By Jack Evans

Published: Friday, 22 July 2022 at 12:00 am


The Ridgeback Errand is an electric bike with 20in wheels, a frame-mounted front rack and rear rack mounts to take panniers.

The Errand is powered by a Promovec hub drive system, which delivers 54Nm torque. The drive system settings can be adjusted in the Promovec smartphone app.

The 375Wh Promovec battery sits on the downtube and also runs the integrated AXA front and rear lights. The range was not available at the time of writing.

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Promovec’s battery can be taken off the bike to charge.
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The Errand has an eight-speed Microshift drivetrain comprising a single 44T Prowheel chainring, 170mm crank and Sunrace CSM55 11-32 eight-speed cassette.

Clarks supplies the Clout-1 hydraulic discs and brake levers.

Ridgeback specs the Errand with Mach1 650 28h wheels and 20 x 2in Schwalbe Big Apple tyres.

Billed as the “ultimate utility bike for urban riding”, the Ridgeback Errand comes with mudguards, a mainstay of the best bikes for commuting.

 

Rear mounts will allow you to fit another rack to carry panniers if you cycle to work.

Despite not being a folding bike, which can have as small as 16in wheels, Ridgeback says the Errand has 20in wheels for “maximum manoeuvrability”.

Ridgeback claims the Errand’s single frame size fits riders from 5’4” to 6’4” tall.

The Ridgeback Errand is available in blue, black and red colour schemes and costs £1,799.99.