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1500 miles per gallon @ $2.95 per gallon of gasoline / 20 mile charge cost .05
Electric bikes typically travel at speeds of 10 to 20+ miles per hour and go up to 12-20 miles per charge. Charging your electric bike for four to six hours uses 5 cents worth of electricity from common 110 wall outlets. The electric bike power can give you a break from pedaling or supply more power when you're going up hill. |
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| US bicycle commuters based on data, the US Census estimates that there are between 411,000 and 750,000 people who ride bicycles more miles than any other vehicle to get to work during an average week. | |
| Bike to work E-bicycling takes about the same amount of time as driving a car to work if you live within 10 miles of work or less. If possible recharge battery while at work. | |
| E-bicycling can be one of most pleasant ways to commute to work. Rather than creating stress while driving to work, the exercise actually relieves stress. Many commute trips are short and bicycling is an ideal commute mode for short trips. While relatively few people envision themselves bicycling to work, the people who do it are enthusiastic about their commute mode. | |
Select a route.
Plan your route carefully,
don't assume
that the shortest, most direct route is the best - quality beats brevity.
Look for quieter streets that aren't packed with buses and trucks. If you
must ride on busy streets, use those with bike lanes if you can find any,
or at least wide lanes. Multiple-lane, one-way streets are often
good. Stay off sidewalks - in some areas illegal and always dangerous, un-maintained,
bumpy.Do a test run. In your car, drive the bike route and look for things like wide lanes, bike lanes and traffic flow. The first time you bike to work, allow yourself a little more time than you think you will need. If you tested the route on the weekend as suggested you will know the approximate time it takes. Remember - rush hour traffic may slow you down. |
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| Claim Your Share of the Road. It's important to create a space cushion between your bike and other vehicles, both moving and parked. This way, drivers can also easily see you and have enough room to pass safely. If there is more than one lane in your direction, just ride down the middle of a lane, drivers can change lanes to pass you . Note: power you do need a motor with enough watts to get out of its own way ... nothing less than 600 watts. | |
| Equip Yourself You've heard it before, but considering how many cyclists continue to tempt fate, wear your helmet. In an accident, it might keep your skull from cracking like an egg. For night riding, bicycle regulations vary state-by-state, but it is common for local regulations to require both a headlight and a tail light. A flashing red light on the back of your bike can get a driver's attention. A good halogen headlight will not only help you avoid painful potholes but also make you extra visible to oncoming cars and cars at intersections. | |
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The morning air is clear and crisp as you set out for work
on your e-bicycle. Waiting in line at a
traffic light, most of the cars only have one occupant. Everyone drives so quickly and frantically, desperately searching for parking because his real goal is to get out of his car. Not only is driving a car boring and frustrating it is isolating. People enclosed in cars cannot communicate. The rare communication that takes place is usually angry: "Get off my tail, you idiot!" Driving stinks and we do it a lot. Many subject themselves to hours of this unpleasant experience each day. |
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| Authors note: You will notice a break in period to your riding habits with new electric biking. You might find yourself going as fast as you possibly can like driving a car at first for no particular reason. You don't have to race cars ! you are going as fast as they are. On high traffic street in Houston I can make all green lights at 18-20 MPH catching up to all cars going 45 MPH between lights on a 35 MPH street while cars are waiting at the all the stop lights. I can go faster on the ebike and then wait at lights like the cars - no point to hurry up - going fast just to stop. | |
enjoy
the ride
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