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Rocket Electrics is an electric bicycle shop in Austin, TX. Rocket Electrics was founded in 2010 by marketing professional Nicole Zinn and local entrepreneur John Dawson as a new concept of an all-electric bike shop that mixed electric bike sales with electric bike rentals and guided tours. Unlike other bike shops, the shop carries no regular pedal bikes, electric scooters or skateboards. The sole focus of the shop is electric bikes, which have taken off in other parts of the world, most notably China that has over 120 million electric bikes, but has had little adoption in the US. Rocket Electric has received a fair amount of press in its first full year of operation including mentions in the New York Times, Culture Map , and Fast Company's Co.Exist.

Rocket Electrics produces unique electric bike tours for the Austin market including a "Live Music Capital of the World Tour" where the tour guides are local full time musicians and includes a live acoustic performance by the artist. A portion of the proceeds of the tour go to benefit the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians, a local non-profit that provides access to affordable health care for full-time working musicians.

Rocket Electrics also rents its electric bike fleet out for daily, or overnight use and has become especially popular during Austin's large events such as SXSW and the Formula One.