Skarper

set

out

to

make

powered

personal

mobility

more

accessible

by

developing

a

clip-on

system

that

converts

a

standard

bicycle

into

an

e-bike

without

permanently

modifying

the

bike.

Conceived

by

biomedical

engineer

Dr

Alastair

Darwood

during

the

Covid-19

lockdown,

the

project

attracted

investment

from

six-time

Olympic

cycling

champion

Sir

Chris

Hoy

and

progressed

to

commercial

launch

in

2022.