bike shops, enabling opportunities for more riders to seamlessly transform their bikes into high performance e-bikes, with minimal installation.

    The UK brand has stated that the new cooperation is a milestone moment in scaling its unique click-on e-drive to riders nationwide at stores that they already know and trust, presenting demonstration opportunities with convenient dispatch options such as next-day delivery

    Making Skarper’s award winning DiskDrive® system more accessible

    The groundbreaking design has already won awards at Eurobike, Red Dot and iF Gold, with its ability to easily transform a non-electric bike into an electric version.

    The click-on e-drive unit is a 4.5 kg system that can be easily clicked on and off bicycles without modifying their frames. It connects via its rotor interface, which replaces the standard rear brake disc. When attached to a bike, it brings up to 76 Nm of torque assist power through Eco, Cruise and Turbo modes, which can be controlled with the Skarper App. The unit can then be detached in seconds for an unassisted ride.

    Skarper is also eligible for the region’s Cycle to Work scheme, enabling riders to receive a discount of up to 47% where applicable.

    Stakeholder perspectives on the new collaboration

    Ean Brown, the CEO of Skarper, has said the following to Cycling Industry News about the announcement: “Partnering with ZyroFisher allows us to make Skarper available where riders already trust and shop. It’s a vote of confidence in a new category we’ve created – the click-on e-drive – and a step toward making e-bike freedom available to anyone who loves their current bike.”

    Sir Chris Hoy, Founding Investor in Skarper and 6-time Olympic Champion, stated: “Skarper’s partnership with ZyroFisher will bring this exciting technology to customers nationwide, making electric performance accessible to even more riders. Skarper is the next evolution in cycling innovation, transforming the bike you already love. I am so excited to see this important development for the business.”

    ZyroFisher’s CEO, Tom Ainscough, said: “We are proud to partner with Skarper to drive a genuinely exciting breakthrough in e-mobility through a truly innovative product that expands, rather than replaces the cycling market. The new ground-breaking technology will be available to our 3000 plus retailers across the UK and Ireland, which will provide a super simple and accessible way for more people to experience the sustainability, freedom and joy of electric power, without changing their bike or the way they ride.”

    Skarper launches App

    Coinciding with this announcement, Skarper has just unveiled its new app, designed to make electric riding experiences for its customers even easier. With this new addition, customers can conveniently check battery levels, change riding modes and put their Skarper into pause mode from their handlebars.

    Cycling media BikeRadar has said the following about the new app launch: “Skarper has a solution to the one issue I had with my favourite e-bike conversion kit. The new Skarper companion app brings full control to what I believe is the smartest ebike conversion kit you can buy.”

  5. LEVA-EU members in Mobility Changemakers list

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    Source: Zag Daily

    Zag Daily recently published its 2nd annual edition of its Zag List, which included key personnel from LEVA-EU members Skarper and Segway who have been recognised among 100 trailblazers making a significant difference in advancing the transition to safer, cleaner and more connected transportation worldwide in 2025.

    The Zag List is a compilation that recognises 100 figures driving a transition toward sustainable global mobility, with Ean Brown, Co-Founder and CEO of Skarper and Jasper Luan, Product Director of Segway, recognised for their efforts.

    Ean Brown from Skarper co-developed a conversion kit that can quickly transform any conventional bike into an e-bike, with the innovation being crowned a Eurobike winner, and receiving over EUR 14 million in funding.

    As the Product Director of Segway’s Commercial Mobility Business Division, Jasper Luan has been in charge of powering some of the largest fleets in micromobility, which includes providing e-scooter fleets in Oslo and e-bike fleets in Paris.

  6. Skarper tested by Top Gear

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    Source: Top Gear

    The LEVA-EU’s member’s premium clip-on device which transforms a regular non-electric bike into an e-bike, was tested against a similar market system, and was described as “super satisfying to use, a real talking point and designed with endless attention to detail”.

