Business Insights Presented by Samcycle Electric Bikes Palatine E-bike store hops on electric bike trend Almost one year ago, two brothers opened an all-electric bike store called Samcycle Electric Bikes, LLC, in Palatine Electric bikes are the fastest growing segment of otherwise slow market in overall bike sales. Matt Sammons and Tom Sammons, who are both lifelong residents of Palatine, opened the store, which sells only electric bikes (e-bikes), in August of 2019. The store, in Eurofresh Plaza, is very near bike trails so customers can test ride electric bikes does not engage and it is all pedal safely. Sales have been brisk for the past year. The store sells electric bikes by Blix, BH, Magnum and Yamaha. These are all high-quality electric bikes. Rentals are popular and the current E-bikes have a range of about 30-40 miles per charge. The battery does not riders for $50.00. The price range of have to be removed from the bike to charge it. The bikes are all pedal-assist, which means that the motor engages when the rider pedals the e-bike. This makes it easy for riders to travel uphill without getting winded or overstressed, age 16 to ride on streets and paths, as Many couples and riders over the age of long as the town does not prohibit them. 55 have purchased e-bikes at the store S77 million in the year 2017, up 91% over the past year. The top speed of most e-bikes is 20 to grow through this year. miles per hour. After that, the motor power. Many riders use an e-bike to commute to work and some have an e-bike as a second bike to their standard 10-speed road bike. special is a two-hour rental for two electric bikes is $1,600.00 to $2,500.00. Electric bikes are perfectly legal, and Ilinois passed the uniform electric bike law recently, which allows riders over Sales of electric bikes totaled over over the prior year. The sales continue Samcycle has online reservations for rentals at www.samcycle.online. Come in and try one today! Sales Hent Repairs of ll bikes SAMLYLLE BCYCLE TUNLUP 9 9 SAMCYCLE ELECTRIC BIKES 144 W.Northwest Hwy., Palatine, IL (Located in the Eurofresh Plaza) 847-456-1699 samcycle.com Tue-Fri. 10:30-5:00 Sat. 10:30-4:00 Sun. 10:30-2:30 Business Insights Presented by Samcycle Electric Bikes Palatine E-bike store hops on electric bike trend Almost one year ago, two brothers opened an all-electric bike store called Samcycle Electric Bikes, LLC, in Palatine Electric bikes are the fastest growing segment of otherwise slow market in overall bike sales. Matt Sammons and Tom Sammons, who are both lifelong residents of Palatine, opened the store, which sells only electric bikes (e-bikes), in August of 2019. The store, in Eurofresh Plaza, is very near bike trails so customers can test ride electric bikes does not engage and it is all pedal safely. Sales have been brisk for the past year. The store sells electric bikes by Blix, BH, Magnum and Yamaha. These are all high-quality electric bikes. Rentals are popular and the current E-bikes have a range of about 30-40 miles per charge. The battery does not riders for $50.00. The price range of have to be removed from the bike to charge it. The bikes are all pedal-assist, which means that the motor engages when the rider pedals the e-bike. This makes it easy for riders to travel uphill without getting winded or overstressed, age 16 to ride on streets and paths, as Many couples and riders over the age of long as the town does not prohibit them. 55 have purchased e-bikes at the store S77 million in the year 2017, up 91% over the past year. The top speed of most e-bikes is 20 to grow through this year. miles per hour. After that, the motor power. Many riders use an e-bike to commute to work and some have an e-bike as a second bike to their standard 10-speed road bike. special is a two-hour rental for two electric bikes is $1,600.00 to $2,500.00. Electric bikes are perfectly legal, and Ilinois passed the uniform electric bike law recently, which allows riders over Sales of electric bikes totaled over over the prior year. The sales continue Samcycle has online reservations for rentals at www.samcycle.online. Come in and try one today! Sales Hent Repairs of ll bikes SAMLYLLE BCYCLE TUNLUP 9 9 SAMCYCLE ELECTRIC BIKES 144 W.Northwest Hwy., Palatine, IL (Located in the Eurofresh Plaza) 847-456-1699 samcycle.com Tue-Fri. 10:30-5:00 Sat. 10:30-4:00 Sun. 10:30-2:30