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Booster Seat It may be time to invest in an electric bike. / by Jonathan Ammons / photography by Chelsey Ashford
emember back to when you were a kid, before you’d ever climbed behind the wheel of a car, it was your bike that gave you that sense of endless freedom; when you and your friends, could ride all day and never seem to tire. What if you could do that again? Well, that is almost what it feels like astride an electric bike. Battery power kicks in while you ride, whether that be from the pedal assist that makes it easier to hoof your way down the trail, or via a throttle that can silently propel you up to 20mph. An e-bike takes the fun and convenience of biking -whether for pleasure or your daily commute -- and makes it accessible to just about anyone. Feeling that arthritis in the knees? Let that throttle carry you up the hill. Not in the best shape? That pedal assist makes it easy to turn a short ride into a day trip. Or even if you just want to cut out the car and use your bike for your regular commute, an e-bike will get you there without the sweat of a regular bike. On a weekend trip to Travelers Rest, a friend and I stayed at Creek Walk Tiny Home Community, where they have a selection of eight different models of Bintelli e-bikes for residents and renters to ride. On a particularly sunny morning, we set out to ride the nearly 20-mile length of the Swamp Rabbit trail into Greenville and back, a trial that might be a bit daunting on standard bikes for moderate riders like us. But the ease of the pedal assist and a long battery life turned the trek into a breezy cruise.
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