Have you ever wanted to reduce your carbon footprint, but didn’t want to give up the fun and comfort of personal transportation?
I found a way the other day to do both … without gasoline.
There are several electric bikes on the market that are fun to ride, recharge with standard household current, or by pedaling more than you use (which was great on the downhills!). The model I tried was made by EPlus Electric Bikes and was a blast to ride.
It can be as much or little of a workout as you want.
The cheap thrill was by getting the bike up to 20+ mph by pedaling, then being able to maintain this speed using the electric motor. This was especially gratifying as the cars that passed were probably wondering how I was going this speed with no visible effort (you should have seen the expression on their faces!). The bike was well balanced, requires minimal maintenance, and offers a great alternative mode of transportation.
4 comments:
That's cool
This is great except it doesn't really reduce your carbon footprint, unless your power company produces electric by geothermal, wind, solar or some other alternative energy source.
Actually, it does reduce your carbon footprint, if it means driving a car less. The energy required to push a bike at 20mph is a small fraction of the energy required to propel an automobile using an internal combustion engine.
Jim
Rather nice blog you've got here. Thank you for it. I like such topics and everything connected to this matter. I would like to read more on that blog soon.
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