What is the "Ebike Lifestyle?" And why would I want one?
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Think about whether this scenario has ever happened to you: One evening, after long day sitting at your desk at work, followed by spending almost an hour in a traffic jammed commute, you decide to unwind by preparing your favorite stir-fried chicken recipe for dinner. Then you realize you’re out of garlic – the star ingredient of the dish. The grocery store is less than two miles away, but it’s still rush hour and driving there is going to be horrible, because the store is on one of the busiest roads in town. Not to mention, you’ll need to turn left to even get into the parking lot - and with the continual oncoming traffic, you’ll be sitting idle in the turn lane forever. The store itself will be chaotic, and you’ll be circling around the parking lot woefully watching people slowly load up their trunks, so you can grab that parking spot when they leave (and before the other circling cars waiting for the same spot grab it). Walking to the store is not an option, because it’s just far enough away that dinnertime will be long past by the time you get back. So you don’t even go get the garlic and your chicken stir fry ends up being just some bland sustenance rather than a dinner you truly enjoyed. You end up spending the rest of the evening sitting at home watching TV and scrolling through your phone because you have no desire to drive anywhere else today.
Enter The Ebike Lifestyle
"Why Do I Ride an Ebike? Because walking is too slow and running requires too much effort"
When you’ve adapted the Ebike Lifestyle, instead of even thinking about the hassle of driving, you simply grabbed your helmet, hopped on your Ebike, and set off for the store. The ride was easy and smooth because the electric motor assisting your pedaling efforts makes it feel like you have a giant magical hand helping to push you along. In fact your cruising along at around 17 MPH effortlessly. You passed all those cars stuck in traffic, climbed that one big hill no sweat, hopped off your Ebike and locked it to the bike rack right next to the door of the store. After a grabbing a couple cloves of garlic and a fresh bouquet of flowers, you set the groceries in the basket of your Ebike to ride home in no time. On your way home, you noticed that little family owned bakery that you never used to go to because they only have street parking - but since you're on your Ebike - no problem there! You popped in and grabbed a loaf of the freshest locally made bread to accompany your meal. The whole trip took around 19 minutes—less time than it would have taken to drive in traffic, AND far more pleasant. Your favorite Chicken Garlic Stir-Fry was so savory, that after dinner, you decided to balance it out by riding your Ebike to the ice cream shop to sweeten up your excellent evening. This was just one of many ways that your Ebike Lifestyle has made your life easier and more enjoyable.
Table of contents
Enter The Ebike Lifestyle Ebikes are More Than Just Transportation A Commuters Guide to the Benefits of the Ebike Lifestyle Improving Your Connections with the Ebike Lifestyle Saving Money With the Ebike Lifestyle by Reducing your Dependency on Cars Health Benefits of The Ebike Lifestyle The Ebike Lifestyle is a reduction to car dependency Embrace The Ebike Lifestyle Today
Ebikes are More Than Just Transportation
Transportation is one of the necessities of life. We all have places to be and need a way to get there. For the past century, cars have been the proliferate transportation mode. Many urban and suburban dwellers are feeling frustrated and trapped, because cars have become so expensive to own and operate. Combined with traffic, congestion, pollution and the isolation one feels behind the closed windows of their car - they are looking for a better way. But they haven't found it yet. Public transportation has limits, most places are too far to walk, traditional bicycles require more physical effort than most people want to exert, and personal miniature helicopters are still not invented yet.
This is where the magic of the Ebike Lifestyle comes into play! Upon their first Ebike ride, people discovered how easy and effortless riding an Ebike is. They found themselves riding further and faster than they ever imagined. After owning an Ebike for just a few months, people find they’ve ridden it for hundreds of miles, replacing a large percentage of their car trips with Ebike rides. They’ve taken it to the grocery store, the office, to meet friends at the restaurant, and to their social events. They've just naturally discovered how much better they feel when riding their Ebike instead of driving a car. Freed from the usual worries of traffic and parking, they found themselves going out and enjoying the amenities of their city way more often. They've found greenways and paths through their town that are inaccessible by car. They find themselves shopping local way more often. Their Ebike transformed their relationship with their community, making them feel more active, connected, and engaged. They still use their car occasionally, but the car is reserved for longer trips and when the weather is excessively inclement. Keep reading to find out even more of the benefits of the Ebike Lifestyle.
"Employees who ride bikes to work report higher energy levels throughout the day and take fewer sick days"
Start your day with a burst of energy and arrive to work in a state of Zen. If you work less than 20 miles of your workplace, Ebiking to work has many benefits. This part of the Ebike Lifestyle is explained further below.
