Podcast: Take a spin with the eBike from Schwinn

by Larry Magid

LAS VEGAS--Schwinn was at the Consumer Electronics Show with a high-tech eBike that has an elecrtric motor with a battery that can be charged in about a half hour for 25 miles of riding. In this podcast, spokesman Michael de Leon talks about the bike and whether a motor would interfere with the bike's ability to help people stay in shape.

Listen now:

Download this podcast

See our complete news coverage from CES here

Larry Magid has been a technology columnist and broadcaster for more than two decades as well as a leading Internet safety advocate.

Topics:: Miscellaneous

Tags:: CES 2009,; Schwinn,; eBike,; electric bike

Share:: Digg; Del.icio.us; Reddit; Facebook

Recent posts from Larry Magid at Large: Survey: Teens 'sext' and post personal info; Kids cheating with tech but are schools cheating kids?; Internet safety messages - one size does not fit all; Podcast: Apple VP Greg Joswiak on iPhone 3G S; Teen online safety mostly about behavior; Bing modified to enable porn filtering; Microsoft offers unworkable solution to Bing porn; Podcast: Palm Exec on how Pre is unique

Related: The 404 374: Where we celebrate wheels and women at the Bicycle Film Festival; MP3 Insider 150: Software squabbles, fitness fanaticism, and headphone hotness; Traxxas TORC Racing; IEEE awards prizes for tech that benefits humanity; Olympus' compact E-P1: A breath of fresh air; The 404 375: Where that ain't right; Angelle Sampey joins the 6 Second Club...again; Rocking social media on Road Trip 2009

About Larry Magid at Large

Larry looks at personal technology products, services, trends, and issues. Although he writes about lots of things (hence "at large"), as founder of SafeKids.com and co-director of ConnectSafely.org, he has a special interest in Internet safety including debunking myths like a predator behind every screen and messages like "be afraid, very afraid."

Add this feed to your online news reader

Larry Magid at Large topics

Miscellaneous

Podcasts

Subscribe to the Larry Magid at Large podcast: Subscribe to this podcast using an RSS reader other than iTunes; Subscribe to this podcast using iTunes

Inside CNET News

Scroll Left Scroll Right

Business Tech
Week in review: A speedier new Firefox
Mozilla's latest version plays catch-up with the browser competition. Also: the latest in Windows 7 news, and a Yahoo data center in a new shade of green.
Gallery
Photos: Soaring ambition for solar aircraft
Apple
Employee shot, wounded at Virginia Apple store
The victim, a 26-year-old woman, is in serious but stable condition with a wound to the shoulder. Some media outlets are reporting robbery as the motive, but police say it's too early to tell.
Beyond Binary
Windows 7 may get a 'Family Pack'
Enthusiasts have spotted wording in a leaked test build of the operating system that suggests Microsoft may offer a three-PC deal with the new Windows.
Video
Video: iPhone 3G S launch in New York City
Digital Media
Seattle fire knocks out service to Bing Travel, other sites
At least two dozen sites experience protracted outage following Thursday night electrical fire at Fisher Plaza data center. Verizon's Seattle-area DSL service also gets temporarily disrupted.
Video
A recipe for high-tech chocolate
Geek Gestalt
Blogging live from Spiral Jetty
Never say never, but this may be the first blog ever posted live from the monumental earthwork on the edge of the Great Salt Lake called Spiral Jetty.
The Space Shot
Lunar mapping satellite snaps first test images
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has snapped its first test images, showing the moon's starkly cratered terrain in preparation for the start of mapping operations.
Gallery
Photos: Mars rover Spirit down but not out
Crave
iPhone 3GS jailbreak, 'purplera1n,' hits Web
Hacker who originally unlocked the iPhone has let loose a jailbreaking app for the iPhone 3GS ahead of the iPhone dev team. For now, it's Windows-only, but a Mac version is supposedly on the way.
The Car Tech blog
Fisker's good Karma
At a dinner speech recently, Henrik Fisker laid out his plans for Fisker Automotive and its first car, the plug-in hybrid Karma.