Robyn brought home a funky little electric bicycle today that she got for about $1,000 less than it’s marked price thanks to an eBay auction, it’s an eBike and it is indeed a funky little piece of machinery…
Basically it’s a bike, same as it’s always been since they were invented, you pedal around but if you need a boost, or if you need help going uphill, or you want to burnout at the lights or if you’re just plain lazy, you can flick a switch and you have battery assisted power to get you where you want to go, and if you’re supremely lazy like me, it even has cruise control… Seriously, who needs to pedal ever again? Not me for one…
It can apparently go as fast as 14mph on battery power alone, which isn’t terribly fast, per se, but fast enough to give you a nice little thrill. I wasn’t so sure about it at first, but after playing around with it by doing laps of the parking lot, I think it’s pretty badass!
Highly recommended if you have the inclination.
Originally uploaded by FLC.
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I have a 36 volt and the bike is great but there are not any parts to speak of (I ordered a fender months ago and still do not have it and I paid the dealer $1400 for my bike)and a warning to the wise. You want to watch the control sw for it has been known to run away with one. A friend of mine had the switch go crazy, and it cost him 48 stitches in the back of his leg. He bounced off a firehydren then hit a telephone pole. When he finally got the bike to the ground the back wheel was going as fast as it could. The damage to the bike entailed a new control which I had thanks to Ebay and a trip to the local bike shop to get the rear rim trued. Don
Hi , I’m planning on buying an ebike, the 36v le is the one that catches my attention, I’m planning on riding to work (10 miles each way) , I’m in Miami, florida so ther is not too many hills, I check other ebikes and everybody thinks theirs is the best, the only problem with Miami is the rain and ah … of course Hurricanes, I dont want to look like ET when one of those cacth me in the middle of my trip , Ja ! I will aprreciate any feedbakc, the more I leran before i buy the better.
Thank you kindly