Rechargeable Electric Bikes

I’ve been thinking a lot more about the electric bike. Something I often forget is that you can pedal an electric bike. For several years, I’ve had a problem with going uphill on my bike. In fact, I just don’t seem to go, if I know there is a hill involved. The electric bike will solve that problem, but I do need exercise so I don’t want to get so excited about zooming around on my new bike that I forget the main reason I bought my other bike in the first place.

It was to get more exercise.

Well, it may take a while before I remember to pedal enough on the new electric bike to get my daily quota of exercise, but I plan to remind myself. Maybe, I can set up certain distances on the route (we tend to ride the same streets each time we go to the store or downtown) that are fairly flat and pedal only in that area. That way, I can have the best of two worlds–saving gasoline by going electric, and getting my exercise by pedaling.

See some of my favorite electric bike products below. To move the carousel, click on the arrows at the lower right. To find out more about any one of the products, click on the name of the product itself.

Well, I think my new electric bike is going to be a Currie, almost like my husband ‘s bike, except that mine will be a girl’s bike, and will have a basket on it for carrying all the junk we end up carting home from the store. They currently offer the one I want for only $499 which is well-within the price limit I had set for myself. Here’s what it looks like. And, of course I want it in red!

Pretty, Isn't It?

I suggested that my husband get a basket for his bike and he turned his nose up at the idea. Well, I’m not proud. I already have a great set of baskets on my old bike that I will transfer to my new electric one. The baskets fit over the back wheel and fold up when I’m not carrying anything. I hardly notice them when I ride.

My only problem with the bikes is the weather here in Oregon. On sunny days, I love riding bikes and would much rather head for the store on a bike than in the car, if it is a store not too far away, but we get a lot of rain here. Many more rainy days than dry ones, so we would really have to use the good days to get supplies so we wouldn’t have the excuse of saying, well, it’s raining so we’d better take the car.

I honestly think that, if we get serious in our use of the electric bikes, we will be able to cut our gas bill in half or even more. We’ll see.

If you’re interested in checking out this bike or some other type of electric vehicle stop by The Currie Bike Store.