Party In Your Pocket
November, 2008
HAVING ONE FEWER car is great and all, and we're sure the penguins are grateful, but all the good bike-riding karma in the world won't keep you from showing up to work sweaty. Battery-powered bikes get you there guilt- and reek-free. Giant's Twist Freedom DX ($2,250, giant-bicycles.com) has sensors in the crank, so the harder you pedal the less assistance it provides. Or you can not pedal at all: Ultramotor's A2B ($2,500, ultramotor.com) smartly hides its batteries in the down tube and has a tw...