The other day while I stopping by at a local cafe a gentleman buttonholed me before I got on my bike and asked whether I thought the ebike I was riding would be suitable for a senior. He clarified that a lady he knew had recently suffered dementia and as a result had lost her license. She was 69 years old with no form of transportation.
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Find out how many trees you save by switching to an ebike
This is a really simple calculator to show you how many trees you save from having to be planted each week, month, and year by switching to an ebike.
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Find out how many carbon emissions you save by switching to an ebike
Fuel savings calculator – how much do you save by using an ebike for all your incidental travel?
This is a calculator to figure out how much you can save from incidental travel – ie all the short distance travel you make during the week, such as to the supermarket, to the beach, to the movies and to town.
Ebikes versus electric cars – pros and cons
You’re thinking about buying an electric car and toting up all the various cost savings and lifestyle change pros and cons. But wait – before you make such a large financial commitment, have you stopped to consider whether a car is even necessary?
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Parking Savings Calculator: How much do you save in parking fees by riding to work on an ebike?
Here is a nice and simple calculator to help you figure out how much you will save in parking fees and fines by travelling to work and parking an ebike instead of a motorcar.
Is the coast clear? Ebiking from Otaki to Paraparaumu Beach for work
As part of my preparation for travelling to work each day, I hired a mountain bike to test out the voyage from Paraparaumu (where my new office is) to Otaki and back again. This was stage one in committing to an ebike to travel into work – I needed to check that the coast was clear and that there were no major obstacles on the route. I also wanted to get a sense of what it would be like to go there and back if my bike battery ran out, so I would know how it would be under the worst circumstances. And this is what I learnt…
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What’s the ROI for an ebike?
I got in the habit of riding my bike to work every day while visiting my mum up in the Coromandel and I’m finding it a rather hard habit to shake. The problem is, now my work is 25 km away instead of 5 km away. Could an ebike help with this situation?
Excuse me, but why does anybody need solar power batteries?
Today I intend to lay out a system that works well in harnessing the power of the sun, without the need for any costly solar power batteries.
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Cafe Overload In Coastal Tourist Locations
It has been a busy summer and Whangamata has just recently opened its 26th eatery, according to TripAdvisor. Despite the flowering of new businesses, there seems almost relentless demand to be serviced. Hour long waits are very common and customers readily (if not happily) accept them during peak times over summer.
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