Electric bikes selling briskly as gas prices climb
Friday, August 15, 2008 - 12:28
in Mathematics & Economics
(AP) -- 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: an electric bicycle. It gets her to work quickly, is easy on her arthritis and is better for the environment than a car.