Web ##log of tinkerers ` ` ' '' research into faster electric bikes . Engineer Justin Lemire - Elmore predicted a ` ` bicycle revolution '' within 10 years . In China , 22 million e - bikes sold this year ; 300,000 in the U.S . Both sides have animosity between e - bikers and traditional ##ists .
Web counterculture of tinkerers `` hacks '' bikes into faster electric bikes . Engineer Justin Lemire-Elmore predicts a `` bicycle revolution '' within 20 years . In China , 22 million e-bikes sold this year ; 300,000 in the U.S . Both sides acknowledge animosity between e-bikers and traditional bicyclists .