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Where Techies Who Love E-Bikes Should Travel
Electric bicycles aren’t just for city commutes anymore. Now you can use them to get of your cars and bypass traffic jams at national parks and other nature hotspots.
You’ve seen them everywhere—and have probably even dodged a couple while crossing Market Street in San Francisco or Fifth Avenue in New York. Electric bikes have become a de rigueur mode of transportation for the office-going set, affording even those who routinely skip leg day at the gym the ability to sail through SoMa without breaking a sweat.
Max Mautner, a software engineer from San Mateo, Calif., who works at Netflix, recently converted from commuting by car to e-biking to work. “I had tried doing it on a regular bike and got so sweaty because my commute has, like, 500 feet of elevation gain,” said Mautner. Now, with an e-bike, the commute isn’t as fatiguing, and he doesn’t need to carry a change of clothes.