Saturday, March 6, 2010

VeloSolex



With gas prices so high now and prices of gas only expected to keep rising, owning a car in this City is going to take two jobs just to re-fuel. Even though most of us ride our pedal-powered bikes around the City, at times getting to work all sweaty or to social gatherings is just out of the question.

We are fortunate enough to have opened an account with VeloSolex for these awesome French motorized bicycles. They will be dropping some off with us so everyone can swing by and have a look.

These bikes have been around since about 1946, originally they were gas powered. The bike is the essence of simplicity - a 49cc two stroke engine sits over the front wheel, putting out a whopping 0.80 bhp at 2200 rpm. As you might guess, it's economical - the 1.4 L tank gives you a range of 60 miles, although you'll have to pedal to get the machine up steeper hills. The maximum speed is pre-set to 20 mph, so don't expect to break any land speed records.

The VeloSolex is an affordable mode of transportation that costs as much to register anually as a day's train fare and no special operating license is required. A classy whip to make the City shrink and your wallet grow.

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