E-Bikes in the U.S. 2017

Topics of the survey

• Bicycles in general
• E-bikes and shared bicycle systems
• Disposition to buy a new bike/e-bike
• Brand/manufacturer awareness
• Sociodemography

• Method: Online Survey
• Survey name: Statista Survey E-Bikes 2017
• Region: USA
• Number of respondents: 588
• Age of respondents: 18 to 69 years
• Type of respondents: persons who ride the bike more often than "never"
• Survey time period: 14th to 22nd of March 2017

• Gender
• Age
• Ethnicity
• Frequency of bike usage

E-Bikes

• How often do you ride a bicycle?
• Do you own a bicycle?
• What kind of bicycles do you have in your household?
• Which bicycle(s) do you use most?
• Are you planning to purchase a new bicycle within the next 12 months? This refers only to new bicycles, not to used ones.
• What kind of bicycle will you most likely purchase?
• How much will you spend at max on your new bicycle?
• Have you heard the term ebike before?
• Have you ever ridden an ebike?
• For what kind of rides would you use an ebike?
• For what kind of rides do you use your ebike?
• How likely will you purchase a new ebike within the next twelve months?
• How much would you spend at max on an ebike?
• Which features are important to you, when purchasing an ebike?
• Which of these brands do you know as producers of ebikes?
• From which brand is your ebike?
• Which brands would be an option for you when purchasing a new ebike?
• How did you first hear about ebikes?
• Where would you gather information prior to the purchase of a new ebike?
• From which of these shops and dealers would you consider purchasing your ebike?
• What would make you consider purchasing an ebike?
• Imagine you’d own an ebike, which of these statements apply to you?
• Which of these statements apply to you?
• What objections do you have towards ebikes?

Shared-Bicycle-Systems

• How often do you use bicycles you borrowed or rented, independently whom from?
• Which options do you have, if you want to borrow a bicycle?
• How often do you use shared bicycle systems, such as BCycle or Citi Bicycle?
• How much do you spend per month on the use of shared bicycles?
• In which situations do you use shared bicycle systems?
• Which alternatives do you replace when using shared bicycle systems?
• Which shared bicycle system do you use most?
• How much do you agree with each of these statements? Please think of the shared bicycle system you use most.
• How happy are you with the bicycle share system you use most overall?
• What convinced you to register at the bicycle share system?
• Why don’t you use shared bicycle systems (yet)?

Sociodemography

• What is your gender?
• How old are you?
• Which race/ethnicity best describes you? (Please choose only one.)
• What is the highest level of education you have completed?
• Including yourself, how many people - including children - usually live in your household?
• In what type of community do you live?
• In what state or U.S. territory do you live?
• How much total combined money do all members of your household earn annually?