A Commuters Guide to the Benefits of the Ebike Lifestyle
Get to work just as fast or faster with an Ebike
Traveling to work on an Ebike in an urban or suburban environment means you'll waste no time stuck in miles long traffic jams. Within no time, you'll discover routes with dedicated bike lanes and pathways that completely bypass car traffic. Studies show that for distances of up to three miles, a bike is actually faster than a car with city traffic factored in. And for trips of around ten miles, a car in traffic and a bicycle using a dedicated lane may reach a destination in equal time. The main reason more people don't bike to work is the physical effort required on a traditional bike.
Ebikes alleviate the physical toll that a traditional bike takes
Many people have thought about biking to work, and some have even tried it. But when they arrived to work all sweaty from the physical effort it took, they reverted back to driving. Nobody likes to feel all sticky and gross for thier workday. With the electric motor amplifying your pedaling efforts, that aspect is totally negated. You can arrive to work refreshed and ready for your day.
Ebikes give you a gentle uplift of energy
Because you started your day with some light physical activity and low-impact movement, your heart rate was elevated just enough to get you into the zone, and your body and brain are activated and ready to be productive in your day. On top of that, you didn't feel the stress of being stuck seated in a car powerless over the gridlock that turned a 7 mile trip into an hour of wasted time. The traffic used to get your blood boiling, but now you start your day energized and calm.
Ebikes reverse the damage done by being sedentary
The average American adult spends 11.5 hours in a seated position daily. For office workers and those who work at a computer all day, this can be even worse. Your Ebike helps reverse that, because instead of being seated in a vehicle for all those extra hours of your commuting time, you're getting light physical activity. Ebikes are shown to provide just the right amount of low-impact movement and slightly elevated heart rate to provide you the daily exercise you need. Your ride home becomes your relaxing oasis of calming light exercise.
Ebikes Supplement Public Transporation
Public transportation is great, but does come with it's own limits. When commuting by public transportation, workers still need to get to the terminus of the route at the beginning and the end of their commute. With the Ebike Lifestyle, those with a short to medium distance commute may elect to save the fare and just ride their Ebike the whole way. For those who take can take a suburban regional train for longer distances, the Ebike bridges the gap. A folding style Ebike can be ridden to the station, carried onto the train and then ridden the last stretch of the distance.
"Happiness is Actually Found in Simple things"
Improving Your Connections with the Ebike Lifestyle
Ebikes Improve Connection to Nature
With the Ebike Lifestyle, your rides become a way to connect with the world around you. Being car-centric causes people to miss out on a lot. Traffic around us and being solitary in our cars does not lend to this type of connection. With our Ebikes, we can smell the air, feel the breeze and notice the plants and flowers grow and change throughout the seasons as we ride along. We don't need to live in the country to experience this. Even in the city, with our Ebikes we ride the more scenic route through the park and down tree lined neighborhood avenues, because we don't need to use the highway. We discover a whole network of greenspace pathways, old railroad tracks repurposed into trail networks, and a bunch of similar routes that cars aren't even allowed to use. Multitudes of studies have shown that having a connection to the natural world around us elevates both our physical and mental health.
Ebikes Improve Connection to Community
When was the last time you smiled at another human while you were stuck in a car in traffic? Car-centric life leads us to feel solitary in our travels. We subliminally avoid eye contact with other drivers, because we're all fighting for the same piece of road (unless we're telling them off from behind closed windows). The Ebike Lifestyle opens up a new set of opportunities to feel connected. Because we're not separated from the world by a windshield, we see passers-by face to face and smile at them as we ride by. We notice that new little shop that opened up, the new flowers that the neighbor planted, and the nice lady who always keeps her front sidewalk so swept and clean. We begin riding on the side streets and bike paths instead of the main road and we see our neighborhood in a whole new light. We even stop to chat with acquaintances we encounter along our route instead of beeping at them from behind a closed car window. Instead of feeling isolated in our cars, all these little connective experiences that our Ebikes give us enhance our sense of belonging to a community, and we ourselves feel more whole and fulfilled.
