Comments on: The Green Picture: Daryl Hannah Gets On Her Hybrid Electric Bike

By: Daryl Hannah Sues Hybrid Bike Maker Over Ad Promotion // Archives // ecorazzi.com :: the latest in green gossip

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:32:39 +0000

[...] Back in June of 2007, we reported that Daryl Hannah had been spotted riding an iZip Hybrid Electric bike during the L.A. Bicycle Coalition LA River Ride. Digging a bit deeper, it turned out that Hannah had received the bike from Ed Begley Jr. — who couldn’t be at the race due to a cross-country trip in his Prius. Anyways, Begley enjoys a business relationship with Currie Technologies, makers of the iZip, and thought Hannah would love the opportunity to try one. The company agreed, sent her one, and then also allowed her to keep it after the race. [...]

By: Rob Barnes

Rob Barnes — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:10:44 +0000

Ebikes are the tipping point for me. I’ve chosen the car too many times over the bike due to a nasty hill near my place. This study makes a case that ebikes can be 2-4 times more energy efficient than human power.

http://www.ebikes.ca/sustainability.shtml

As for free bikes in Montreal, this winter more than most, you couldn’t pay me to try to navigate the snowy streets in -15 to -25c. We need to spend more on buses that can actually leave the garage… BTW, Green City was a good read Mary.

By: hiro

hiro — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:35:04 +0000

Riding on the bicycle is good for health. I want also to commute with the bicycle as
much as possible.

By: DanEC

DanEC — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 05:32:52 +0000

Many people don’t commute to work on bicycles because they would arrive hot and sweaty. Using an electric bike for commuting is an excellent solution. Check out the comments to this post about ebikes over at treehugger.com:

http://tinyurl.com/yydooy

It is amusing to read the replies to the first comment posted by the anti-ebike eco-fundamentalist.

By: jojo808

jojo808 — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 22:26:53 +0000

As an avid rider , I see a ton of major advantages to riding a power assist bike. Imagine riding 20 miles to work one way on your bike. About 45-60 min of riding hard will bring some major sweat before getting into your cubical. Anyway I tried hard with Currietech/Izip to get some much needed answers about their product to no avail ,so my plans are now to get a Bionx setup ,unless Izip is willing to send me 1 like they did for Mrs.Hannah.

By: Mary Soderstsrom

Mary Soderstsrom — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:00:25 +0000

Electric bikes? Oh come on, what’s wrong with the kind that are powered by legs? Switching to electricity for this kind of transit isn’t going to help out very much.

What about free bikes? Check out what’s happening in Montreal at http://marysoderstrom.blogspot.com

Mary Soderstrom