electric bike

There is a new way of getting around and it doesn’t involve gasoline.

Steve Browne had the opportunity to try something new which was beginning to pick up in United States. Electric Bicycles! More and more people are looking for alternatives ways of getting around and trying to minimize the use of gas powered vehicles. In the past one year , people were doing everything to trade in gas guzzling vehicles for smaller economical cars, they carpooled, they decreased the number of trips… just to save some money when the gas was over three dollars per gallon. Some analysts say that the low gas prices we have now won’t last so people are beginning to look at other ways of getting around.

Michael owns Gotta Ride Bikes. He says that these bikes don’t create emissions because they run on batteries. On average a battery will last about 20 miles on a charge. There are some newer bikes that will allow you to go longer but that means an extra battery will be needed and most like placed under the seat. How does it go? On this particular (in the pictures) bike, it has a thumb throttle on the right handle bar that if you push down the bike takes off.

Those batteries are built into the spokes and seem like round discs. The best thing of them is that they don’t interfere with the operation of the nomal bicycle at all. Very Cool. If you don’t use the battery you can still pedal if you like. But hey its electric so in my opinion let the bike do all the work.

KSAT-12 photojournalist Misael Gomez, had a blast on the bike. I was not so courageous enough to go that fast on something which is not owned by me. However, it was fun to ride. It was really like a golf cart except it had 2 wheels and went a much faster. I was afraid of hitting and going airborne.

Overall, its a great product. If I won the lottery, I will buy one. The cost start at about $1,000 and the red bike that you see in the pictures was about $3,700. Sure if you think the price is too steep you can always choose the old fashion bicycle and pedal to your destination.