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ACTBest Bike
Some Bikes are not legal in the UK, EU and Australia
Company:
- Smartwift LTD, UK (Since as of 12 Feb 2026)
- June 2025: Wecreate LTD
- May 2025: Ayor Trading Co. LTD
- April 2025: Coobuy Limited
- Before September 2024: Some unnamed company in Ireland.
- March 2024 - January 2025: Emilyma Limited, UK
- In 2023: A&KE Limited, UK
Cheap Bikes - not legal in the UK or EU, despite companies are from there.
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ActionBikes
Some Bikes are not legal in the UK, EU and Australia
Company: Actionbikes GmbH, Manifactuer: HemmingAsia / Yongkang Heming Vehicle Co., Ltd.
They renamed in October 2016 to Miweba GmbH.
Low Quality Bikes. Now, Kids bikes are made under the brand. In the past, E-Bikes were also sold under that name.
The battery of some bikes weighs as much as the bike itself. They needs 14h for charging and have a reach of 28km (around 17.5 miles) The bike ink. battery ways up to 40Kg (around 88lbs). In 2016, the Zedler Institute warned in a German TV documentation about the bike.
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Active Cycles
Company: Active Cycles Co., Ltd., China
Produces low budget (e-)bikes and unicycles.
No real specifications are listed on their website of the bikes. Their SSL ceritficate has expired as of October 2026
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ACXA
Company: Arquet Handelsgesellschaft GmbH, Germany
Low budget (E-)Bikes, (E)-Scooter, ATVs and Motorcycles. They closed down around 2016. Beside their bikes: Please also don't buy their other vehicles.
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ADO
This company has partner stores across Europe.
Company:
In the EU: ADO Germany GmbH - as of 6. February 2026
In the UK:
- February 2026: Swift LH Market LTD, UK (a 100% daughter company of Y HENG CO. LTD. (盈亨商貿有限公司), Hong Kong)
- August 2025: Hong Kong Flybirds International Trading LTD
- July 2025: Hong Kong Flybirds International Trading LTD & KH ENTERPRISE CO., LIMITED
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Aenimal
Company: ???
The Bikes were 3D printed. The company closed down in 2023 and did not make any parts availeble for 3D printing.
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Aktivelo
Company: aktiv shop GmbH, Germany
The company re-branded low budget e-bikes and sells them for a high markup i.e. €1899 for a bike that will cost around €500 elsewhere.
The bikes have outdated components and no name electronics.
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An-Bike
Some Bikes are not legal in the UK, EU and Australia.
Company: ???
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Ancheer
Some Bikes are not legal in the UK, EU and Australia
Company: Teldoo s.r.o / Linemart s.r.o, Czech Republic
The company might me a shell company, due to 850+ different companies are located at the same adress
If you have an Errorcode you can look it up in the E-Bike Diacnostic Bible.
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Anjoni
These bikes are/were not legal in Germany.
Company: ??? / Ower: Fahrrad Keller/ Andreas Nickl, Germany
Handmade bikes from Germany. The normal bikes seem to have a good quality for a "too good to be true" price, or the website is outdated. The website lacks of a parts list of the bikes.
Do to an investigation of the German TV station Kabel Eins, these (e)bikes are not allowed to be sold. The owner claims they are lying about things, but did not deny or disprove the claims made by Kabel Eins and the bike experts that were involved in this investigation.
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Apollo
Company: ???, China
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Achiever
Company: Fanciteck Inernational Ltd., China
The Bikes have low quality and their own electric system. Founded in 2007 the company closed down in 2024.
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AS Bikes
Be aware, that E-Scooters are not legal in the UK.
Company: AS Toys Ltd., United Kingdom
The company sells folding-bikes and e-scooters that are on paper designed for 150kg/330lbs. They look like imported bikes that don't hold the weight.
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Alpensattel
This is a parts only company.
Company: Shop Force GmbH / Logiful GmbH, Germany
The German Bike Subreddit banned threads about the brand, do to self-promotion and many individual complaints/posts. They also being unfriendly to criticism. The Swiss consumer protection have the company listed as problematic. They also make commercials, where they say that driving a bike is unhealthy and can damage the prostate, which does not hold any scientistic value.