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ON steamy summer days in the nation's capital, commuters on their bicycles toil up the long hill from Embassy Row, past the Vice President's mansion and to the heights where the National Cathedral towers over the city and its nearby suburbs.

It is a popular route for people who work downtown, and one that I have pedaled hundreds of times over the years, six miles each way between home and office. Thanks to the rolling terrain, the pavement manages to slope uphill in both directions.

But for the last few weeks I have breezed by my wheezing fellow cyclists while hardly breaking a sweat, even though I am pedaling sedately in my office garb and they are standing up in their stirrups and their spandex shorts. My secret is a bicycle with a quiet, emission-free electric motor that helps spin the rear tire.

On a whim and a bum knee, I tested two of these these contraptions -- the eye-catching EV Warrior and a mountain bike model from Zap Power Systems -- to see if they seemed safe, worth the price and convenient, and whether they would still provide a moderate amount of exercise.

The idea for the electric bicycle goes back to the late 1800's. It took baby boomers entering middle age to create a significant market, and only now does it seem to be catching on. These models have been in mass production for less than a year, but already thousands have been sold and both companies are increasing production to fill a backlog of orders.

Riding these bikes is almost the same as riding a regular bicycle, except that they feel heavier and are easier to pedal up hills. The power is engaged with a thumb switch on the handlebar; the Zap has two speeds, and the Warrior has continuously variable settings, like a dimmer switch on a light or the gas pedal on a car. Release the switch, and the power goes off.

A lever on the Zap's motor can disengage it entirely from the bike's rear wheel, reducing friction when riding without power. The Warrior's wiring is rigged to disengage power automatically whenever the hand brakes are applied. In low gear, it is easy to pedal either bike from a stop without any power; with power, the bikes accelerate quite quickly.

These are not motorcycles: you do pedal, but you get some help.

As for the health benefits, it is fair to ask why anyone would take a machine that offers a great workout for a middle-aged man and equip it to cheat. But while this may be less exercise than riding an ordinary bicycle, it is still more than driving a car or taking the subway. And it makes the difference between arriving at work all lathered up and arriving just slightly out of breath. Over all, the bikes gave me about as much exercise as a very brisk walk.

Aside from all that, for a gizmologist like me, a personal electric vehicle is terrific fun. Indeed, the fun factor drew me into the fresh air for quick trips to the video store and other suburban errands where I would ordinarily drive.

Ev Warrior Electric Bike Manual

There are many models of powered bikes available all over the world. As many as 30 manufacturers, from big bicycle companies to people tinkering in their garages, assemble them. At a trade fair last year in Cologne, Germany, there was even a demonstration of an experimental tandem semi-recumbent electrobike: one rider reclining, the other upright, and neither of them working very hard.

Most models are not available in the United States. The two I tested are, and although they descended from a common ancestor, they are as different as Tarzan from Cheetah.

The EV Warrior is produced by the Electric Bicycle Company, based in Burbank, Calif., and is sold by car dealers throughout the country (the company will help you find a local dealer: 800 430-2453). The bike costs $1,400 to $1,900, depending on options like more powerful front-wheel brakes, plus delivery and assembly charges, which vary by dealer.

Zap Power Systems of Sebastopol, Calif., (sold by mail order, 800 251-4555), produces a battery and motor for less than $500 that can clip on to a standard bicycle, as well as bikes already equipped with batteries and motors. I rode Zap's mountain bike, available for about $989, plus about $35 in shipping charges. The company offers a 30-day unconditional guarantee. Its other models include a 1950's-style bike and an adult-size tricycle.

All are heavier than conventional bikes: the Zap weighs 52 pounds, the Warrior a whopping 80 pounds. That may sound like a lot of added weight -- a typical mountain bike is about 30 pounds -- but it is no more than riding with a child in a back seat.

THE EV WARRIOR

Ev Warrior Manual

Brightly painted, with a bulge like a camel's hump behind the seat encasing the motor and batteries, its distinctive gull-wing handlebars sporting big rear-view mirrors, the EV Warrior turned heads everywhere. At intersections, drivers rolled down their windows to gawk.

The bike was a bit awkward to wheel in and out the door. It was so bulky that it was tricky to navigate through the handicapped-access ramp at work. And at home, let's just say it was too heavy to hang on the wall the way Jerry Seinfeld stores his bike.

The bike is almost too heavy to steal. Just in case, it is equipped with a security device that disables the power unless the owner has its electronic key.

But with its size comes a sense of confidence in traffic. The flashing turn signals and braking lights, the smooth acceleration, the oversize tires and the power front brake are all important safety features.

On one excursion around town, I went farther than the batteries allowed without recharging. Suddenly, I was getting more exercise than I had bargained for. I had to pedal back to the office in low gear, where I arrived drenched in sweat.

On the second day, the motor would not start at all. The problem turned out to be a loose washer rattling inside the light and horn assembly on the front handlebars. The washer, evidently overlooked during assembly, bounced around until it came to rest on a circuit board and shorted it out. A company mechanic flew in from Atlanta to diagnose and fix the problem; if something like that happened to a typical consumer, the bike would have to be returned to the dealership for repair. (The Warrior, like the Zap, comes with a one-year warranty.)

That evening, I took the bike out on a paved path that winds through the woods along the Potomac River. The eight-mile run took 40 minutes going downhill all the way. It took 41 minutes to return, uphill all the way.

It was a delightful spin, with foxes darting from the woods to run ahead of me like dolphins before a speedboat.

The bike's bright twin halogen headlights served well at night, and the motor was so quiet that other cyclists, skaters and joggers did not hear me coming. To warn them, I would switch gears (click click). My final resort, a blast on the 120-decibel motorcycle horn, worked every time.

