How to afford
an e-bike.
Every route onto one costs something — we show you exactly how much.
the cost retailer finance · pay monthly · BNPL Cycle to Work Pay it
pre-tax salary sacrifice · via your employer Rental Just
rent it monthly · no long contract Gig riders Earn while
you ride
Pick one. Or combine a couple.
Cycle to Work buys it from your pre-tax pay; finance spreads the rest; rental skips owning altogether. Most people only ever weigh up one of them.
- Pay it pre-tax
Cycle to Work
Pay for a bike out of your gross salary, through your employer — who runs the schemes, what they cover, and the catch at the end most people miss.
Explore cycle to work - Spread the cost
Finance
Pay monthly at the checkout or with a personal loan — every route compared on what it really costs to spread the bill, not just the headline rate.
Explore finance - Just rent it
Rental
Monthly e-bike subscriptions and rentals, city by city. Ride one as long as you like, then hand it back — no big upfront, no resale to sort.
Explore rental - Earn while you ride
Gig riders
Ride for Deliveroo, Just Eat or Uber Eats? The e-bikes built for all-day delivery, compared on range, rack and battery — and whether to buy, finance or rent.
Explore gig riders
We don’t sell bikes.
So we’re not steering you anywhere.
Bike shops, finance firms and “best e-bike” blogs each have something to sell. We don’t — just every route onto a bike, the real cost of each, and our affiliate links flagged. The choice is yours.
- Dated — you see the day we last checked every figure
- Sourced — schemes cited to GOV.UK, not a press release
- We compare. We don’t advise. You decide.