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Electric Bicycles: The Only Electric-
Powered Bike Keeping its Riders
Physically Fit
• What Exactly are Electric Bicycles?
o Electric bicycles are bikes first. They look just like the bikes that 10-year-old kids
ride, complete with pedals and gears, shifters and a chain drive, all situated on
a bike frame. However, e-bikes have batteries and electric motors to help
propel them forward, for instance, if a cyclist gets tired of manual pedal
propulsion going uphill or needs some extra momentum. Electric bicycles can
take the rider a further distance for a, sometimes, longer duration, than their
purely pedal-powered cousins.
• Electric Bicycle Benefits
o Electric bicycles are quiet
o E-bike batteries are very inexpensive to charge
o They can be “parked” in the same places as bicycles, including on racks and
in garages – free of charge
o Electric bicycles keep riders physically fit
o E-bikes are lightweight
o No registration or insurance fees are due
o Safer than their motorcycle cousins
o Easily mounted on an automobile’s bike rack for transport to other areas
o Electric bicycles are rideable on biking trails and lanes