Best Electric Bike
Gazelle electric bikes are real winners!
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 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 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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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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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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Awards 2021
Royal Dutch Gazelle has received the following awards
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
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: Ultimate C8+ HMB
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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At Royal Dutch Gazelle, we have been producing quality bicycles for over 130 years in our Dieren factory. Our mission to make cycling easy and fun for everyone inspires us to create elegant and innovative designs. We hope to spread our love of cycling by producing excellent bicycles suitable for everyday riding.
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