Ebikes Improve Connection to Our Local Economy
With a car-centric lifestyle, people often settle for major big-box retailers because they have huge parking lots. They loathe driving there, because those stores always seem to be on the busiest streets on the outskirts of town that intersect with a major highway, so they only go once every few weeks. They end up spending a small fortune on a bunch of extra stuff in bulk, even if it might go sour before they use it. They get less fresh produce and more pre-packaged processed foods. With the Ebike Lifestyle we rediscover the joy of shopping at our smaller local stores and retailers, the ones we inadvertently avoided, because they oftentimes are in the center of town where there's limited parking. Our Ebikes open this whole world back up to us. Instead of loading up on a carload of goods once every few weeks, we joyfully ride our Ebikes to the market for just a few fresher local items several times per week, buying only what we need as we need it. We begin to have personal connections to our local merchants (who also happen to be our neighbors). We get meat from the butcher shop, bread from the bakery, fruit from the produce market, olive oil and spices from the gourmet specialty shop, and dessert from that little shop that makes the best pies. We stop into that little ethnic grocer and discover a whole new cuisine. We frequent farmers markets held in our local parks and develop personal connections with the growers. We are beginning to realize that supporting these businesses not only enhances our local economy and strengthens our community (making our neighborhood better), but it also strengthens our own health and wellbeing.
Saving Money With the Ebike Lifestyle by Reducing Dependency on Cars
Ebikes Save Money on Vehicles
The car-centric lifestyle is extremely costly. The price of cars is at an all time high. New and used car prices are around 30% higher than just 4 years ago. Many people feel trapped because they feel that they need to own a car just to carry out daily activities and many families feel that they need to own multiple vehicles to serve the household. The Ebike Lifestyle offers a solution. We're not necessarily advocating getting rid of your car altogether, simply reducing your dependance on it. By replacing a large majority of your short and medium distance car trips with an Ebike, you begin to realize the savings right away. There may be multiple days every week when your car just stays parked in the garage, because every place you need to go is an Ebike ride away. Save your car for those long trips and use it locally only when the weather is really bad. Your car will last for years longer, potentially saving you multiple thousands of dollars over the next few years. If you have a multiple car household, you may discover you don't need all those cars. Maybe your whole household can get by with just one car and a couple Ebikes. Some individuals have decided not to keep a car at all, and just rent one occasionally when they need to go out of town. Talk about saving money!
Ebikes Save Money on Fuel
If we've decided to keep a car to supplement our Ebike Lifestyle, we're using our car way less frequently. Because we're using a car way less frequently, we simply aren't spending as much money on fuel. Imagine only filling your tank once a month instead of once a week. We may even notice our car gets better fuel economy on the trips we do use it for, because we primarily use it for long distance highway drives, and not stop and go local trips.
Ebikes Save Money on Maintenance and Insurance
Along with saving on fuel, when we use our car less, we don't need to go get our oil change as often. Nor do we have as many car repairs, because we're simply not wearing our cars out by driving them everywhere. Even unexpected repairs such as check engine lights, flat tires, fender benders, cracked windshields and the like will be far less frequent. Now just imagine all the time these maintenance and repairs take. Normally, we need to take a day off of work just to get our car to the shop. Who doesn't love saving time and money! We may even be able to reduce our insurance premiums by declaring our vehicles as low mileage and removing daily commuting coverage from our policy.
Health Benefits of The Ebike Lifestyle
Ebikes Offer Effortless Heart Rate Control
Riding an Ebike will still raise your heart rate and activate your muscles, because you are pedaling. But, unlike traditional bicycles, Ebikes amplify your pedaling with selectable levels of pedal assist (PAS) from an electric motor, allowing you to choose your level of exertion with ease. Whether you're tackling hills or cruising on flat terrain, you can adjust the pedal-assist (PAS) settings on the fly. Feel your heart rate getting higher than you want? Simply turn up the PAS level. Want to get your heart pumping harder? Turn the assist level down. In fact you can create your own intervals with the pedal assist while maintaining a steady riding speed. Burn calories and improve your fitness gently and naturally while enjoying longer, further Ebike rides without fatigue. Now, this is a great way to improve your health!
Ebikes Seamlessly Integrate Exercise into Daily Life - Without Additional Time Commitments
Unlike treadmills and elliptical machines, which have you spending time stuck in one place, Ebikes allow you to combine you exercise with your daily tasks. Instead of using your car for most of your short to medium car trips, replace those car trips with an Ebike. Commute to work, run errands, or meet friends out for dinner—every trip becomes an opportunity to burn calories and help you stay healthy. With PAS, you easily maintain speeds up to 15+ MPH. With the ability to avoid traffic congestion, you can often reach your destination faster than by car, all while providing you low impact exercise. Now when you go to the gym, you can concentrate on strenth training and other fitness goals, because your cardio got done with your regular Ebike rides.
