Sep 27 2007Solar Powered Bicycle Is Great, Heavy
The E-V Sunny Solar Bicycle has solar panels built into the wheels, which maintain a constant charge to the batteries. When you don't feel like pedaling the bike is powered by a 500 watt front hub motor. It'll get you up to about 18 mph, and even faster if you fall off a cliff. The catch is that it weighs 75 lbs., so you're gonna need to use that motor unless you have legs like mighty oaks. A new one costs $1295, and kits to solarize your own bike start at $795. I remember the first time I got on a bike and realized that you have to pedal them to go. What a letdown that was. I thought they were silent motorcycles for people who weren't into wearing leather.
Solar Powered Bicycle Is Great, Heavy [reubenmiller]
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Reader Comments
1. sean - September 27, 2007 10:49 AM
i want one
first!
2. blpressure - September 27, 2007 11:45 AM
I want one too. 75 lbs doesn't put me off. I had a heavy BMX once and plenty of heavy steel framed mountain bikes.
3. blpressure - September 27, 2007 11:47 AM
and yes, I do have legs like mighty oaks. Like Beyonce and Britney but I'm a dude.
4. VIPER - September 27, 2007 3:14 PM
What if your going uphill and the sun goes behind a cloud? LMAO
5. Karma - November 8, 2007 7:56 PM
Waaaaaaaaaaay to heavy. Definitely not worth it. Now if I could use it to power my laptop battery, that would be something.