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Cargo Bikes as Game Changer for Family Transportation

Especially for parents, a cargo e-bike adds a glorious mode of family-friendly transportation. That's what Katherine Martinko describes vividly in her Ode to an E-Bike. The kids love riding on it; they ask to come along, just to be able to perch behind on the seat and watch the world

Electric Bike Ownership

What a wonderful and thoughtful essay about electric bike ownership. Electric Bike, Stupid Love of My Life — by Craig Mod His heartfelt delight about riding his ebike makes all the usual arguments against owning one sound pathetic. Too expensive? It's cheating? You don’t enjoy riding bicycles? Read this and

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