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- noun informal A
bicycle powered by anelectric motor .
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Examples
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One of eight bikes sold in Holland in 2009 was an e-bike.
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Now this thread has got me interested in the whole e-bike design issue again.
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If a decent e-bike cost $700, that would be an investment with payback in 2.5 years – very attractive.
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I say that everyone who rides an e-bike should send a letter to their MPP demanding helmet use by all adult bicyclists.
» Can bikes and scooters get along? • Spacing Toronto • understanding the urban landscape 2009
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That leaves the battery, which is still a problem: but the push to better batteries for laptops, cellphones, and electric cars, is going to spin off technologies well-suited to lightweight e-bike batteries.
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However, unlike other e-bikes, which are apparently marketed to "an older consumer," the Scott e-bike will "target a younger demographic" thanks to it's "white, green, and yellow" colorway:
Appealing Package: What's New Is Old Again BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Maybe they're the next evolution of the e-bike since they have 4hp.
Parroting: Continual Conversations with the Road BikeSnobNYC 2010
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For the Shadow e-bike, they put all this money into design and never noticed that a front disc wheel is a bad, bad idea that no one does unless they're cycling indoors?
Duck and Cover: The Art of Appropriation BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Speaking of attempts to appeal to the "youth," Scott Bikes has announced that it will produce an e-bike:
Appealing Package: What's New Is Old Again BikeSnobNYC 2010
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A whopping 21 million electric bikes were sold in China during 2007, and Chinese e-bike manufacturers are looking to export markets to keep their sales buoyant as domestic demand becomes saturated.
Graham Hill: E-bike: Car-Free Encouragement or Bike Balkanizer? 2009
grant_barrett commented on the word e-bike
One barrier to wider adoption of electric bicycles in the United States and Europe may be the culture of cycling. Bicycle riders have long valued cycling as a sport and a form of exercise, not simply as a utilitarian means of transportation, and many of them look down their noses at electric bikes.
“To the core cyclist, it’s cheating,” said Loren Mooney, editor in chief of Bicycling Magazine. “Marketers understand this, and it’s why some have put e-bikes in mass retailers like Best Buy, rather than engaging in the uphill battle of trying to sell them in bike shops.”
—"An Electric Boost for Bicyclists, New York Times, January 31, 2010.
February 2, 2010