All posts by Karl Gesslein

Karl Gesslein is a degenerate hooligan of the highest caliber living in upstate NY. His passion for e-bikes and all things sustainable causes him to be obsessed with climate change and finding solutions that will keep humanity from becoming extinct from our own hubris. His personal blogs include electricbike-blog.com, awaken-spirit.org & chestnutparadise.com.

Electric vs Gas vs Diesel: When is a horsep...

Nov 16, 201912 Comments

I’ve driven every single fast car, fast motorcycle, big truck, and electric anything I can get my hands on in the past 30 years. I’ve

Meet Sparky, the giant unicorn art electric...

Nov 12, 20193 Comments

My good friend Doug Shire told me a year ago that he was going to build an art car. I asked him “Why build an

Winter is here, my favorite time of year fo...

Nov 09, 20192 Comments

I woke this morning to 3 inches of snow outside and the sun shining bright. A reminder of why I actually chose to live in

Using eBikes as medication in the battle ag...

Oct 29, 20196 Comments

Millions of people suffer from serious depression. If you haven’t ever suffered from depression, then this article is probably not for you. If you’ve had

Quit your whining : How much ebike motor no...

Oct 14, 201915 Comments

I’ve ridden every single ebike I can get my hands on in the last 5 years. So are fast, some are slow, some are big,

Top 10 reasons to build / borrow / steal a ...

Oct 08, 201921 Comments

The other day while slumming it on another ebiker’s blog (which I should never, ever do) I stumbled across this article titled “Why you don’t

Why Lime Bikes are anything but green

Oct 06, 20196 Comments

Bright green Lime bikes, ebikes and scooters can be found all over many cities in the US. At first I relished the idea of a

Sheer Insanity: How I used a Sur-Ron to pla...

Oct 03, 20194 Comments

So I’ve owned a Sur-Ron Light Bee for about 2 years now. I’ve used it extensively to get around on my 42 acres and it’s

Grand Theft Ebike : How the justice system ...

Sep 28, 201914 Comments

Here is something that has bothered me for a really long time. Why is it that when your ebike gets stolen it’s such an incredible

Serious about the climate crisis? Get an eb...

Sep 22, 20191 Comment

For the first time ever, Climate protests have brought the climate crisis to the attention of pretty much everyone. I’ve felt for years that our