The top 10 reasons to buy an electric bike

We've found a great blog post the other day, thought it's worth sharing.

"I've made up my mind to do my bit for the environment. After doing my research I went out and splashed out on a beautiful electric bicycle. It's a nice shiny piece of machinery that not only does the job, it looks great too. While I bought the bike mainly to help me reduce my carbon footprint, I've since found many more good reasons to have one. Here are 10 of the top reasons I could think of - I would be interested in hearing others you may come up with!"

 

 

1. REDUCE YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT AND DO SOMETHING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT:
   
   Yes this is the one that started it all, which is why I've called it number one. What I am trying to do is to try and use the car a little less and enjoy the bike a little more. As someone who has been driving a car for over twenty years the habit is a little hard to break, so if you are like me don't try to boil the ocean in one go. Start small.
   
   "Fifty per cent of all car journeys are of less than five kilometres' duration, which means that there is considerable potential for at least some of those journeys to be made safely and in a much healthier way by bike."
   
   Think of all those small trips that you do on a daily basis. Like down to the newsagent to get a paper. Or a quick trip to the video store, or to the corner shop to get a loaf of bread? I'm getting into the habit of using the bike for these little trips and keeping the car in the garage. I've also found that I'm enjoying riding the bike. I may not be a great cyclist like Cadel Evans but I can now ride up hills as confidently as he can. The rush of wind in my face reminds me of when I was thirteen and did a chemist delivery run on my bike - so that I could save up for a car would you believe?
   
   Have you noticed how many bicycle lanes and cycleways there are nowadays? Before long there will be a lot more of us cruising to work carbon-less. One of the main reasons people don't ride to work is that they need to get changed when they get there. There are some who argue that riding an electric bike means that you can suit up and not get sweaty (see Suitable Transport), what do you think?
   If you are interested in a completely Carbon Free transport solution, why not charge your electric bike with Green Energy (either wind or hydro generated) or a Solar Panel?
   
   Hey it looks like someone's now invented a hydrogen bike: Hydrogen Powered Bike
   
   Renew magazine has just published an Electric Bike Buyer's guide: Electric Bike Buyer's Guide
   
   A BEAUTIFUL COMMUTE TO WORK: WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO DRIVE A CAR TO WORK?
   
   This is a beautiful video of a bike commute to work in Sydney. Compare this to sitting in a traffic jam or huddling with hundreds of people on a train or bus and it's a no brainer that communities will benefit from more bike commuters and better infrastructure to cater for them.
   
   
   

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