Greetings! I’m Campbell Read, the co-founder of ChargeAbout NZ and the eBikeStudio.

In 2012 when the notion of eBikes was presented to me, alongside most avid cyclists I thought the idea was rather daft.

I have been biking my whole life, from doing a paper run as a kid in Tapanui, West Otago, to discovering mountain biking in the 80’s. I regarded the ‘push’ bike to be rather perfect, so why muck it up by lashing a motor to it!

Then in 2012 while working in Queenstown, I enjoyed riding daily on the new Queenstown Trail from Kelvin Heights to Arrowtown. Despite the stunning scenery I couldn’t believe how few cyclists were using the trails.