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By Bill Vance; photo courtesy the City of Toronto archives
In 1893, a scant seven years after the patenting of the world’s first practical gasoline driven car by Germany’s Karl Benz, Ontario’s capital city produced its first motor vehicle. Toronto’s original car came about through the collaboration of an innovative engineer, a visionary lawyer and the fine craftsmanship of a local carriage builder.
Frederick Featherstonhaugh was a successful patent attorney practising in Toronto. He lived west of Toronto in Mimico and was futuristic enough and prosperous enough to have one of …
I have been on many bicycle trips around the world and seen some truly amazing things. This is in part to the relaxing atmosphere that riding a bicycle brings. Nothing beats an open road or an empty trail, where you have to whistle to let the potential wild animals know you are not their supper. Or an early morning ride before the sun is up to catch a ferry to take you off an island paradise. Or riding along a converted rail line and imagining what brilliance new inhabitants to …
Ultra Motor has announced that its A2B electric bike is now available for purchase at 20 Best Buy locations on the west coast, including Los Angeles, Portland, and the San Francisco Bay area.
In the electric bicycle community, many view this as a regressive step that will hurt the industry and the Ultra Motor brand. As a person who has sold electric bicycles at both the wholesale and retail level, one factor that is paramount is customer support.
Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters are very different beasts. How do you choose the mode of transport that best meets your needs?
The type of tires on your electric bicycle can be a more important decision than the tires on your conventional bicycle. For the average rider, electric bikes are traveling at higher speeds than a conventional bike. They are also a bit heavier due to the battery and motor weight and the fact that people often are carrying laptops, groceries, and the other paraphernalia associated with urban commuting. Good traction under a wide variety of conditions is important to the urban bike commuter.
