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Easy Riders and Easy on the Environment Too
Written on November 5, 2009 | Posted in Bicycles, Dig & Be Dug, Featured Story, Issue 16 | Leave a comment
Easy Riders and Easy on the Environment Too
Electric bicyles get flat tires too, I learned this past Sunday, Father’s day. The eye-catching bike that I am riding these days, an electric A2B produced by Ultra Motor, allowed me a swift ride from Bed-Stuy to the Upper West Side, (as well as the added badge of pride that I was not late for [...]
I imagine carrying fresh produce on the back of my new electric bike with the Mediterranean Sea on the horizon. My new futuristic ride feels old school European, as if I’m riding small, easy streets. “Arrivederci!” “Halo!” I hear zipping past a “marketplace.” But I’m really riding in our wonderful, grimier, urban sprawl: Brooklyn.
“Yo! that’s [...]