Why choose an electric bike?

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Why choose an electric bike?

• Electric Bikes Australia

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What is an Electric Bike..?

• Electric bikes are a new and promising
  alternative form of urban
• transportation. They provide all the advantages
  of a regular
• bicycle fun exercise, free parking, zero
  emissions, and freedom
• from gridlock, while eliminating one of the
  bicycle's more serious
• drawbacks, lack of power. Imagine pedaling up a
  hill as
• comfortably as riding down, that's what the
  e-bike experience is all
• about. In most situations in the city, riding an
  electric bike will be
• faster and cheaper than either car or public
  transit.

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Ten good reasons to use an electric bike
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Faster Travel

• An electric bike can maintain a higher average
• speed than a bicycle, yet take advantage of the
  full
• network of cycle facilities, giving access to
  routes that
• cars and motorcycles cannot reach. The result is
  often a
• Faster door-to-door journey time than any other
  mode.
• And by nipping along the relatively uncongested
  cycle
• network, but eliminating hills and headwinds,
  electric
• bikes tend to be the most consistent mode of
  travel.

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No Sweat!

• Sweat may not be a serious issue when youre out
  for a leisure
• ride, but its more important if youre cycling
  to work, and
• arriving at work sticky puts a lot of people off
  cycling. Oddly
• enough, you wont sweat on an electric bike, even
  if you put in the
• same amount of effort as you do on an ordinary
  bike. This is a
• matter of physics as well as exertion higher
  road speed and
• greater air flow mean instant sweat evaporation.
  In hot weather,
• its possible to maintain a normal schedule by
  transferring a bit
• more load to the electric motor. In colder
  weather or if you feel
• in need of exercise just throttle back, or turn
  the motor off.

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Safety

• It sounds unlikely, doesnt it? But the
  mathematics is
• compelling. Think of a steep and busy road, with
  cars
• climbing at 30mph. If you previously slogged up
  the hill
• At 6mph, but can tackle the same gradient at
  12mph
• with an electric bike, you will see 33 fewer
  cars, and
• they will pass you at 18mph rather than 24mph. Or
  at
• least, we think thats correct. Whatever the
  figures,
• theres no doubt that an electric bike helps to
  keep you
• out of danger. The same general principle applies
  to
• road junctions and roundabouts the faster your
• acceleration, the sooner you can get out of
  trouble.

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Hill Climbing

• That may sound obvious, but its the primary
  advantage. A good
• electric bike effectively flattens hills,
  increasing your average speed
• and eliminating the groan factor when a
  gradient comes into view.
• Provided you supply a reasonable amount of
  effort, you can expect
• to climb hills of 110 (10) on an electric bike
  with ease, and clear
• a maximum gradient of 17 (14), or even 14
  (25) with the right
• bike. In hilly country, the effect is nothing
  short of miraculous.

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Electric Bike Running Costs

• Purchase cost is a little more than a
  conventional
• bike, mechanical wear and tear is about the
• same, and electricity is so cheap as to be
  largely
• irrelevant, but there is an extra expense in
  terms
• of battery depreciation. Consequently, an
  electric
• bike costs more to run typically 8 12 pence
  per
• mile against 3 7 pence per mile for a
  non-assisted
• bike.. However, electric bike running costs
  should
• really be compared with those of a moped, car, or
  
• public transport, typically 20-40p per mile by
  bus, 20-
• 60p by train and 30-150p for a small car.

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Motorized, but no Red Tape!

• Electric bikes are bicycles in the eyes of the
  law, so
• they require no tax, insurance, MoT or license.
  You can
• ride one while disqualified, or after a couple of
  pints
• at your own risk, of course. You CAN get into
  trouble,
• but nothing you do will affect your driving
  license
• providing the bike is within the law. You are of
  course
• free to insure the machine if you wish, but
  theres no
• compulsion to do anything but enjoy yourself!

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Personal Fitness

• Surely a conventional bike will keep you fitter?
  That, of
• course, depends how much if at all you use
  it.
• Research has found that 46 of conventional bikes
  are
• used only once or twice a week, with a further
  30 being
• used once a fortnight or even less. The figures
  confirm
• our experience that an electric bike typically
  gets used at
• Least twice as often as a conventional machine.
  Because
• riding an electric bike is a great deal more
  enjoyable in
• hilly country, into strong winds, or when
  carrying heavy
• loads, users tend to make better use of them. The
  motor
• provides up to half the effort, but more regular
  use
• means more exercise for the rider.

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Electric Bike Fuel Consumption

• Electric bikes are the most fuel efficient mode
  of transport in everyday use. Typical fuel
  consumption is 8-16 watt-hours per mile, or
  something like a tenth as much as a small
  motorcycle. In old money, thats the equivalent
  of 800-2,000mpg.

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Sustainable

• This is a bit weird, but the evidence is very
• compelling. Ride a normal bicycle and you will
• have to top up with extra calories at Tescos.
• Producing and transporting that food takes a lot
• of energy, and its typically more than the
  electric
• bike battery needs to do the same amount of
• Work. Depending on the source of the electricity
• and the air-miles of the food, an electric bike
  is
• responsible for 5.8-13.7g/CO2 per mile, and a
• normal bike 10.5-18.5/CO2 per mile .
• Incredible!

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High Resale Value

• At 400-2,000, an electric bike costs more to
• buy than a conventional machine, but
• they tend to hold their value, so you get more of
  
• Your money back when you move on.

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Thank you!!!!!
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