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Every year our electric bikes win awards from independent agencies and earn praise from top publications. These honors reflect over 130 plus years of innovation and quality. View our awards using the buttons and find our most recent online features below. 

The Best E-Bike for Every Type of Rider, According to Experts

The Strategist from New York Magazine

The Gazelle Ultimate T10+ HMB is “The best e-bike for commuting.” The “fast and sporty commuter” features a Bosch Performance Line Speed mid-drive motor, providing support of up to 28 mph. The Ultimate T10+ HMB is perfect for daily commuting because “The front suspension fork helps to ease your ride on rougher surfaces, while the rear rack is a nice lashing point for your bags.”

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The Best E-Bike for Every Type of Rider, According to Experts

The Best eBikes We Reviewed in 2020

Cycle Volta

The Gazelle Ultimate T10+ was selected as the “Best Commuter eBike in 2020.” Its integrated battery helps make the bike’s design “pure eye candy.” The bike is equipped with a Bosch Performance Line Speed mid-drive motor that makes electric assist “natural-feeling,” with “no herky-jerky surges in power whatsoever.” They concluded that the Gazelle Ultimate T10+ “is one well-thought-out speed ebike that would make an ideal car replacement or complement to your auto or public-transit commute.”

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The Best eBikes We Reviewed in 2020

The 4 Best New E-Bikes for Commuting This Summer

Men's Journal

The Gazelle Ultimate C8 HMB is one of “The 4 Best New E-Bikes for Commuting This Summer.” The Ultimate C8’s powerful motor “is definitely robust enough to keep up with commuting or carting home groceries.” You won’t have to worry about steep hills when you are commuting because “Broad gearing ensures that you can climb any apex.” Our bike comes with fenders, lights, and a bell; all you need to do is “Affix a pair of panniers and you’re all set for commuting.”

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The 4 Best New E-Bikes for Commuting This Summer

Tested: The Gazelle Ultimate C380+

Cycling

The Gazelle Ultimate C380+ was dubbed the “ultimate commuter e-bike.” The bike’s drive system, with an Enviolo 380 internally geared hub and Gates carbon belt drive, and Bosch’s Performance Line Speed mid-drive motor make “going 25 mph feel effortless, even mundane.” The bikes removable battery and premium accessories are “well-designed and functional.” Compared to other electric bikes Cycling tested, “the Gazelle stood out as best in class.”

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Tested: The Gazelle Ultimate C380+

Best Commuter Bikes for Getting Around Town

Bicycling

The Gazelle Ultimate T10+ HMB made Bicycling's list of the “Best Commuter Bikes for Getting Around Town” The bike’s design let their rider “take climbs with steady grace and react quickly to last-minute turns.” Additionally, they remarked that “It’s a sturdy, well-constructed, rattle-free, reliable bike that feels solid on the road.” Ultimately, “It’s the kind of bike you’ll have and enjoy forever.”

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Best Commuter Bikes for Getting Around Town

Awards 2021

Royal Dutch Gazelle has received the following awards

 Best of bicycles 2017-2021
Best of bicycles 2017-2021

Gazelle wins 'Best of Bicycles'. We have the most awarded designs at the iF Design Awards.

Awards 2020

Royal Dutch Gazelle has received the following awards

Consumers' Association bike test
Consumers' Association bike test

Medeo T9 HMB is rated with a 7.4!

Awards 2019

Royal Dutch Gazelle has received the following awards

iF Design Award 2019
iF Design Award 2019

iF Design Award 2019: Ultimate C8+ HMB

German Design Award 2019
German Design Award 2019

Gazelle Ultimate C8+ HMB wins!

 

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Awards of the past decades

 

Dutch Awards

Winners in The Netherlands

Year

 iF Design Award  Gazelle N°1  2017
 Good Industrial Design  CityGo, CityZen C8+ HMB  2017
 Good Industrial Design  Ami C8   HMS  2017
 Bicycle test 2016, Elektrischefietsen.com  Gazelle Ultimate C8 HMB  2016
 Score of 8,5 in the Bicycle test of 2016 by   Elektrischefietsen.com  Gazelle CityZen Speed  2016
 Score of 8,5 in the Bicycle test of 2016 by   Elektrischefietsen.com  Gazelle CityZen C8 HMB  2016
 Score of 8,1 Plus on the magazine E-bike test   2016  Gazelle Orange C330 HMB  2016
 De Telegraaf Nationale bicycle test 2016  Ultimate S8  2016
 'Gut' van van ElektroRad - januari 2016  Miss Grace  2016
 'Sehr gut' van ElektroRad - januari 2016  CityZen C8 HMB  2016
 Aktiv Radfahren Empfehlung  Ultimate C11  2015
 ANWB, Best e-bike up to € 2500  Orange C7 HM  2015
 Telegraaf Fietstest E-bike starting at € 2500  Ultimate T2i HM  2015
 Telegraaf Fietstest toerfietsen up to € 1249  Ultimate T1  2015
 Nominatie Speed e-bike of the year 2015  Impulse EM Speed  2015
 Nominatie bicycle of the year 2015  Van Stael  2015
 Nationale bicycle test up to € 1000  Eclipse LTD  2014
 sporty AD bicycle test 2014  Ultimate C1  2014
 bicycle innovation Award  Gazelle Cleanbar  2013
 Nominee bicycle of the year 2013  Esprit Urban  2013
 Recognition of Good Industrial Design  Balance Innergy  2011
 Recognition of Good Industrial Design  Friiik  2011 
 Recognition of Good Industrial Design  het   PowerClick   standaard  2011 
 Bicycle of the year  Eclipse Limited Edition  2011
 Special Award Bicycle of the year  Ultimate Excellent  2010
 Recognition of Good Industrial Design  FenderVision koplamp  2009
 Special Award Bicycle of the year  Montreux Limited   Edition   2009
 Bicycle of the year  Chamonix Innergy   2009
 Dutch Design Award  Cabby bakfiets  2008
 Recognition of Good Industrial Design  Orange Innergy   2008
 ANWB Kids choice  Gazelle  2007
 Special Award bicycle of the year  Orange Limited Edition   2007
 ANWB Kids choice  Bumper 26"  2006
 Bicycle innovation Award  Gazelle Lite Hybrid   Superieur  2006
 Bicycle innovation Award  Gazelle Power Eye   koplamp  2006
 Bicycle of the year  Orange Limited Edition   2005
 ANWB Kids choice  Shift  2003
 ANWB Kids choice  Gazelle  2002
 Bicycle of the year  ScooterBike Pro  2002
 Gelderse Design Award  Tranza vouwfiets  2001
 Bicycle innovation Award  Gazelle Comfort Seat  2001
 Recognition of Good Industrial Design  Gazelle  1997
 ANWB Kids choice  Gazelle  1997
 Bicycle of the year  Skydrive  1995

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