April Streeter "My Year of E...", Treehugger, 3/15/2010

(Much of the impetus behind starting this blog was to raise awareness of ebikes as legal and viable forms of transportation, for both current and aspiring riders. As such, I'm going to start keeping a finger on the pulse of attitudes towards ebikes online. It's completely subjective, of course, but it could be interesting to see how it plays out. I'll summarize the article and tally positive, neutral, and negative comments. To be fair, I won't consider the author's or my comments in positive/neutral/negative counts.)

"My Year of "E" or, Joining the Electric Bike Revolution," author April Streeter writes a quick summary of her new Eneloop. Initially skeptical regarding ebikes, the climb sells her, and she sets out to document her first year on an ebike.

13 total comments as of 6/29/2010:

6 positive
2 neutral

J David Goodman, "Born in China, Electric Bikes...", NYTimes, 1/31/2010

An examination of ebikes in China, and their (currently illegal) presence in NYC.

95 comments
42 positive
32 neutral
21 negative

April Streeter, "Should eBikes be Banned?", Treehugger, 9/8/2009

Streeter presents us with 4 key learnings from China's experience with the growing ebike market.

17 comments
10 positive
7 neutral

J David Goodman, "Despite Ban, Electric Bikes Gain Favor...", NYTimes, 10/20/2009

Goodman reports on increased popularity of ebikes, particularly among food delivery services in NYC.

38 comments
20 positive
8 neutral
10 negative

Charlie Richman, "Elusive E-Bikers!", Momentum, 5/1/2010

Richmond briefly writes about ebikes, recognizing that people on ebikes are often riding solo, and hard to pick out.

7 comments
5 positive
1 neutral
1 negative

DL Byron, "eBikes Aren't Cool", Bikehugger, 2/1/2010

In response to a quote from the editor in chief of Bicycling Magazine, Byron suggests she should meet some ebikers before speculating as to how to market to them. I suspect the title is tongue-in-cheek.

13 comments
7 positive
6 neutral

Jonathan Maus, "Is Portland and America Ready for Ebikes?", Bikeportland.org, 1/29/2010

Maus looks at ebike presence at tradeshows, local shops, and recent legislation, and asks "Is 2010 the Year of the Ebike in America?"

57 comments:
29 positive
7 neutral
11 negative