What about a segway? No idea of the cost though I bet you could get a good used one.
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com>wrote: > > I've been thinking about getting an electric bike to commute to work. > There is an intown trail that's being built that runs about 5 feet > from my back door and almost all the way to my office. I could just > pedal my existing bike but it get H. O. T. here in the summer and I > don't have a shower at the office. I would be wet from head to toe if > I pedaled the bike myself. > > My office is relatively close to my home so I only spend about $1,400 > on gas annually. I'm optimistically estimating that using the bike > might cut 40% of that off, meaning I'd save about $540/year in gas > money. > > The cheapest option I found is a kit that is about $400 and converts > your existing bike to an electric. This would pay for itself in a > year, but has distance limits and isn't as powerful as the other > option I am looking at: > http://www.electric-bike-kit.com/hill-topper.aspx > > The one I really want though, is a Swiss made bike that's about $3,100 > after taxes. This choice is unlikely to ever pay for itself since the > average battery is only going to last 2 years and at $3K. I am already > looking at more than 5 years to pay it back. I'm also not including > the wear and tear on my car and other maintenance costs - so really it > might be better than I think. Still I am still pretty sure it's not > going to pay for itself. But it's so freakin cool.... > http://www.nycewheels.com/stromer-electric-bike.html > > Anyone else looked at anything like this? Curious. > > -Cameron > > ... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:347708 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
