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The advantages of riding an electric bike.

 Get the experience of riding a bicycle without the sweat.

• Use an e-bike for local errands. Why drive a 6,000 lb S.U.V. - 2 miles to the corner store or post office; when an electric bicycle will get you there in the same amount of time – without the wear and tear on your car, and without polluting our atmosphere?
• Use an electric bike to commute to work. If your one-way commute is 10 miles or less; why not ride an e-bike instead of driving? If you take surface streets; you’ll probably arrive at work in the same amount of time it would’ve taken you to drive, perhaps even less if you must fight morning and afternoon traffic, since a bicycle is much more maneuverable.
• Get a little exercise. Even though your bike is electric; you can still pedal along with it as much as you care to.

            There are new federal guidelines concerning electric bicycles, and each state and/municipality will have codes of their own. Suffice it to say: electric bicycles under whose power is under 750 watts, that do not exceed 20 mph – generally are still classified as a “bicycle”, and will not have restricted use. Click here for a copy of the Federal and state of California codes.

Should I buy a complete electric bicycle, or get an electric conversion kit for a bike I already own?

            That depends on if you like the style of e-bikes available now, or you’d rather customize your own bicycle. It also depends on if feel mechanically inclined enough to install a kit yourself. But even most complete e-bikes will require you to do some assembly, so if you already have a bicycle, you should consider saving the money and getting a conversion kit. The various kits available today will range from extremely difficult,to extremely easy to install. A rear wheel-mount kit such as Currie’s U.S. Pro Drive will be much more difficult and time consuming to install than the Bike Electrified kit – which comes already installed in a front wheel.