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Old 05-06-13, 07:01 PM   #1
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Default Saw my first factory made EV today..


Coming home from lunch (on the bikes), I spotted the EV just off the bike trail in Lexington..
Never saw any EV at that recharging station before.. 1st one!
It was beautiful! Even my wife liked it. That last EV I saw was an
old DIY pickup converted to short range, using LA batteries.
The very last time I saw it, it was being pulled behind a diesel pickup..


An odd thing happened on the bike trail this morning..(On the way to lunch)
We were crossing an intersection and I saw a bike trail sign that said, "No Motor Vehicles".
The second I saw that sign, I started thinking 'And no electrically assisted bicycles either"..
Next, I started thinking about how easy it would be to use a small hub motor
and somehow camouflage the battery pack.
In the blink of an eye, an electrically assisted bike zoomed past me!
And the rider was wearing a leaf pattern camouflage jacket!

Since I've never seen an Ebike on the path before, (nor a camo wearing rider), I think it was a very odd coincidence...

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