Bike Stories

Tales of riding, advice & other blogs, plus how you can help spread the joy

Tales of the joy (and challenges) of e-bike riding, plus more. 
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Be an ambassador for e-bikes. See Spread the Joy below for flyers you can give to people who ask you about your e-bike.

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Stories & Experiences 

• Articles

  • Hell on Two Wheels, Until the E-Bike’s Battery Runs Out - a hilariously entertaining and informative account of this writer's first experiences riding ebikes. New Yorker (1/2/23)

  • E-Bikes Offer a Two-Wheeled Solution For Portland Moms - Willamette Weekly “We just have so much more fun together when we’re riding the bike than when I’m driving.”

  • I got beat by a 45-year-old mom on an e-bike - Des Moines Register

  • Reasons Why I Love My Bike - Bronwyn Ayla lives high up in the Berkeley, California hills talks about without a car, talks about why she loves riding her and her kids in an e-cargo bike.

  • A Glowing Review of My First 1,000 Miles on an E-Bike - Outside magazine - A mother reflects on her ebike "bringing joy back into mundane activities."

• Blogs & threads & series

  • #EbikeStories - CalBike blog of riders' stories about e-bikes tackling hills, commutes, errands, riding with kids, replacing cars, and helping us keep riding through injuries, illness, & as we age

  • This Mom Bikes - Articles on biking with kids, cargo bikes, active transportation, & bike adventures

  • That Biker Mom - Blog by a mom in Bloomington IN who commutes through much of the year on both a pedal and an e-bike and trailers her kids around a lot. Demystifies e-bikes and parental biking.  

  • One year as a parent on a cargo e-bike - One mom's Twitter thread on her first year of driving kids to school and shopping with an Urban Arrow e-cargo bike 

• Videos

  • The NYC Cargo Bike Wave: More Families take to the Streets -  stories of the joy of cargo biking as a family. Some electric, some not. (13 min)

  • One Less Car - A Walk Bike Berkeley Story that tells the story of a family that lives in the Berkeley hills using ebikes to get to school, work, shopping,and independence. (2-1/2 min)

Advice, Insight & Perspectives  

• E-bike Impacts - Facebook feed of e-bike news & reviews. 

• War On Cars - Only occasionally explicitly about e-bikes, but we couldn't resist pointing you to this is excellent podcast examining the challenges of our car culture and the joy of cycling.    

• Average Joe Cyclist - Product reviews, news, and advice about ebikes."We love our electric bikes, because they make cycling possible for average people – not just the lean, young, and fit minority."

• Electric Bikes Forum - Open Q&A forum between e-bike riders. The largest number of threads are on eMountain bike issues but there are other discussions on commuters, folding, cargo recumbent and others. 

• ElectricBike.com - An emphasis on DIY but with plenty of articles of broader interest.

• Motherload - Documentary "about how cargo bikes will save the world."

• Endless Sphere - DIY Electric Vehicles blog with a large section on Electric Bicycle and others on electric scooters, skateboards, motorcycles, cars, trucks, ATVs,watercraft and airplanes

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