I couldn’t have said it better. On May 14, 2010, the UK Environmental Transport Association said this:
Following a back-to-back test of electric cars, electric motorcycles and an electric bicycle this week, the Environmental Transport Association (ETA) concluded that the bicycle offered the best application of the technology.
See the full article here. And discuss it in our forums here.
Charlie
Momentum Magazine’s current issue has a “subculture” article entitled article: elusive-e-bikers. If you can get past the slightly dodgy headline, the fact that it’s there tells you something. More than the very brief stories of individual riders, it tells you that a fashion-forward urban bicycling magazine aimed at the young and hip thinks that electric cycling — and electric cyclists — are interesting.
I think that’s culturally significant in and of itself. And I’d think so even if they hadn’t asked me to write the article.
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LA’s CBS 2 / KCAL 9 TV news ran a nice little story about electric cycling February 4, 2010. You can see the clip at http://www.cbs2.com/video/?id=126581. The link will open (complete with advertising) in another window.
The good news: They highlight a couple of older cyclists who use electric-assist bikes to keep on rolling, and also electric-assist utility cycles for commercial delivery use.
The bad new: The idea clearly just doesn’t work for one of the newscasters. (Be sure to watch the clip through to the end.)
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