The Year of the E-Bicycle

theodp writes "Electric bicycles have been around for more than a century, but they have never quite captured the imagination of auto-obsessed Americans. That may be about to change. At CES this month, Sanyo showed off its sleek, lightweight Eneloop Hybrid Bicycle. Priced at $2,300, the e-bike sports a black lithium-ion battery strapped to the frame beneath the seat. Press a button on the left handlebar, and a 250-watt motor kicks in, providing about twice as much power as your own pedaling. Some basic e-bike models, like the Ezip Trailz can be had for as low as $500. Both Trek and Schwinn began selling e-bikes last year, and Best Buy is offering e-bikes in three test markets: Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Portland, OR."

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knight |nt|
noun
1 (in the Middle Ages) a man who served his sovereign or lord as a mounted soldier in armor.
  (in the Middle Ages) a man raised by a sovereign to honorable military rank after service as a page and squire.
  poetic/literary a man devoted to the service of a woman or a cause : in all your quarrels I will be your knight.
  dated (in ancient Rome) a member of the class of equites.
  (in ancient Greece) a citizen of the second class in Athens.

verb [ trans. ] (usu. be knighted)
invest (someone) with the title of knight.

DERIVATIVES
knightliness |natlin1s| noun
knightly |natli| adjective & ( poetic/literary) adverb
ORIGIN Old English cniht [boy, youth, servant] ; related to Dutch knecht and German Knecht. Sense 2 dates from the mid 16th cent.; the uses relating to Greek and Roman history derive from comparison with medieval knights.