Long-range touring
Upright, stable and unhurried. Designed around a full set of panniers, with range planned for the hilly day rather than the flat one.
Touring & cargo e-bikes · Dealer programme now open
Built for the long way round.
MotiveTrail E-Bikes makes long-range touring and cargo electric bikes — machines for week-long tours, school runs with two children aboard, and the market trip that used to need a car. We are looking for shops to carry them.
Chapter one
Two kinds of journey, one way of building.
Some trips are measured in days: a coastline, a pass, a string of small towns with a bed at the end of each. Others are measured in errands: the nursery, the grocer, the allotment and back. We think both deserve a bike that is calm under load, honest about its range and easy to look after.
Our touring line is for riders who pack the night before and leave before breakfast. Our cargo line is for households who would rather pedal than park. They share the same habits — sensible geometry, generous carrying points, batteries sized for real distances rather than brochure numbers — and the same belief that a good e-bike should feel like a bicycle first.
Everyday cargo
Long-tail frames with a low centre of gravity, so a heavy load steers like a light one and parks without drama.
Chapter two · For dealers
Why a good shop might want our bikes on the floor.
01
Bikes that come back for service, not for refunds
Our frames use standard bearings, common brake mounts and a cable-routing layout your mechanics already know. A touring bike that can be fixed in any decent workshop is one your customers trust — and one that keeps visiting your bench.
02
A category with patient, well-informed buyers
People shopping for a loaded tourer or a family cargo bike tend to research for weeks, ask good questions and buy once. That suits shops who like to talk, fit and test-ride properly rather than race to the lowest price.
03
Support from people who ride the same roads
Dealers deal directly with a small team, not a ticket queue. Technical questions, warranty claims and demo-fleet requests all land in the same inbox and get answered by someone who has fixed the part in question.
From our riding notes
“Range isn’t a number on a box. It’s whether you reach the next village before the light goes.”
Chapter three
The route to becoming a stockist.
No forms longer than a postcard and no pressure to order before you have ridden the bikes.
Mile 0
Write to us
Tell us about your shop, your area and the riders who come through your door.
Mile 1
A conversation
A call or visit to understand fit, territory and how you'd like to sell.
Mile 2
Demo bikes arrive
A small test fleet so your staff and customers can ride before you commit to stock.
Mile 3
Open for orders
Agreed terms, a dealer portal login and a listing on our shop's dealer finder.
Open invitation
Run a shop that sends people somewhere good?
We'd like to hear from independent bike shops, touring outfitters and cargo-bike specialists.