Iowa University — As part of the University’s Live Green initiative, staff at Iowa State University are commuting to work on electric bicycles. The company X-Treme Scooters, located in Newton, is loaning about 100 ISU employees electric bikes for the week (June 1, 2009). .
Bicyclists riding electric bikes
Rider Patty Gibler told an interviewer that she hopes the electric bike motivates her in a way no other bike has. She said, “I live close to campus. I’ve also wanted to bike and never had the motivation.”
She’s pedaling to work this week with about one hundred other Iowa State University employees.
The XE300LI is an extreme bike with a lithium battery that takes its rider about 25 miles with one charge, at a speed of 20 miles per hour.
The electric bikes cost between $1,200 and $1,500. X-Treme Scooters in Newton started selling the X-Treme bikes this year.
