Here are some statistics that astound me: 40% of all trips, are made within two miles of the home, and 50% of workers commute five miles or less to work.

Taking your car anywhere for the convenience it offers, is a way of life which we have adopted for many years and why not? But, why don't you give it a rest (to some degree) for a little while and try another way of getting there with many more benefits to your health, to the environment and to your pocket too. Get the Electric bicycles experience!

Yes, by experience I don't mean just try it once and forget it, rather we should give it a try for a period of time that will allow us to form a habit, a long term eco special habit. when you go to the store after work or the bank, or the post office, it would be easier for you to swoop through traffic quicker than a car would in a bumper to bumper traffic, you will find a good parking space easily, just by the door of the store if you wanted to, than do your chores and come back home quickly and at ease. All that commutes, for pennies only and to top it off- without any sweating! If you by any chance want to do some exercises and get rid of some unwanted calories, just pedal and 'assist' the motor in running your bike, certainly you will lose some extra calories in the process, and why not? Your body will thank you for it and you will feel exhilarated from the exercise and good for a long time to come. If you are over 50 or you have kids, or if you live in a hilly area, the electric bicycle is the ultimate vehicle for you. The effort is good for your heart, it is easy to climb the steeper roads and because the motor actually propels you up the hill you have to do only minimal pedaling depending on how steep the road is. Besides it is easier for you to pedal on a hilly area than with any other regular bike. So you and your kids will look for an opportunity to take the electric bicycles for a ride because it is so good and fun. If you only have toddlers at home there is a tow cart you can connect to the bicycles and put her/him in and tow for short trips, so you don’t have to leave them at home and you get the exercise too, alternatively if its only shopping you consider it can be used as a towable car trunk.

As I mentioned at the outset many people work rather close to home. Consider the possibilities of taking the electric bicycle to work, just a few times a week. On a flat road you really don’t have to pedal and it will be quicker to get there since you will beat traffic almost every time. And when you get there just plug your battery to a regular socket and recharge it till the time you leave work.

Sales of electric bikes have turned into high gear this year — some merchants like Amazon are reporting a 6000% increase this summer from last year. This is good news, because, for short trips, the efficiency and convenience of electric bikes is hard to beat. This brings us to the environment. It cost a measly 0.01 $ per mile for the recharging of the battery and it is considered a zero emission vehicle which means there is no pollution and our environment will be able to breath a little easier, also maintenance is close to nothing for the electric motor or the bicycles itself

Electric bicycles are the best replacement options for your car for those shorter distance commutes. Normally an electric bicycles travel at around 15-20mph which is much better than walking or traveling by car in bumper to bumper traffic,very agile and manageble and convinient 

There are some inexpensive electric bicycles conversion kits that seem to be of good quality, and you could replace your regular bike into electric bicycles for a small amount of money and also it is possible to get inexpensive bicycles from Wal-Mart or any other large department store and replace the front or back wheel with this kit for the additional cost, and you have a brand new electric bicycle on your hands at half the cost of a new one which will be quite an interesting project if you like to do it yourself . So take a look, try it out, go for this great experience and make it into a habit -The Eco Habit

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