Real rides. Real range.
Real failures.
We buy it, we ride it, we publish the failures. And we don't sell bikes. E-bike locks, batteries, chargers, and range claims, put against a meter before they earn a recommendation.
What We Cover
Two bench labs and two data franchises, one methodology. Everything scored is retail-bought, and the failures get published too.
E-bike Locks, Timed to Failure
Timed angle-grinder destruction tests on camera, judged e-bike-first: fat-tube fit, battery and display theft, carry weight versus claimed, and what your insurer actually requires.
Capacity vs. the Label
Logged discharge tests of replacement packs and chargers, with safety certification (UL 2271/2849) verified before anything gets a link. Only certified gear is ever recommended.
Advertised vs. Tested Range
A running index of manufacturer range claims against independently published test results, one chart per bike. Range claims are marketing. We ride to empty.
Will This Brand Survive?
A scorecard for the question no brand-funded site can ask: will this company still exist to honor your warranty? Plus the Died Early failure database and a standing recall watch.
Our Current Picks
Research picks from our guides: certification databases, documented specs, and published reporting. The bench hasn't scored anything yet, and picks change when it does.
Heybike Cityscape
A city commuter Heybike lists as UL 2849 certified, with fenders and a rack included. The rare under-$1,000 bike that clears our certification bar. Verify the current listing before buying.
Hiplok D1000
Angle-grinder resistant, and the grinder is what actually takes e-bikes. Listed in Sold Secure's public database at Powered Cycle Diamond, the highest tier, at a maker-claimed 1.9 kg.
Invoxia GPS PRO
Self-contained 4G LTE-M tracking that does not depend on passing phones and triggers no unwanted-tracker alert. Fits hub-drive e-bikes and regular bikes. Mid-drive owners should look at PowUnity BikeTrax instead, which hides inside the motor — it is not sold on Amazon in the US, so we link it direct and unpaid in the roundup.
UL-Listed 48V Charger (54.6V Output)
The size most North American e-bikes take. Check your own label first: output voltage, amperage equal or lower, connector shape, and the polarity. UL listing is non-negotiable.
Electric bikes are sold on spec sheets and bought on faith.
A bike claims 60 miles of range, a battery claims 20 amp-hours, a lock claims to shrug off power tools. Most review sites check those claims against a press release and a manufacturer-supplied unit. Then the category's former number one brand went bankrupt on top of its customers in 2025, and almost nobody had warned them.
EbikeTested is being built the other way around: gear bought at retail with our own money, tested on a bench with instruments, scored on a disclosed rubric, and tracked long after the review embargo window where other coverage stops. The failures get published next to the winners, and brand stability is part of the score.
See the full methodologyBought at Retail
Anything scored is bought with our own money, receipt to serial number on camera.
Instruments, Not Adjectives
Loggers, timers, and scales. The number is the review.
Failures Published
What breaks, when it breaks, and how the warranty claim went.
We Don't Sell Bikes
No brand money for scores, no storefront, disclosed affiliate links only.
The bench is being built. Nothing is scored yet.
EbikeTested launched in July 2026 and the test lab is spinning up: instruments first, then locks, then batteries and chargers, then retail-bought bikes. No product on this site carries a score until it has actually been through the protocol, and we will say plainly what has and hasn't been tested.