We have already seen kits to convert traditional bicycles into electric bicycles and to convert them into pedal-powered snow machines: this electric snow bike kit goes a step further by combining the two.

Manufactured by the Canadian electric mobility company Envo, eThe kit is designed for use with mountain bikes.

Shipping Kit

According to Envo, the kit offers a motor-assisted top speed of 18 km/h and is efficient for a range of approximately 10 km, or two hours of use, for 8 hours of charging.

It should be noted that the bike's chain length needs to be adjusted and its rear derailleur needs to be removed, so installation is not simple.

The bike's existing chain delivers power from the rider's legs to a sprocket attached to the side of the motor, while a 48V/17.5Ah lithium-ion battery pack mounted on the down tube provides electrical energy.

A crank-mounted sensor detects when the rider is pedaling, signaling the motor to activate accordingly. If the rider wishes, they can also activate the motor without pedaling, using a handlebar-mounted thumb throttle switch.

For relatively compact snow, users may prefer to keep the existing front wheel in place. However, for deeper snow, an included adapter allows you to replace that wheel with a snowboard.

In this way, the bicycle can easily cover any terrain, which opens a little more ground towards universal transportation. The electric bicycle is probably the next evolutionary step to the bicycle, which in its day already constituted a change in the mobility of society; it even worked like a kind of Tinder to meet future partners further away from your area and freed the women, as you can see in the following video:

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There are already many people who have put up the Christmas tree, the colored lights also shine in the streets... however, Some complain that Christmas seems to come earlier and earlier.

The good news for those who enter "Christmas mode" so prematurely is that they seem more sociable and are happier, too. The pandemic, in fact, has brought forward the decorations.

Christmas in pandemic

Today's Christmas can appear in our stores from November 1, since Christmas items replace Halloween products. At this point, we're used to the ever-expanding holiday season, but that's usually only seen in retail spaces eager to make the most of seasonal spending.

However, this year it has also reached many homes earlier, with news of decorations that were already placed on Halloween.

The festive tone has become a way to add joy and warmth to the gloom of pandemic restrictions. Christmas decorations bring back happy memories, and psychologists already suggested in a study than those who put up their decorations early They are happier than their peers and seem more sociable.

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Because, according to the study, those who put exterior decoration in their homes can use the exterior of their home to communicate attachment and possibly to integrate into the social activities of a neighborhood.

Without a doubt, here we can find echoes of testimonies of soldiers in the trenches during the First World War, which viewed Christmas rituals on the Western Front as a connection to normality.

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Pandemic at Christmas: it is suggested that those who put up their Christmas decorations earlier are happier and seem more sociable

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