Part of the Otto Scooter family Best e-bike for food delivery in London
Four realistic options, compared on the numbers each maker publishes — not on adjectives. We build one of them, and we say so on every line.
What is the best e-bike for food delivery in London?
For long shifts, the ETT Trayser 2.0: 1,056 Wh in one removable battery, 50–60 miles per charge, a Gates carbon belt instead of a chain, hydraulic disc brakes. £55 a week from Otto Scooter, £49 for Uber Eats and Deliveroo riders, £200 refundable deposit.
For short zone-1 shifts and the cheapest week, the field is even: Otto rents the lighter Cycl Carr-E at £39 a week, and Zoomo publishes £39/week for its Boost plan on an 8-week term. If your route is wide rather than dense, an electric moped beats every bicycle here — at the cost of a licence and a CBT.
ETT Industries is part of Otto Scooter Ltd — we make the Trayser. Competitor specs below come from each maker's published pages. Checked 30 August 2026: Zoomo Zero spec · Zoomo London plans. Where a maker does not publish a figure we write “not published” rather than estimate it. Last updated: 30 August 2026.
Three delivery e-bikes you can rent in London
Every cell below is either quoted from the maker's own page or marked “not published”. Blank spaces in a rival's spec sheet are a finding, not something for us to fill in.
| ETT Trayser 2.0 | Zoomo Zero | Cycl Carr-E | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battery | 1,056 Wh, removable | 628 Wh ("13 & 17Ah") | 576 Wh, removable |
| Published range | 50–60 miles | 80 km (about 50 miles) | 40 miles |
| Drive | Gates carbon belt | Not published (3-speed internal hub) | Not published |
| Brakes | Hydraulic disc | Not published | Not published |
| Charge time | About 4 hours | 4 hours | About 4 hours |
| Weight | Not published | 25 kg | Not published |
| Weekly price | £55 · £49 for Uber Eats and Deliveroo riders | £39 (Boost, 8-week plan) · £55 (Flex, cancel anytime) | £39 |
| Starter fee | None | "A one-time £25 starter fee may be applicable" | None |
| Deposit | £200 refundable | Not published · £0 with Theft and Damage Cover at £10/week | £150 refundable |
| Where you collect | Otto Scooter, Hammersmith W6 | Zoomo stores: 22 Druid St SE1, 9 Birkbeck St E2 | Otto Scooter, Hammersmith W6 |
Zoomo publishes a 3-speed internal gear hub on the Zero but never names the drive type or the brakes in its spec table, and does not publish a deposit figure. Cycl publishes the battery, range and price we quote through Otto Scooter, which rents it — Cycl is a sister brand in the same group as ETT, and we would rather tell you that than have you find out.
Which of these is right for you?
Pick the Trayser 2.0 if…
- Your shifts run past 30 miles, or you double-shift and do not want to plan around a socket.
- You are tired of chains: the Gates belt has nothing to stretch, oil or replace.
- You want the maintenance and the battery swaps inside the weekly price, at one workshop, with no per-visit charge.
- You ride for Uber Eats or Deliveroo and want the £49 rate.
Pick something else if…
- You ride outside London. Otto rents in London only; Zoomo publishes stores in Manchester and Birmingham as well as two in London, and that is a real advantage we cannot match.
- You want the lowest possible weekly number and your shifts are short — £39 buys either a Carr-E from Otto or Zoomo's 8-week Boost plan.
- You want theft and damage cover bundled: Zoomo publishes an add-on at £10/week that also removes its deposit. An e-bike from us is a bicycle in law and is not insured.
- Your route is wide rather than dense — then it is a moped question, not a bicycle question.
What 1,056 Wh looks like on a London street
Every photograph on this site is a real Trayser — fleet bikes, rider bikes and the ones that come back to the workshop on a Tuesday morning. No stock photography.
Why watt-hours decide this, and miles do not
Range figures are not comparable across makers because nobody publishes the test. ETT publishes 1,056 Wh and 50–60 miles, which works out at roughly 18–21 Wh per mile. Zoomo publishes 628 Wh and 80 km for the Zero — about 12.6 Wh per mile, a more optimistic assumption than ours. Rate the packs, not the promises: 1,056 Wh is 68% more energy than 628 Wh whichever assumption you believe, and that gap is the reason we build the bike the way we do. The arithmetic is worked through in the delivery e-bike battery guide.
What Zoomo does better
Two things, honestly. First, the network: Zoomo publishes stores in Manchester and Birmingham alongside two London sites, and lists rental plans across the UK, France and Spain. If you move city, that matters, and one Hammersmith workshop does not answer it. Second, extra batteries: Zoomo's London plan page lists an extra battery at £15/week at select locations. Otto's answer is different — a free swap of the whole 1,056 Wh pack at the workshop, no weekly add-on — but Zoomo's model is a legitimate one.
One open question we will not paper over: Zoomo's London plan page lists a plan named “Zoomo 1” at £55/week marked “NEW BIKE” with “Range 55/miles”, and does not publish that bike's battery capacity. Zoomo's global Zoomo 1 page publishes “Dual 48V, 700 Wh” and 120–140 km. If that twin-pack bike rents in London, its combined capacity is larger than the Trayser's, and this page will say so the day Zoomo publishes the London spec.
Or skip the bicycle entirely
An e-bike is the right tool for dense, cycle-lane work. If your zone is wide, an electric moped covers more ground per hour, and the weekly price at Otto Scooter includes hire-and-reward insurance, which no bicycle rental can offer. The trade is legal: you need a UK provisional or full driving licence plus a CBT certificate. Otto's electric moped rental page lists the current models and weekly rates.
The Trayser 2.0 comes from one place
ETT builds it; Otto Scooter rents it. Same workshop for the fitting, the servicing and the free battery swaps — 66 Paddenswick Road, Hammersmith.
- £55 per week
- £49 per week for Uber Eats and Deliveroo riders
- £200 refundable deposit
Collection at Otto Scooter, 66 Paddenswick Road, Hammersmith W6 0UB. No credit check. As an EAPC the Trayser needs no licence and no CBT.
Delivery e-bikes in London, answered
What is the best e-bike for food delivery in London?
How much does it cost to rent a delivery e-bike in London?
Do I need a licence or CBT to deliver on an e-bike in London?
How big a battery does a delivery rider actually need?
Is an e-bike or an electric moped better for delivery?
Go deeper on one question
Trayser 2.0 vs Zoomo Zero
Head to head on battery, range, drive, brakes, weekly price and deposit — and where Zoomo is genuinely the better answer.
Read the guide →How many watt-hours does a delivery shift need?
Watt-hours per mile, worked from published numbers, plus what a week of charging costs at the current price cap.
Read the guide →Belt drive vs chain for delivery
What a belt removes from the maintenance list, what it costs you in return, and when a chain is the smarter choice.
Read the guide →Best e-bike for Uber Eats and Deliveroo
The platform rate, why an EAPC needs no licence or CBT, and what the £49 week does and does not include.
Read the guide →Long shifts need 1,056 Wh
£55 a week from Otto Scooter, £49 for Uber Eats and Deliveroo riders, £200 refundable deposit.