| Product Details- 64 Pages
- 101 Photos & Illustrations
- Paperback
- Black and White
- Published in 2016
- Part of the The Essential Buyer's Guide Series
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| Choosing, Using & Maintaining Your Electric Bicycle
By Peter Henshaw | Features • Aimed at first time electric bike buyers
• A complete buyer's guide
• Overview of what's available – electric road bikes, mountain bikes, folders and city bikes
• What to look for – warranties, dealers
• Should you buy a kit or a complete bike?
• The law on electric bikes explained
• Advice on charging and battery care
• Not just for holidays – what you can do with your electric bike
• Running costs analysed
• Useful contacts – websites, importers, magazines
Description A complete buyer's guide to electric bicycles, including the types of bike available, what to look for and why you should buy one. Packed with useful contacts, including importers, websites and magazines, advice on where you can ride, and the law. Also includes battery charging and maintenance info, as well as basic cycle maintenance.
Synopsis An electric bicycle is, quite simply, a normal bicycle with an added battery and electric motor that just about double your pedal power – able to waft up hills and into headwinds, they take the sweat out of cycling, and give you supercharged legs!
How long does the battery last? Are they expensive to run? Do you need a licence and insurance?
This book is a complete buyer's guide to electric bicycles, and it answers all of these questions and more. Outlining the advantages (and pitfalls), with an overview of the types of bike available, what to look for, and why you should buy one, you’ll also find useful contacts such as importers, websites and magazines, with advice on where you can ride and the law, including new legislation coming in 2017.
Battery charging and maintenance is described, as well as some basic cycle maintenance, and there’s an analysis of running costs and a look at the world of easy cycling they open up – electric bikes are not just for holidays.
Additional Information Electric bikes are a fast growing market – they offer the convenience of cycling, without the sweat. | Table of Contents
1 Introduction
– the purpose of this book 4
2 FAQs
– making sure you’re informed 7
3 Why buy an electric bike?
– the benefits of making the leap 10
4 The law
– keeping up with rules and regulations 17
5 Choosing an electric bike
– which model for you? 23
6 What to look for
– best practises and potential pitfalls 36
7 Electric bike kits
– converting your current cycle 43
8 Looking after an electric bike
– the importance of care and maintenance 45
9 Buying secondhand
– affordable, or a money pit? 50
10 On your bike
– living with your new purchase 52
11 Useful contacts
– where to go for more information 58
Index 64 |
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