Press article that led me to google and found the Ezee site. Then heard about the first event in Presteigne (after the event) so made sure I attended the next one!
A lady living the other side of the road has one. I couldn't help noticing she rarely did any pedalling. Everything else followed that first Google search for "Electric bikes"
The main reasons of how people found out about e-bikes are:
-been involved in the industry
-seen them on the street
-a major manufacture/dealer situated nearby
-found them when looking for electric motorcycles
-saw a e-bike hire place
-online
many thanks for your comments I look forward to hearing more.
I've been racking my brains to remember - it doesn't take long I'm going to point the finger at ebay. I'm always going to see what bike bits I can pick up and there are always some there, of course. I think I must have seen them there first.
The curious thing, thinking about it, is how FEW I've seen around London on my conventional bike travels. I can only remember one. Pretty amazing.
I saw more (well, it wouldn't be difficult) in my one week in Aldeburgh recently than years in London.
The curious thing, thinking about it, is how FEW I've seen around London on my conventional bike travels. I can only remember one. Pretty amazing.
I saw more (well, it wouldn't be difficult) in my one week in Aldeburgh recently than years in London.
It is curious. In five years of riding e-bikes and the preceding 35 years on normal bikes in my London borough of Croydon, plus the surrounding boroughs and Surrey and Kent, I've only seen one parked and never seen one ridden.
It's little wonder that so many of the public don't know of their existence.
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I agree. There is a kind of complex web of practicalities and desires in London - lack of space, increased probability of theft, increased danger from traffic (perceived), and.. the fashion fascista!
I remember the time I did see an e-bike in London- a woman on, perhaps, a Torq, whizzing by me and looking embarrassed
I found out about electric bikes through looking for alternative modes of transport for my partner and myself. We don't have enough money to take lessons and buy/insure/run a car, he didn't want to get to work all sweaty on a conventional bike and I am really unfit due to illness.
So up came the google search and found various options such as mopeds, scooters and electric bikes and decided that an e-bike would be the cheapest and easiest option!
My partner has moved to a job literally right next to our place so he just bought a conventional bike so we can enjoy riding together, and I have a Powacycle Salisbury LPX arriving tomorrow.
I think electric bikes need much more promotion from the government....most of my family and friends had no idea they existed and all thought it was a good idea. The number of cars doing short-ish runs with only one person in them is making so much pollution and conjestion in our towns. If only they could invest some money in promoting electric bike use, who all but the most severly disabled should be able to use!
Most people seem to find out about them by either chance or 'fuzzy searches'...surely that tells us something?
I'm going to point the finger at ebay. I'm always going to see what bike bits I can pick up and there are always some there, of course. I think I must have seen them there first.
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