By PHIL BROWN<\/p>\n
The electric bike revolution has begun, whether the Adirondacks are ready
\nor not.<\/p>\n
In 2017, some 34 million e-bikes were sold around the world, mostly in Asia
\nand Europe. The newfangled contraptions account for half of the bike sales
\nin China and for 20 percent of the sales in Germany.<\/p>\n
The United States has been slower to adopt e-bikes, but that is changing.
\nIn 2017, more than 260,000 e-bikes were imported into the country\u2014a 25
\npercent rise from the prior year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By PHIL BROWN The electric bike revolution has begun, whether the Adirondacks are ready or not. In 2017, some 34 million e-bikes were sold around the world, mostly in Asia and Europe. The newfangled contraptions account for half of the bike sales in China and for 20 percent of the sales in Germany. The United […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-regional-press-coverage"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n