German brand TQ has come out of nowhere to produce the hottest e-bike motor in the world right now. If it was a Hollywood celebrity it would be Taylor Swift. It’s far more useful than Swift though, powering first the Trek Fuel EXe, and now two new mid-powered e-bikes, the Scott Lumen and BMC’s Fourstroke AM LT.
SCOTT LUMEN ERIDE
Scott set out to make the lightest e-bike going, a pedal-assisted version of its Spark, complete with the same snappy, XC race feel. And, with characteristic Swiss precision, it’s come pretty darned close with the Lumen.
The new bike retains much of the technology used on
