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To: thames_sider who wrote (246)12/4/2001 10:22:16 AM
From: phbolton  Respond to of 377
 
The early users may well be (1) the 11-15 year old set, in affluent suburbs which tend to have good sidewalks, not quite a car but almost as good, every 11-15 year old I know wants one (2) seniors-won't need a drivers license- FL and AZ may end up having more per capita than anywhere else--and it goes almost as fast as Florida traffic :) (3) warehouses-ie. Amazon could use a zillion of these (4) places like Davis, CA which have good bikepaths

I could see sales of a million units a year, it is not for everybody (not for me either) but one per 280 folks is still a million a year in US sales

it will be easy to prevent most theft using current bicycle lock technology and the included code lock