Anyone have an electric bike that would care to weigh in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:bump-- any good places to buy electric bike in the area? I live in DC, but could drive out within an hour of DC.

CityBikes in Wisconsin, near Tenleytown, has a whole bunch of electric bikes (and in fact, a division they call ElectriCityBikes).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are very niche. If you are in the city and trying to get around, it's a great way to get around if you can get over the fact that you'd be leaving a few thousand dollars locked up to whatever pole you can find. If you are not in the city, what's the point?

They used to be niche, but now they seem pretty common to me. Maybe 5% of the bikes I see.

Agreed - where I am (DC proper), more than that - all the Jump bikes and like 50% of the city bike share bikes. That accounts for 1/3 of all bikers where I am. Once you've tried them, you really don't go back (unless for exercise).