E-bikes are becoming popular here in Australia, thinking of getting one myself and fitting it with baskets to do the shopping. I live in a 'retirement' area (although not yet that age myself )- it's a fairly large island with a bridge over to the mainland but has a big network of bike paths and any hour of the day you can see the following array of vehicles:
Little motor scooters with 30cc engines
Bicycles
Tricycles
Bicycles assisted by little two stroke motors 'grafted on'
Ditto trikes
Bicycles assisted by electric motors
Ditto trikes
'Mobility' 4 wheeled scooters like George Constanza had in Seinfeld when he was masquerading as an invalid
Electric 2 wheeled scooters with a flat 'plate' to stand on
I was joking the other day that if a Dumaguete motor trike were to appear on the island nobody would bat an eyelid !!!! |