    In its review, Top Gear noted Skarper as the more premium option over its fellow system and recommended it as an alternative to buying an e-bike.

    It highlighted it as a one-size-fits-all solution in the form of a slick one-box design, which includes a battery (0.24kWh) and a drive motor that simply clips on and off the back wheel. Its function is activated by replacing a bike’s conventional rear disc brake with a “trick one with a built in drive hub”. The unique Skarper disk brake was developed with the material and engineering expertise of Red Bull, and unleashes 45Nm of torque.

    Advantages noted about Skarper’s innovation include its quick response for reaction and assistance, intuitive power delivery, limited effect on the bike’s handling, as well as the system being easily attached and removable in two seconds.

    The full review can be accessed on the Top Gear website.

  7. Skarper launches companion app

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    Source: BikeRadar

    LEVA-EU member Skarper is launching a free-of-charge companion app to enhance the riding experience for owners of their DiskDrive e-bike drive system conversion kit. The app allows riders to convert their phone into a display, enabling mode switching and providing battery level and other useful information.

    The app is currently in its Beta version and is being tested by riders including Warren Rossiter of BikeRadar, who reports he has been trialling it for the last two months.

    Rossiter had been impressed by the Skarper click-on, click-off conversion kit, which enables any standard bike with disc brakes to become an electric bike in just a few seconds – and revert to its standard status when the system is removed, setting it apart from other conversion-kit brands. His one gripe was the lack of information and interactivity during riding – the battery level status and the Eco, Cruise and Turbo assistance modes could only be reviewed or changed via the unit mounted on the rear-wheel hub.

    The Beta version of the app displays the battery level, and allows riders to easily switch modes by swiping left or right. The app also provides odometer data, gives warnings if something is wrong with the system, and riders can check that the firmware is up to date. Skarper advises that it is continuing development of the app to expand the available features.

    The official roll-out of the app is due for early December 2025.

  8. Skarper wins Red Dot Design Award

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    The LEVA-EU member’s design team were presented with the award at a special event in Essen, Germany. They were praised for the groundbreaking design of their e-bike drive system that can be easily attached and removed, facilitating quick transitions between non-electric and electric versions of a bicycle.

    Skarper’s award winning system comes with a wireless motor and a DiskDrive brake disc that can be attached and removed from the brake disc mechanism of an existing bike without needing tools. After the disc has been installed once, the drive system can simply be attached or removed with a simple clip, without needing to adjust the frame or wheels.

    The following statement about Skarper’s innovation has been published by the Red Dot Design Award Jury: “In a very simple way, Skarper allows the retrofitting of traditional used bicycles and thus contributes to the longer use of existing resources.”

    This recent Red Dot Award is not the first occasion that Skarper’s retrofittable e-bike drive system has been applauded; it also won an award at Eurobike 2024 and most recently, an iF Gold award. Both jury statements about these awards can be accessed on the Skarper website.

  9. Skarper wins iF Design Award at Berlin ceremony

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    Source: Ran P, Skarper Head of Design

    LEVA-EU member Skarper has been awarded the prestigious iF Design Gold Award for their click-on, click-off eBike drive system, during a ceremony held in Berlin in late April. One of the most prestigious accolades in the design industry, the award recognises outstanding achievement in design, and marks a major milestone for the company.

    The company’s co-founders accepted the award on stage, representing the culmination of years of development and design refinement. The event brought together some of the world’s most innovative designers, with an atmosphere that celebrated creative excellence and forward-thinking ideas.

    The award ceremony was followed by a day of insightful programming at the iF Trend Conference, which focused on the role of technology in design, the importance of ethical design leadership, and the responsibility designers have in shaping the future.

    Skarper expressed gratitude to the iF Design Award organisers, their team, and peers across the design industry for their support and inspiration. The experience, the team said, has been both humbling and energising – a powerful moment that sets the stage for the next chapter in their journey.