Curious, why would you not mention who the blogger is or link to it? Some of us not familiar might want to read it!

Unfortunately it's not so easy to choose "bike" in suburbia. I use my utility bike and trailer for grocery shopping, but it takes real EFFORT to make it happen. I have to get the trailer out, set it up, hook it up, make sure I have everything like lock, keys, water, shopping bags, lights etc. and not to mention getting super sweaty on the trip there and back, and the fact that the whole ordeal takes no less than 2 hours total. Conversely I can just hop in the car in air conditioned comfort and be totally done with a week's worth of shopping and back home again in 1 hour flat.

I enjoy riding my bike, especially when I can replace car trips. But man, in suburban America it's HARD to make that choice when there are other choices available.

I've been wanting to do an e-bike conversion on my utility bike for awhile now. I don't want to do cheap Chinese junk, and I think BionX would be the best solution. I keep saying that it would make bike transport trips so much easier in my hilly area, but man the PRICE! $1,700 minimum for a decent setup. I don't know if I'll ever be able to justify that over building another complete bike (which I want to do, also).