Ebikes are Practical and Efficient Exercise
Brisk walking might help you stay fit and many experts tout the benefits, but walking to do your errands is time-consuming and impractical, especially if you're carrying groceries and other items you need to bring home. Ebikes solve this by giving you speed to get to your errands quickly enough and cargo capacity to bring home the things you went to get while at the same time offering just as much if not more physical activity as a brisk walk. Racks, pannier bags and baskets are easily fitted to your electric bicycle, allowing you to shop locally and make healthier choices without the hassle of parking or traffic. Go to the local bakery, the farmers market and the cute little gourmet shop in town that don’t have parking lots, because you simply don’t need that huge supercenter grocery store with aisles of processed foods and a massive parking lot on that busy intersection near the highway anymore. Voila – now you’re eating healthier too. A double whammy on how to lose weight!
Ebikes Offer Other Unexpected Benefits
Adopting an Ebike lifestyle offers more than just the right amount of daily low impact exercise keeps you fit. You'll also enjoy fresh air, sunshine, and a connection to nature and your community, all while saving money on gas and reducing your carbon footprint. The combination of these factors has been shown to also have a positive effect on your mental health and level of happiness. Because riding your electric bike feels so effortless with pedal assist, you naturally start replacing most of your short to medium distance car trips with your new Ebike. Plus, you'll feel more energized and confident in your health as you notice your fitness levels improve. Your new Ebike Lifestyle is your newfound way to get fitness into your day because it’s easy, fun and practical.
The Ebike Lifestyle is a reduction to car dependency
Ebikes Replace the Majority of Car Trips
The average car trip for urban and suburban drivers is between 5 to 10 miles, with 60% of car trips being less than 6 miles. As a society, we have gotten so used to taking our car everywhere, because most trips are too far to walk, public transportation is limited in reach, and its just to far to walk. With the Ebike Lifestyle, all these trips are the perfect range for using our Ebike instead.
Ebikes Remove the Hurdle of Traditional Bicycles
Many of us may have thought about using a bicycle for some of our daily car trips, but with a traditional bicycle, we didn't want to deal with the physical effort of riding. Ebikes remove that obstacle with electric pedal assist. When the physical input of our own pedaling is amplified by an electric motor, traveling by electric bicycle becomes almost effortless. When we experience the ease of riding, our propensity to leave the car at home is infinitely magnified and we love our new Ebike Lifestyle.
Ebikes Supplement Public Transportation
How many times when stuck in a car in gridlock have we been jealous of the people whizzing by on a train, reading books, and relaxing with electronic media. We pondered taking the train ourselves, but the train station is a distance from our home, and once we get to the station near our destination, there's still a bit of a walking left to do. So we just keep being miserable in our car stuck in traffic. With the Ebike Lifestyle, if the distance is less than 10 miles, we skip public transportation all together and just ride our Ebike. For longer routes, we combine public transportation rides with the Ebike Lifestyle. Ride from home to the station near your home, bring your Ebike onto the train, and then ride the rest of the way to your final destination at the other end. Maybe choose a folding Ebike that is easy to carry onboard. Once you embrace the Ebike Lifestyle, you'll come up with a new transportation plan that allows you bike almost everywhere and supplement with public transport when necessary and leave your car at home.
Ebikes Eliminate Parking Woes
Even when parking is free - spaces can be scarce, especially during peak times. Imagine never having to worry about parking garage fees, expired meters, or circling the lot at the supercenter waiting for someone else to leave. The Ebike Lifestyle has you pulling up right in front of your destination. Simply lock up to the bike rack and you're there! In fact, with the Ebike Lifestyle, you'll probably avoid going to big-box retailers for your daily needs, because you'll enjoy going to the smaller local retailers so much more on your Ebike! You'll go to all those fun independent shops and boutiques in the center of town, because it's so much better than the mall. Your Ebike Lifestyle has you never worried about parking again.
Embrace The Ebike Lifestyle Today
In conclusion, transportation is a fundamental aspect of daily life, and for decades, cars have dominated as the primary mode of getting around. The increasing costs of car ownership, combined with traffic, pollution, and the isolation they create, have left many urban and suburban dwellers frustrated and searching for alternatives. Traditional options like public transit, walking, or cycling often come with their own challenges, making the search for a better solution to the trappings of a car-centric way of living feel elusive.
The Ebike Lifestyle may be your answer. With just one ride on an electric bike, you'll discover how easy, efficient, and enjoyable an Ebike can be, and how effortless it is to replace the majority of your car trips. Ebike owners find themselves not only replacing a significant portion of their car trips with Ebike rides, they also find themselves exploring their cities more freely, and experiencing their communities in a new, more connected way. By reducing dependency on cars and encouraging local engagement, Ebikes offer a practical, sustainable, and enjoyable alternative to the frustrations of a car-centric society.
Ultimately, the Ebike lifestyle offers more than just a new way to get from point A to point B—it fosters a deeper connection with one’s surroundings, promotes healthier living, and provides the freedom to enjoy your town in ways that cars never could.
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