New trend - e-bike?
Sales of electric bikes constantly grow. 170 thousand units were already sold this year in. While during last year 120 thousand units were sold. Increase in sales can be explained by flexibility in movement and economic situation. And there is an added value of owners feeling they contribute to “greener” environment.
There is an old Russian saying: “Everything new is well forgotten old.” First motorized bicycle was invented more than 100 years ago. But it was almost ignored by the western world since then. And there is no doubt that for most people driving a car to work is more comfortable than an electric bicycle. E-bikes can become an alternative to cars due to economic crisis and technological improvements.
There are several things to consider before purchasing an e-bike or even a folding electric bike:
• If you buy it, will you use it?
• Environmental variables - yearly average number of rainy days in your region, average temperature, the level of air pollution, etc.
• On the way you’re planning to use,are there special lines for bikes?
• Do you have appropriate facilities? For example: are there showers at your workplace if you want to use e-bike to reach work,?
• Do you have any health limitations/inconveniences that may prevent you from riding a bicycle? For instance: you start feeling your knees after some time.
You can use it to get a better shape if you decided to buy an e-bike. How to do it? We can divide training into two main parts: aerobic and anaerobic. Where “air” usually means oxygen,so “aerobic” means “requiring air”. Anaerobic is the opposite of aerobics, in other words “without air”. Human physiology allows us to sustain medium intensity for longer periods and reach maximim intensities for short periods of time. Thus, 5km run with constant speed will be considered aerobics and 100m sprint will be anaerobic. From now on I’ll assume that e-bike will be used for long distances, thus we’re talking about aerobics.