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The Surprising Health Benefits of an Electric Bike - NYTimes.com

Submitted by Brent Hugh on Tue, 07/19/2016 - 1:50pm

Headlines are quick hits from media outlets from Missouri and around the world. Follow the headline link for the full story. The source of this headline says:

the value of electric bicycles has so far been mostly notional. Few of us have seen, let alone ridden, an electric bike and there is scant scientific evidence supporting—or refuting—the potential health benefits of using the machines. So for the new experiment, which was published last month in the European Journal of Applied Physiology, researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder, decided to see what would happen if they gave a group of out-of-shape men and women zippy electric bikes and suggested that they begin riding to work.

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The Surprising Health Benefits of an Electric Bike - NYTimes.com

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