| President Herbert Hoover has been credited with using | | | | your day with not much extra effort at all. |
| the phrase, "a chicken in every pot and a car in every | | | | Short jaunts to a nearby store, or out around the |
| backyard..." as a campaign slogan. In truth, the president | | | | neighborhood for some much needed fresh air and |
| did not use those words himself, but some of his | | | | exercise are ideal for electric bikes. Equipped with a |
| campaign advertising did. | | | | basket, they are perfect for carting books to and from |
| Today, with gas prices getting higher all the time, a | | | | the library. |
| better way of wording the above sentiment might be, | | | | Saying that taking the car is faster is not always true. |
| "Why not a rechargeable electric bike in every | | | | By the time you find the car keys, get the car started, |
| garage?" | | | | drive to your destination and back, you have probably |
| Would that be such an impossible goal? | | | | spent just as much time as you would have spent if |
| Instead of hopping into the car to drive to a store a | | | | you had done the same errand on your bike. |
| couple of miles away to pick up a loaf of bread and a | | | | Most people supporters of using electric bikes are not |
| quart of milk, (not to mention spending more on | | | | asking that we dump our cars. Not at all. Common |
| gasoline in the process than both items together would | | | | sense tells us that cars will be around for a long time |
| cost,) why not hop on your handy electric bike and | | | | to come. No one expects you to get dressed up in |
| pick up the items for practically no transportation cost | | | | your Sunday best for church and ride your bike to |
| at all? Or get your teen out from in front of that | | | | church in a rainstorm or on an icy street. And, I'm sure |
| computer game for a while and send him or her. | | | | they aren't suggesting that you mount a buddy seat of |
| When you compare the cost of three trips around the | | | | the bike to haul your girlfriend to a late night |
| block before you find a parking place for your car and | | | | movie---although, if she likes to ride, there is no reason |
| a quarter for the parking meter with the five cents | | | | why you couldn't approach the subject with her. |
| worth of electricity it took to recharge your bike and | | | | What electric bike enthusiasts are asking is that more |
| the free parking at the rack in front of the store, it | | | | people consider getting an electric bike to use as a |
| makes you wonder why you didn't switch to an | | | | second vehicle; one that can help cut down congestion |
| electric bike years ago. | | | | and pollution in our cities and towns, and one that can |
| An added incentive for using the electric bike is that | | | | help you, individually save money by lessening your |
| you can pedal along the way if you aren't in too big a | | | | dependence on high priced gasoline. |
| rush, and end up adding some physical exercise to | | | | Don't you think it is something worth looking into? |