Velo Index

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name: ebike-specs
description: Use when someone is choosing, comparing or looking up electric bikes and wants published specifications, prices or differences between models in a specific market (EU, UK, US, Canada, Australia or New Zealand). Covers using the Velo Index tools search_bikes, get_bike and compare_bikes, and presenting their figures accurately.
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# Looking up and comparing e-bikes with Velo Index

Velo Index is an independent index of manufacturer-published e-bike specifications. Its three tools return the same standardised fields for every brand, per market.

## Pick the market first

Every tool needs a `region`: EU, UK, USA, CA, AU or NZ. The same model can have a different price, top speed and battery in each market.

- Use the market the person names or clearly implies, such as a city or country.
- A currency symbol alone is not enough: euros cover many countries, and dollars cover three markets.
- If the market is unclear, ask before searching.

## Choose the tool

| The person wants | Tool |
| --- | --- |
| Bikes that meet requirements, such as a budget, weight, range or frame type | `search_bikes` |
| The recorded specifications for one named model | `get_bike` |
| Two to four named models set against each other | `compare_bikes` |

- `search_bikes` returns up to 10 models per call, plus the total number of matches. `sort` orders them by listed price (either direction), lightest listed weight, longest claimed range, largest battery or model name, and `offset` set to the result's `next_offset` returns the next page. In the USA and Canada, `us_class` filters by US e-bike class (1, 2 or 3). Mention the total when it is larger than what you show.
- `get_bike` and `compare_bikes` accept a slug from an earlier result, or a brand and model name. Matching is exact: when a model is not found, say so rather than substituting a similar bike. The result may list `did_you_mean`: models in that market whose names contain every word given, such as "Turbo Vado 4.0 (2026)" for "Turbo Vado 4.0". Offer those names, or use one and say which; otherwise offer a search.
- In assistants that support interactive apps, results also appear in a panel with catalogue images, filters and a side-by-side comparison. The text result carries the same facts.

## Present the figures accurately

- Figures are manufacturer claims, standardised for comparison, not independent tests. Say "claimed range" and "listed weight".
- A null field means that value is not recorded in the returned Velo Index data. Say "not recorded in Velo Index"; do not infer that the manufacturer never published it, and never estimate it.
- Weight may or may not include the battery; Velo Index does not normalise this.
- `get_bike` and `compare_bikes` also return frame material, suspension, wheel size and tyres where published; search results do not. Each result's `url` opens the bike's full Velo Index record, which lists further published specifications, such as display, motor brand, frame sizes and charge time. When someone asks about one of those, link that record rather than saying Velo Index does not track it.
- Prices are listed prices on the catalogue date given in the result's second text item ("Velo Index catalogue updated ..."). Stock and current prices are with the retailer.
- Velo Index publishes no rankings. If you recommend a bike, make clear that the judgement is yours, based on the person's stated needs, and cite Velo Index for the figures.
- A discount code in a result is a recorded code with the date it was last checked. Velo Index may earn a commission when it is used. Mention both if you pass the code on.

## Example requests

- "Find step-through e-bikes under £2,000 with a removable battery in the UK."
- "Compare the Turbo Vado 4.0 Step-Through and the Turbo Vado SL 2 4.0 Step-Through in the UK."
- "What does the Velotric Discover 2 weigh in the US?"