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e-bikes very cost effective for short trips

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Written on: 29. 05. 08 [00:17]
jstack6 Topic creator registered since: 27.10.2007 Posts: 30	There are some nice e-bikes for sale on line and locally that are great for 5, 10 or even 20 mile trips. Almost all bicycles come from Chian and Taiwan and these do too.The part I like best is you can peddle them yourself. This was you get as much exercise as you want. The local ones are only $3-400, on line they are $600-700. Other fancy models are over $1,000 and even come with long lasting lithium batteries. http://www.evworld.com/article.cfm?storyid=1439
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Written on: 31. 05. 08 [01:24]
jstack6 Topic creator registered since: 27.10.2007 Posts: 30	FYI, my frind Bob got one of the 48 volt models and could never go more than 6-8 miles before running low and having thje bike speed up and slow down as it cut on and off. We just replaced his 4 batteries with new ones and he drove to work , 8 miles and still showed full on the charge. He's so happy he's going to keep going with out charging just to see how it does each day. After that I told him the battereis last a lot longer if he charges every chance he can. Even a 1 or 2 mile trips. short discharges are almost no life from the batteries. Big deep discharges are very hard on a battery and it has a limited amount before they degrade. ops:
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Written on: 12. 07. 08 [00:52]
jstack6 Topic creator registered since: 27.10.2007 Posts: 30	the local company Phoenix Produce that sells the E-bike has the new model and it has about 12 improvements. They even have a lithium battery option. These just keep getting better. still 20-30 miles on a charge, peddle forever if you need to.
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Written on: 14. 07. 08 [14:36]
Yardonn registered since: 22.08.2007 Posts: 14	Off course nothing can be more efficient on short range (low speed) than a bike, with less than 20 kg including Motor and Batteries. But sadly it is only a "nice weather"-option for most people. Most people will not accept an (e-) bike at below 5°C or in heavy rain. Even (or especially ) after driving Motorcycle for more than a decade (even in bad condition), i now really need some kind of rain and wind protection, and a some kind of lockable trunk to really be able to replace a car even on short distance. I need to get to work in every weather condition and public transport i no option (very rural area...). I think everything without a roof will not be something you can rely on for transportation, even though it might be perfect in nice weather. I found and bought my "e-bike", to get me and my Laptop dry to work (18 miles one way) but it is quite expensive to buy: Alleweder A4 (http://www.leichfahrzeuge.de ) Because of better airodynamic it beats all (e-)bikes on flat area, but the corpus-wieght of 34 kg takes it's toll when going up the montains. Alleweder A4 http://www.leichtfahrzeuge.de allmost full weather protection for one person at 1 - 1.5 kWh / 100 km
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