Seven reasons to ride an electric bicycle

People who own electric bikes typically have a few things in common:

they love their bikes
they ride their bikes
they are often healthier (and happier)
they have a special sparkle in their eyes because they know something other people don't know (why an electric bike is such a special way to get around)

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Here’s what people have to say about their bikes and what its like to ride them.

An Electric Bicycles Can Change Your Life

Whether you are riding an electric bicycle for casual fun or as your primary form of transportation, an electric bike will enhance your health, strength, mobility, and enjoyment. An electric bike isn't just a different kind of bicycle, it's a new form of transportation and personal transformation.

Seven Reason to Ride an Electric Bike

1) Health

An electric bike is an incredibly seductive form of exercise. You won't ever need to force yourself to get on the bike. You'll want to. It will make you feel good. You still get exercise, you just don't ache. It's like having your fairy god mother tap you on the shoulder with her magic want and make you twice as strong. If you have physical disabilities or encumbrances, an electric bike can mean all the difference in the world. If you're just out of shape, an electric bike can mean feeling healthier day in and day out. Either way, you'll ride your electric bike and appreciate how "no pain, no gain" becomes “all gain, no pain.”

2) Convenience

An electric bike is an exceptionally convenient form of transportation. It’s simple and quick. You can easily move yourself around town. You can also carry two big bags of groceries and whatever else you want to load onto the bike. An electric bike can easily carry a child-seat or tow a child trailer.

By removing the hassles of parking and adding the endorphins of an easy bike ride, an electric bike can replace a car for neighborhood errands.

3) Money

An electric bike can be cheaper than a gym membership, car insurance, or car payments. For many people, an electric bike will replace the car for neighborhood errands, enable them to drive a car significantly less, or replace a car altogether. A car costs $.10-.40 per mile to operate (including purchase price, insurance, taxes, and maintenance). An electric bike costs pennies per day. It's one of the most convenient and cost effective form of transportation since, well, the bicycle!

4) Time

An electric bike saves you time. It eliminates the time spent looking for parking. It eliminates time waiting for the bus. It's often faster ride than the bus! Traffic jams can be avoided via side streets. Whether you live in the city or in the suburbs, an electric bike is timesaving, practical transportation.

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6) Parking

On an electric bike, parking ceases to be a hassle since bikes easily find parking where cars drive around the neighborhood searching. If you live in the city, parking is often something valuable beyond a price tag. An electric bike can pay for itself just with what you'll pay in parking tickets (maybe with car insurance thrown in)!

7) The Environment

Our choice of transportation has a direct and significant impact upon both our lives and the world around us. An electric bike is high-utility, low-impact transportation. In many parts of the country, the automobile is the top contributor to local air, water, and noise pollution. A large percentage of cars are driven used for short trips (often miles or less) with only one person in the car.

Replacing the high impact of a single passenger car with the low impact of an electric bike will make a positive difference for both the individual and environment. Our choices have an impact on the future. An electric bike is healthy step in the right direction.

Reasons to Ride an Electric Bike