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A Follow-up to the Mesquite Hugger e-Bike Video on the 2020 National Solar Tour

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I recently had the opportunity to make an e-bike video for the National Solar Tour. Over the course of a weekend I shot a few hours of video and edited it down to just over five minutes. (It was great fun and took a whole lotta time!) The hardest part was all the info that hit the cutting room floor. I had a writing professor once tell me that editing meant that I had to get used to killing my babies. That's how I felt with this, even if most of my babies were boring, long winded, and poorly filmed. The same professor told me to write [or create video] about what I know, so I made a video about the e-bike I've been commuting on for two years now - a Juiced OceanCurrent. It's a bike I would happily recommend to anyone; however, it was discontinued two years ago. Find all the South Plains entries here In its absence, here are some bikes that are very similar in specs and price in case you're looking for such a thing: A  sampler of simple e-bikes for commuting (under $1600...

The National Solar Tour Begins Today! (9-28-2020)

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Woohoo! It's here! Click here to see the South Plains Solar Tour Recently the coordinator for the local solar tour invited me to be a part be a part of this year's tour. YES! I am thrilled to be a part of it and wanted to share the work of a bunch of talented and knowledgeable people who are involved in sharing sustainability practices here in the Lubbock area. So, please click the link above to see the local tour. (If you're looking for me, I'll be the dork with a bike.) If you want to see what's going on all across the country, just go to NationalSolarTour.Org . For those of you who are curious about ebikes, I'll be posting a followup to the video on both blogs ASAP. Thanks for checking the tour out. May your day be wonderful and lead to a better future!