The Gadget Guy

Battery power has wheel appeal

The Small Green Rooms prototype e-bike

I’m all for work-life balance, and decided to put it into action last week when I was asked to test a prototype eBike from a British firm called The Small Green Room.

It’s effectively a fairly decent downhill mountain bike that’s been ‘injected’ with some of the latest battery and brushless DC motor technology. My mission? Cycle at least 1,000km in one week around Ireland across varied terrains, keep track of charge times, ...