Electric Bikes on Science Friday

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Permalink Reply by alewyfe on March 19, 2010 at 1:42pm

Doh! It's over, but here's a link to their site- you can listen to archived podcasts of previous shows (like today's).

http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/201003192

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Permalink Reply by Ken Gray on March 19, 2010 at 3:17pm

I heard most of it and have to admit that I have new interest in electric bikes. I want to keep riding under my own power for now, but realize that electric bikes could have a big place in all our futures. Neat program on NPR. Thanks for the post.

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Permalink Reply by alewyfe on March 19, 2010 at 4:38pm

TC let me take his electric assist tow-bike (that Todd helped him put together) for a spin at the bike winter swapmeet. Different, but definitely fun! I wished I had something similar back in July when I was hauling trailer-fulls of my stuff (including lots of books and buckets of dirt and plants) from Bridgeport to Garfield Park. :-) Great for those with limited mobility or big hills to climb- if I still lived in the Ozarks, I'd definitely consider one for commuting.

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Permalink Reply by T.C. O'Rourke on March 23, 2010 at 10:50pm

Listening to the Podcast now... but I just had to stress that Todd really built my bike.

Todd: Design, fabrication, welding, electrical system (ordering, battery testing, soldering, modification, construction), troubleshooting.

Me: holding shit, painting, heavy lifting, unreasonable demands.

I'll be posting, sometime in the near future, more about it :)

T.C.





alewyfe said:

TC let me take his electric assist tow-bike (that Todd helped him put together) for a spin at the bike winter swapmeet. Different, but definitely fun! I wished I had something similar back in July when I was hauling trailer-fulls of my stuff (including lots of books and buckets of dirt and plants) from Bridgeport to Garfield Park. :-) Great for those with limited mobility or big hills to climb- if I still lived in the Ozarks, I'd definitely consider one for commuting.

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