The E-BikeKit is a conversion kit to convert a conventional bicycle to electric. It’s not a complete e-bike. That said, it is twice the motor and 4 times the battery(life cycles) of the Eneloop featured in the article. It is also 40% less in price.
Places like walmart would rather sell low-end under-powered e-bikes(made by Currie). They won’t be selling the Eneloop and they don’t want to sell conversion kits that rely on the buyer being intelligent/capable enough to do their own conversions.
The real value of the E-BikeKit conversion system will be best realized by do-it-yourself consumers and local bike shops. For those two groups a high-quality conversion kit offers the ultimate electric bike option.
Either way it’s great to see another electric bike option making news in the NY Times. 2010 should be an amazing year for the e-bike with regard to entering the mainstream consumer market in the United States and even more so towards gaining traction as a viable alternative to the automobile in the minds of Americans.
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Gaining a Toehold for the E-Bike(Commentary)
Places like walmart would rather sell low-end under-powered e-bikes(made by Currie). They won’t be selling the Eneloop and they don’t want to sell conversion kits that rely on the buyer being intelligent/capable enough to do their own conversions.
The real value of the E-BikeKit conversion system will be best realized by do-it-yourself consumers and local bike shops. For those two groups a high-quality conversion kit offers the ultimate electric bike option.
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