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Electric On
Power up your regular bike with
the world's easiest e-bike upgrade
On your favourite bike
CLIP is designed to electrify almost any bike so your favorite bike can come along for the ride.
CLIP ON !
Make your work commute or trip around town a breeze with the easiest e-bike upgrade ever!
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We know e-bikes get stolen a lot! CLIP is easy & safe to take inside with you.
Bike Smarter . Not Harder
Reviewed. Respected. Recommended.
“The CLIP feels like a game-changer.”
The CLIP feels like a game-changer: Almost any regular pedal-powered bicycle can become an electric-boosted battery-powered machine with the addition of the Clip attachment.
“This thing’s incredible“
Once it was on, the Clip felt intuitive to use from my first ride. I noticed the device’s wheel has an auto-roll feature — the center wheel slightly powers your front tire (as it’s rolling) even when you’re not pedaling.
“I estimate that it's 8,000 times easier than full e-bike conversion kits.”
Both the local bike shop where I picked up my CLIP review unit and the company behind the product offered to walk me through installation, but I turned them down. I wanted to see how true their claims of "easy to set up" actually are. Verdict: extremely true.
“I pedalled, felt a nudge, then pressed a red button on the handlebar and got a burst of juice. Whee!”
Because it was a weekend and the Yard was empty, I was able to take a test ride back and forth along the concrete floor in a corridor downstairs. I pedalled, felt a nudge, then pressed a red button on the handlebar and got a burst of juice.
“Dead simple to use, the Clip offers up to 12 miles of electric range for your bike.”
Clip, a startup based in Brooklyn, New York, has come up with its own twist on the Solex. Its only product, the eponymously named Clip, is a friction drive unit that attaches to the front fork of any bicycle, turning it into an e-bike.
“CLIP is a brilliant idea and makes sense for short jaunts around town.”
I tested the Explorer model and used it to bike to church and to a couple of meetings, and didn't feel sweaty or out of breath when I arrived. I felt the CLIP's pull at the very beginning of my ride as the mechanical roller synced up with the bike's tire, but most of the time I was pedaling at a steady rate in "auto-roll" mode.
“In a sea of expensive, complicated ebikes, it’s a refreshingly simple concept. ”
The new device arrived a few days later and worked like a charm, adding oomph to the Carmen. For college kids riding across a leafy, flat campus after a bookish day or tired commuters crossing the Brooklyn Bridge after working in Manhattan, this would be a great turbo-charged ride home.
“CLIP is designed to be compact enough to be easily carried around and stored in the workplace.”
Ray described the design as "architectural and minimal in its form". "We wanted it to be a product that can sit on your desk next to your laptop and look like it's part of the same ecosystem.
“The 13 Best Electric Bikes of 2025”
A particular conversion device we like is the Clip friction-drive motor. This sub-10-pound motor mounts to the front wheel of most commuter, city, road, or gravel bikes (basically, bikes without suspension forks) and provides up to 15 mph pedaling assistance.
100 Best Inventions
Best Conversion Kit Rider's Choice
Micelio Mobility Awards
Micromobility Europe Best in Bike & Overall
Transportation Design of the Year
Keeling Curve Prize Winner
SXSW Innovation Awards
Best Product Design Honoree
Startup Challenge Winner
Questions
We’ll be happy to schedule a demo for you if you live in Brooklyn.
Best is to share a photo of your bike with us on this chat so we can confirm fit. Preferably with the name/model. Additionally - please feel free to check this compatibility database if you bike is listed on this. https://clip.bike/pages/compatibility
