I've been thinking about getting an electric bike to commute to work. There is an intown trail that's being built that runs about 5 feet from my back door and almost all the way to my office. I could just pedal my existing bike but it get H. O. T. here in the summer and I don't have a shower at the office. I would be wet from head to toe if I pedaled the bike myself.
My office is relatively close to my home so I only spend about $1,400 on gas annually. I'm optimistically estimating that using the bike might cut 40% of that off, meaning I'd save about $540/year in gas money. The cheapest option I found is a kit that is about $400 and converts your existing bike to an electric. This would pay for itself in a year, but has distance limits and isn't as powerful as the other option I am looking at: http://www.electric-bike-kit.com/hill-topper.aspx The one I really want though, is a Swiss made bike that's about $3,100 after taxes. This choice is unlikely to ever pay for itself since the average battery is only going to last 2 years and at $3K. I am already looking at more than 5 years to pay it back. I'm also not including the wear and tear on my car and other maintenance costs - so really it might be better than I think. Still I am still pretty sure it's not going to pay for itself. But it's so freakin cool.... http://www.nycewheels.com/stromer-electric-bike.html Anyone else looked at anything like this? Curious. -Cameron ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:347699 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
