Make Your Bike More Fun by Converting to Electric Assist If you've ever had a hard time pedaling your bike up a hill, gotten tired before your got home from your ride, or struggled to keep up with a friend or spouse, then you know riding a bike can be difficult. But with the addition of an electric bicycle kit", riding your bike can be fun again. Instead of struggling up hills or against headwinds, the motor on the electric kit helps you along, making pedaling easy and fun. One online seller of electric assist kits is Cycle 9, found on the web at http://www.cycle9.com/c9store. "Our goal is to get more people riding their bikes" says owner Elise Giddings. Cycle 9 provides a variety of kits to meet the needs of their customers.   Cargo Bikes Extend the Use of a Bike to a True Transportation Alternative As the price of gas increases, many people are looking for alternative forms of transportation. Bicycling has always been popular for shorter distance trips, but many bicycles have limited carrying capacity, which limits their use. The advent of a new form of bicycle, the cargo bike changes this. A cargo bike is just like a regular bike, but is longer with a substantial carrying rack in back. This allows the rider to carry a week's worth of groceries, bulky items or even children in bicycle child seats. This addition changes the bicycle into a green transportation alternative, extending its use from just recreation to transportation.   Electric Bike Kits Convert Work Into Fun Many people don't ride their bikes anymore as they get older because it's just too much work. Often it's a hill or long distance that stops people from dusting off the bike and hopping on. The recent popularization of electric bikes and conversion kits, such as the ezee bike kit" can help riders get over their dread of climbing hills. A conversion kit adds a small electric motor and battery to the bike, allowing riders to get extra power on demand, such as on a hill. Cycle 9, which specializes in bicycle conversion kits, calls the eZee kit "the best high quality kit currently on the market". They can be found at http://www.cycle9.com. Bicycle riders never have to dread a hill again with an electric bike kit.   Bike Commuters Finding Life Easier Bicycle commuting has been around as long as the bicycle itself, but commuters' life just got easier with the addition of an electric bicycle kit". Reaching speeds of 25mph or more, the electric bike conversion kit speeds commuters on their way, shortening their ride time and making biking even more competitive to drive time in a car. In addition, the electric kit cuts down on sweating by making riding easier, sometimes even eliminating the need for a shower when arriving at work.   Cut Carbon Emissions by Using an Electric Bike Keeping carbon out of the atmosphere is a key to curbing global warming, and burning fossil fuels in our vehicles is a large producer of carbon emissions. One way to cut carbon emissions drastically is to leave the car at home in favor of alternative transportation. An electric bike kit such as the Bionx kit" is a great way to leave your car at home, without the sweat and heavy exercise of rinding a bike. Electric bikes are extremely efficient users of energy, so cutting emissions drastically is easy when they replace car trips. The Bionx kit fits on almost any bike, creating a bionx electric bike. Riding the bike instead of driving a car keeps carbon out of the atmosphere.