electric bikes review
there are lots of interesting electric bikes. i found a good comparison at http://www.electricvehiclesnw.com/main/ebike-comp.htm
i like the following models:
- Giant Twist DX & Twist Lite - $2,100 & $1,700
- eZee Forza - $2,200
- iZip - one of the cheaper ones at $600 because it uses SLA and not Lithium Ion batteries which are cheaper and shorter lasting and heavier
- Optibike - the 850XLi is a $10k monster although they have some lower end models (http://shop.optibike.com/)
- also an interesting folding bike, the EcoBike Vatavio at around $1,500
i prefer the Lithium Ion models that look like normal bikes
also read that electric bike motors limited to 20mph by US regulations.. what a shame
there are also a number of kits to turn your normal bikes into electric bikes
one of the more innovative ones seems to be the StokeMonkey (http://cleverchimp.com/products/stokemonkey/)
treehugger shows off some of the bigger, faster, more expensive electric scooters:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/06/7-best-electric-scooters-prototypes-production-models.php
