I rode this bike about 12 miles last week. It is a pretty cool bike. It is an A2B Metro from UltraMotor. It is an electric bike capable of going 20mph for about 20 miles. It came pretty close to meeting those claims. I only managed to average 17MPH for about 14 miles but I suspect that it would have gone the distance if I'd peddled a bit more. I was considering buying one to replace my motorcycle. The problem is that the bicycle barely can reach its claimed top speed, and barely went the distance that it claimed it could go. As a bicycle it has 7 gears, but it weighs almost 75lbs because of the batteries. That doesn't make for a pleasant pedal bike. The biggest obstacle though was the cost. It lists for about $3000. The one that I was looking at was on close-out for $1800, the cheapest price in the country I've learned, and that is still too much. I can buy a NEW Honda Rebel motorcycle for $3000. It gets 60MPG and will go 60 MPH easily. The A2B Metro is a good start, but it is just not quite ready for mainstream in my opinion.

OK, the last 4 days have been nice for me, hell for Kodiak. Ender has been sleeping almost all night long, except for a short 20m break around 3 for diaper and milk. Great! Everyone gets a full night of sleep. Except he wakes up HUNGRY just as I'm leaving for work. By the time I get home Kodiak is drained from trying to placate the child for 10 hours and he is just now starting to wind down. She is exhausted as she hands the kid to me and I get the tired, content, loving child who thinks that I can do no wrong. Hardly seems fair, but I'll take it.