For your future reference. Why E-bikes are healthier than regular bikes in our smoky future.

‘In deep reflection in the bath tub, ‘smart bubble’ fart-thoughts, sometimes rise and hover, and lead to an epiphany of understanding’.

Splash splish… As ash falls, and smoke haze fills our weird little central Oregon smoke hole for the zillionth time, I realized something I didn’t really appreciate until I bought my Tern S-11 cargo E-bike ‘car’ a couple of years ago. (I’m car free). Climbing a steep hill on an analog bike, loaded with groceries, in thick wildfire smoke while breathing heavily, is really stupid. Did it for years. By turning an E-bike to turbo on the hills, it would allow use of a half face respirator without panting or suffocating. I should have bought an E-bike years ago, but I resisted because I didn’t want to get lazy, and wanted E-bike designs to mature first. 😂 Note to self: Buy a respirator. Apparently all the smoke exposure has made me a little…slow.