Ebike Oracle

Affiliate Disclosure

Amazon Associates statement

As an Amazon Associate, Ebike Oracle earns from qualifying purchases. This is the disclosure required by the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program Operating Agreement and by the Amazon EU Associates Programme Operating Agreement. It applies to every link on this site that points to an amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, or any other regional Amazon storefront.

The disclosure also appears on every individual product page above the first Amazon link, in compliance with §5(a) of the Operating Agreement.

Federal Trade Commission disclosure

In addition to Amazon's requirements, this site complies with 16 CFR Part 255 (the FTC Endorsement Guides). Some of the links on this page are affiliate links — when you click one and go on to buy, Ebike Oracle may earn a small commission. The price you pay is identical — there is no markup, no surcharge, and no discount tied to using a non-affiliate link.

How affiliate links work on this site

Every affiliate link is routed through a /go/{slug} URL on our domain. That redirect:

  1. Logs an anonymous click record. Your IP address is hashed with a server-side secret (HMAC-SHA256) before storage — we cannot read the raw IP back from our database.
  2. Rewrites the destination URL with the correct affiliate tracking ID for the regional Amazon store you'll land on (ebikeoracle-20 for amazon.com, ebikeoracle-21 for amazon.co.uk, etc.). Tracking IDs are read from server environment variables and never appear in our source code.
  3. Sends you to the retailer's product page via a 302 redirect. The link in our HTML is tagged rel="sponsored noopener nofollow" so search engines and your browser both recognise it as a paid partnership link, not editorial endorsement.

We never use raw retailer URLs in editorial copy. Every revenue link goes through /go/.

Pricing and availability

Amazon prices change frequently. Every price you see on this site carries a "Price last checked: YYYY-MM-DD" timestamp under it — that's the moment our system last fetched the value. Per Amazon's Operating Agreement we refresh prices at least every 24 hours. The price at checkout is whatever Amazon shows you on the product page, not whatever appears here.

Availability information ("In stock", "Out of stock") follows the same rule and is the value Amazon reported at our last fetch.

Programs we participate in

Approvals come in over time as we publish reviews. As of the current site state, this list is the canonical record of who we partner with:

  • Amazon Associates (US) — ebikeoracle-20, 24-hour cookie window, 1–4% commission rate by category
  • Amazon Associates (UK) — ebikeoracle-21, 24-hour cookie window, 1–4% commission rate by category
  • AvantLink (pending) — network covering REI, Backcountry, and other outdoor retailers
  • Awin (pending) — UK / EU cycling network (Brompton, Tern UK)
  • Impact (pending) — direct-to-consumer network (Velotric, Mokwheel)
  • Lectric eBikes (pending) — direct-to-consumer folding and value-tier
  • Rad Power Bikes (pending) — direct-to-consumer cargo and utility
  • Tern Bicycles (pending) — direct-to-consumer premium folding and family cargo
  • Aventon (pending) — direct-to-consumer commuter and cargo
  • Specialized (pending) — direct, via Rakuten Advertising
  • Brompton (pending) — direct UK, via Awin
  • Yuba Bicycles (pending) — direct-to-consumer cargo

We add new programs to this list the same week we're approved into them, and we remove any program we leave. The current pending items are programs we have applied to but not yet been approved by; until approval, the site contains no monetized links to those retailers.

Amazon OneLink

Some of our Amazon links pass through Amazon's OneLink service. OneLink automatically routes a US-store URL to your local Amazon store (amazon.co.uk, amazon.de, amazon.fr, amazon.it, amazon.es, amazon.nl, amazon.ca, amazon.com.au, amazon.com.mx, amazon.com.br, amazon.co.jp, amazon.in) when you click — so a UK reader who clicks an amazon.com link will land on amazon.co.uk with the same product. The affiliate credit is preserved in the destination market. There is no extra charge to you and no functional difference in the purchase flow.

How we choose what to recommend

Affiliate relationships do not change rankings, scoring, or which bikes we recommend. Editorial decisions are made before we know which programs apply to a given bike. Our methodology — payload, real-world range, motor feel, build quality, retailer support, and total cost of ownership — is documented in /methodology and applies uniformly. A bike with no affiliate program on it can still be our top pick in a category; it simply won't carry a click-through link, and that's fine.

We also do not accept payment for positive reviews, sponsored content placements, or accelerated review timelines. We don't run "Top 10 X" lists supplied by manufacturers. If a manufacturer ships us a bike for review, that fact is disclosed inline on the review and the bike is rated against the same criteria as bikes we paid for.

Image rights

Product images on this site are sourced from one of three places: (1) Amazon's content delivery network (m.media-amazon.com / images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com) when the image is associated with an active affiliate link to that product, in compliance with the Amazon Associates Operating Agreement; (2) manufacturer-supplied press kits where we have written permission to use the image; or (3) photographs we have taken ourselves of bikes in our possession. We do not lift product photography from competitor review sites.

What you can do

  • Treat any link with a /go/ prefix as a paid partnership link.
  • The footer disclosure on every page is the short version of this policy.
  • Email john.weeks.dev@gmail.com with questions about a specific recommendation, partnership, or potential conflict.
  • 16 CFR Part 255 (the FTC Endorsement Guides) is the regulation behind the FTC half of this page; you can read the full rules on the FTC website.
  • The Amazon Associates Operating Agreement (Section 5, Identification as an Associate) is the regulation behind the Amazon half; you can read it from your Amazon Associates account.

Last updated: 2026-05-03.