Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Ebike - The Electric Scooter Bike


When considering buying a motorized vehicle for use around town, most people stick to looking at cars or motorcycles, but there are some other choices you may not have considered. For instance, an electric scooter can bridge the gap between bike and motorcycle by providing you with a simple to use, easy and cheap to fuel vehicle that gets you from place to place as fast as you need to go. Unlike as with a traditional bicycle, an electric scooter does not require pedaling and can reach speeds of up to 20 miles per hour, but it does not require you to get a motorcycle license to operate it, either.

An ebike scooter is very cheap to buy and operate. Because it runs on an electric battery, the only fuel you need to put into it comes out of your electric bill, and that is not much at all. Usually, it comes out to around ten cents for a 25 mile charge, as opposed to gas, which can cost up to thirty or forty times that price. The vehicle itself is cheaper, as well. Scooters typically range in price from just under a thousand to five thousand dollars, unlike cars which start from ten thousand, or motor cycles which start somewhere in between the two.

Ebike scooters are environmentally friendly as well, since they do not produce any harmful exhaust as they operate. The only pollution from an ebike comes from whatever the local power plant puts out and the possibility of improper battery disposal. Ebikes do use high capacity batteries though, which must be disposed of correctly and cannot just be thrown out. Fortunately, these high capacity batteries also last a very long time so this does not come up often.

Motor scooters can be operated by anyone who can ride a bike and they do not require a special license to drive them. Of course, children should probably not be using a motor scooter, but they make great substitutes for bikes on longer errands like getting groceries or commuting to and from work across town.

These motor scooter ebikes do not need pedaling, although it is an option on many of them. Most scooter types were designed to let the rider sit down and enjoy the ride. This way, you can get to where you are going without getting out of breath, and the electric powered motor can reach speeds a person would have to work very hard to attain.

Daniel Bing lives and works in south Florida where he is an avid cyclist. He cruises the sunshine with his electric cruiser bike, and actually owns two ebikes. The other is a folding ebike he uses for commuting. You can visit Dan at http://www.uptownebike.com

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