I haven't seen any good electric road bikes, it seems like battery
technology has reached a point where a good electric road bike would
be a practical means of transportation, they sell bikes that have 20
mile range at 17mph, but add your cycling power to that, and just
conserve your electric power to maintain high gear speeds, it would
seem like you could have a very significant range with little tiring
with these new batteries.
I spend so much on gas when I drive, and somedays you are just too
tired to ride your bike to work, but with that little edge from a
electric motor, I think it would be very practical for almost anyone.
And plus, we don't have to start a nuclear war over oil, won't cause
hurricanes and global warming, etc.
P.S In my city this week, some guy was exonerated for hitting a
biker, because the biker was there to tell his side of the story,
driver said they turned into the path of their vehicle. Wonderful.
You hit a biker , you go to jail, I see so many people who give
absolutely no room to bikers, especially when they are turning in and
out of places, they all assume that since they're in a big car, they
have the right of way. This is why nearly nobody rides their bikes on
the roads with the cars. If we would just lobby the states and
government to made the roads a mere 12 inches wider, a bike lane on
all roads, they could do that for mininal cost, and it would be sooo
much easier to ride, but nearly all the connecting roads are barely
big enough for 2 cars, and now we got these goddamn 6 foot wide
hummers stalking everyone, hogging road width.