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03-24-11 | 06:18 PM

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closetbiker

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Originally Posted by crhilton

I too don't buy the bicycle as the most efficient form of transit. I'm pretty sure an e-bike wins that. And, actually, a long passenger train operating at 15mph probably beats that.

A bicycle's performance, in both biological and mechanical terms, is extraordinarily efficient. In terms of the amount of energy a person must expend to travel a given distance, investigators have calculated it to be the most efficient self-powered means of transportation.[1]

Last edited by closetbiker; 03-24-11 at 06:29 PM.

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