{"id":7983,"date":"2008-08-19T01:46:14","date_gmt":"2008-08-19T01:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/now_lighter_and_faster_electric_bikes_grow_in_popularity\/"},"modified":"2008-08-19T01:46:14","modified_gmt":"2008-08-19T01:46:14","slug":"now_lighter_and_faster_electric_bikes_grow_in_popularity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=7983","title":{"rendered":"Now lighter and faster, electric bikes grow in popularity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Honora Wolfe and her husband moved to the outskirts of Boulder, Colo., she wanted an environmentally friendly way to commute to her job as a bookshop owner in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Wolfe, 60, found her solution about a month ago: an electric bicycle. It gets her to work quickly, is easy on her arthritis and is better for the environment than a car.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not out to win any races,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I want to get a little fresh air and exercise, and cut my carbon footprint, and spend less money on gas. And where I live, I can ride my bike seven months out of the year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The surging cost of gasoline and a desire for a greener commute are turning more people to electric bikes as an unconventional form of transportation. They function like a typical two-wheeler, but with a battery-powered assist. Bike dealers, riders and experts say they are flying off the racks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/businesstechnology\/2008120398_btbike18.html\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Honora Wolfe and her husband moved to the outskirts of Boulder, Colo., she wanted an environmentally friendly way to commute to her job as a bookshop owner in the city. Wolfe, 60, found her solution about a month ago:<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=7983\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,40,149,140,138],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-watch","category-economics-politics","category-economy","category-energy-natural-resources","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7983\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}