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    Richard Shrubb

    Richard Shrubb

    Richard Shrubb is a freelance journalist and research analyst who has spent more than 20 years writing about how the world works — and occasionally why it doesn’t. He specialises in transport, energy and decarbonisation, from electric trucks and aviation to e-bikes. Based in Dorset, he can increasingly be found abandoning his desk for two wheels

    Latest articles by Richard Shrubb

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    E-bikes take the edge off the physical demands of cycling, but could added power have a psychological effect, too? A UK scheme appears to suggest so

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      Richard Shrubb discovered he needed to exercise to be 'easier to get along with', but riding an e-bike has seen him get fitter, lighter, and richer via saving on fuel

      By Richard Shrubb Published 19 August 26

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