Returning home, I came to the one hill in my neighborhood steep enough to require standing up in the stirrups. I got home, not winded but well exercised, and slept soundly, my sore knee troubling me not a bit.

ZAP POWER SYSTEMS

The bicycle made by Zap, apart from the battery and motor, is almost exactly like a conventional bicycle, although the company equips it with tires that have a smoother tread than usual. The smooth tread provides a better grip for the motor; the effect on how the tire grips the road was not noticeable, but I would advise caution on slick or sandy surfaces.

Unlike the EV Warrior, the Zap bicycle attracts no attention. Even on an elevator, nobody noticed the small power packs.

All the more pleasant, then, to cheerfully call out 'passing on the left!' and casually breeze by unassisted riders, my necktie streaming behind me like an aviator's scarf.

The bike was light enough to carry up a flight of stairs or to mount on a car rack.

But there is a price to be paid for the illusion that the electric bike is just like the one I normally ride. It was easy to attain unsafe speeds on the Zap machine -- up to 20 miles an hour on flat city streets, and faster going down one of the longer hills on my route.

At those speeds, a pothole could be a disaster, and the bike's standard brakes might not allow a controlled stop, especially bearing in mind the heavier weight of the bike. I learned to ride the Zap machine responsibly.

I usually used only the low-boost setting of the thumb switch to cruise on city streets, reserving the high-power setting for climbing hills. Pedaling in a middle gear, I could climb a long hill at 10 miles an hour without difficulty.

On downhill slopes, I took advantage of another feature of the Zap bike: 'regenerative braking.' When the bike is rolling faster than 12 miles an hour, engaging the motor on its low-speed setting will slow the bicycle down a little bit and even send some power back to the battery, recharging it slightly.

The Zap bike, like the Warrior, holds enough power to get me all the way to work and back -- 12 miles -- with little or no hard pedaling. Mileage may vary depending on your weight, how steep the hills are and how much pedaling you do. Most people who use these bikes for regular commuting will want to have one recharger device, which plugs into the wall, at home and another at work. The bikes come with one recharger; a second costs about $60 for the Zap, $80 for the EV. Both take about five hours to recharge.

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Of course, the more the rider works, the less the motors are needed and the farther the bike will go without recharging. The Warrior even has an electronic gauge on the headlight to tell you how much energy your legs are contributing and how much power the battery has in reserve.

More than anything else, the knowledge that you are extending the bike's range keeps you pedaling. It is a psychological factor that could lead you to build up strength over the months.

Deciding which model to recommend is difficult. The safety edge goes to the bigger Warrior with its careful engineering, but the price is steep. And another major concern is the bicycle's weight. Older bikers must consider whether they would be able to stop it from tipping over or to pedal it home if the batteries ran down.

The Zap bike is livelier and more convenient, not to mention being several hundred dollars cheaper. In the end, it won my vote.

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TIMES STAFF WRITER

Is Malcolm Bricklin peddling another product whose time has not yet come?

Bricklin followers will recall that he has twice filed for personal bankruptcy--in 1975 after a gull-winged “safety car” bearing his name didn’t fly and again in 1991 after the low-priced but even lower-quality Yugo automobile he introduced to Americans sputtered.

Now Bricklin, 57, has rolled out his first two-wheeler: an environmentally friendly electric bicycle.

During an introductory event Thursday at the Petersen Automotive Museum on Wilshire Boulevard, proponents of cleaner air were quick to embrace the contraption as an occasional commuting or errand-running vehicle for those not up to pedaling all the way.

But persuading the mass consumer market to get on board could prove to be another uphill battle.

With a suggested retail price of $1,400 to $1,900, depending on options, the “EV Warrior” will be sold only through auto dealerships. To date, Bricklin said, more than 100 dealers nationwide have signed on.

They include Webb Automotive Group, which said it has in stock or on order 2,000 bikes to sell at four of its dealerships, in Buena Park, Cerritos, Garden Grove and Irvine.

In the view of Bricklin and his partner, Malcolm Currie, a retired head of Hughes Aircraft who years ago served as an undersecretary of defense, the electric bike is a promising first step to winning people over to the idea of electric cars.

Among investors in their Electric Bicycle Co. are the former Los Angeles Rams football club, now of St. Louis, and Sidney Sheldon, auteur of steamy novels.

The motley group is not alone in seeking to tap into this as-yet unproven market. AeroVironment Inc., based in Monrovia, has sold about 1,000 of its $2,000, beefed-up electric bikes to law enforcement agencies.

But at least one supporter of alternative forms of transportation questions whether the bike will ever become more than a novelty.

“In comparison with other vehicles, the thing loses from an economic standpoint,” said Alan Collinge, a researcher at USC’s Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies. “Unless you had some strong environmental bent, I couldn’t justify buying that bike when a Honda scooter [at $2,000 or so] would do a lot more for you.”

The EV (for electric vehicle) Warrior, which comes in seven colors and was three years in development, resembles a mountain bike with a steel box behind the seat that straddles the rear wheel. Inside the box are two 24-volt electric motors powered by two rechargeable 12-volt lead-acid batteries.

The rider can pedal unaided by the motors, or can activate them with a thumb switch on the handle bar. That will smoothly, quietly and quickly take the bike to 20 mph if the rider pedals, or to 15 mph with no pedaling. Among the special features are high-tech turn signals and brake lights on the two rear-view mirrors.

On a single charge, the bike can go about 15 miles--although steep grades, high speeds and bad weather can slash that distance.