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Electric Bike tips: Increase your range per charge

May 12, 2010

So you’ve finally made the leap and purchased an electric bike, but instead of seeing the world, you keep seeing the “Empty” indicator on the battery meter.  How come? Well, a number of factors can influence the range and energy consumption of your eBike.  Like any bike, an eBike encounters a frictional force known as [...]

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Completing Your E-Bike by Choosing the Perfect Accessories

May 7, 2010

So now you’ve purchased your dream eBike and even had it out for a spin a few times.  That’s great!  What comes next?  Well, there are a wide variety of accessories and optional equipment available which can enhance your cycling experience.  Like what, you ask? One of the most useful pieces of equipment you can [...]

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Which electric bike is right for you?

May 4, 2010

If you walk into a well-stocked bicycle shop which carries electric bikes, you will discover that there are several good-looking, well-performing models from which to choose: In what-an-electric-bike-is-not, we looked at how electric bikes are put together, and noted that there are differences in where the motors are mounted and how they drive the bike, [...]

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David Balzer, eBike rider, BionX rider | Author

April 30, 2010

Born in New York City College in Rochester New York Employed by Connecticut Dept. of Transportation – Title: Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator Traveled New York state and Vermont by bicycle with American Youth Hostels Leader with 5 Borough Bicycle Club since 1995. After a small incidence roller-blading, David Purchased EV Global electric bike in 2009. [...]

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Commuting to work with an eBike

April 20, 2010

The decision to use an ebike to commute to work has many advantages.  According to the Internal Revenue Service, the average car costs about 50¢/mile to operate, including the cost of registration, insurance and fuel.  An electric bike may cost one-tenth as much, or even less.  For one thing, there is no registration or insurance [...]

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Mustangs, Minivans and Electric Bikes – A History of EV Global

April 20, 2010

The author of this post owns an EV Global electric bike.  EV Global was started in 1996 by auto industry giant Lee Iacocca.  Thirty years earlier, in 1964, Lee Iacocca was an auto engineer at Ford, when he identified that there was a new generation of auto buyers, and they needed a new car, one [...]

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What an electric bike is NOT

April 20, 2010

It’s 2010, and electric bikes, (ebikes for short), have been with us for more than a decade.  Sales were initially modest, but over the past several years, interest in and enthusiasm for electric bikes has been growing steadily.  Yet a lot of people, even avid cyclists, don’t really know much about them. So what is [...]

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