electric bike
There is a new way to get around and it does not involve gasoline.
Steve Browne had the opportunity to try out something new that’s beginning to pick up here in United States. Electric Bicycles! More and more people are looking for alternatives ways to get around and try to minimize the use of gas powered vehicles. In the past one year , people were doing everything to trade in gas guzzling vehicles for smaller economical cars, they carpooled, they decreased the number of trips… just to save some money when the gas was over three dollars per gallon. Some analysts say that the low gas prices we have now will not last so people are beginning to look for other ways to get around.
Michael Pease is the owner of Gotta Ride Bikes. He says that these bikes don’t create emissions because they run on batteries. Averagly, a battery can last nearly 20 miles on a charge. There are some newer bicycles that will allow you to go longer but it als means an extra battery will be needed and most like placed under the seat. So how does it go? On this particular (in the pictures) bike, it has a thumb throttle on the right handle bar that if you push down the bike takes off.
Those batteries are built into the spokes and seem like round discs. The best thing of them is that they don’t interfere with the operation of the nomal bicycle at all. Pretty Cool. If you don’t use the battery you can still pedal if you like. But hey its electric so in my opinion let the bike do all the work.
KSAT-12 photojournalist Misael Gomez, had a blast on the bike. I was not so courageous enough to go that fast on something which is not owned by me. However, it was fun to ride. It was almost like a golf cart except it had two wheels and went a bit faster. I was afraid of hitting and going airborne.
Overall, its a great product. If I won the lottery, I’d buy one. The cost start at about $1,000 and the red bike that you see in the pictures was about $3,700. Of course if the price is too steep you can always choose the old fashion bike and pedal to your destination.