HUH???

I started EZgo-Now.com about two years ago. For those of you who have visited before you would have seen a collection of online marketing articles and products inside a blog with an odd name. EZgo-Now just did not fit a marketing blog. Well here’s why. It was intended to be a blog about power assist or hybrid electric bicycles. I am now on my second hybrid & have always had many regular bicycles. I have always had a passion for anything on two wheels. The problem was this blog was to tie in with a physical shop & I was going to sell elect bikes, bike kits, accessories, batteries, parts, etc. Well the learning curve was just a whole lot longer than I ever anticipated. In addition I just got really disillusioned about all the garbage one had to sift through to find honest information.

HOWEVER … . . with gas bouncing back & forth between $3.50 to $5 a gallon I am ready, willing & able to push hard on my efforts to promote E – bikes.

Electric bicycles have been around for just about as long as the bicycle itself. This statement will show my age but I can remember a buddy of mine had outfitted his “10 Speed Racing Bike” with a small 12 Volt battery and a little metal friction drive that pushed against the front tire. This was the early 70′s. By the 1980′s there had been improvements and there where a few decent e bikes around but they where still definitely novelty items. Like any alternate energy source in the land of cheap oil the availability and popularity of alternate transportation spikes when oil prices climb, and eases off after the shock wears off. Remember Lee Iacocca’s EBike ? That wasn’t all that long ago.

Wilderness Energy, Crystalyte, Largo Scooters go-hubTM Motor Technology & Hill Topper all make good motor kits for bicycles. Take a kit like Electricrider’s 48 volt 1,000 watt Phoenix Racer System on 26 inch Rear Wheel using the big Crystalyte Hub Motor for a ride some time & you’ll see some serious performance advancements. There are now even some reliable Li Ion battery packs that are starting to get affordable. Technology keeps getting better & I’m pretty sure the high price of gas is here to stay.

Electric Bikes are slowly and steadily becoming a functional addition to the urban landscape. What will help move bicycles and other forms of alternate transportation forward faster are the folks working behind the scenes.  Urban planners with forward thinking, working to incorporate enhancements like bike lanes, turning lanes, bike paths, modifying intersections, etc.   Electric bikes are here to stay!