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BY JAN NOBLE
News Reporter

CONSIDER it a little -
help from a pollution-
free friend.

Lionel Negus and
Murray Uncyk, of West
‘Vancouver-based = Sax
Energy Corp., are the
‘ two men who bring you
this buddy. .

' Their new: product. is -
an’ electric: motor for
bicycles that is meant to
assist'-riders when they
. needa helping hand,
such as on hills.: Uncyk
said- the original target '
market: for. the product
were..people who may '
‘. have “been. injured,
ns overweight | or older but.
still want to ride bikes...

According to 45-year-
old’ “Uncyk:. “You're:
7 never too old for Sax.”

- A) quick. spin’ ona
‘short, moderate’ incline
“proved that-the 32-pound ‘
(14.4: kg) outfit, which
" [consisis.of a battery pack -
and... direct - “drive:
; mechanism, really does
"pull its’ weight.’ It won't
peddler. up ‘a

~~ turn of, the key, does
"provide.

boost. :
“In Germany, | where the
‘electric ‘motor is made, it is

purchased: by ‘two-wheeled . .
* kits that will fit any bike.

aficionados with their. bikes.’
he.;; North“ American

yo Where tastes © run.

‘ ‘to ‘high-technology.
mountain ‘bikes: than - their

, outdated: ancestors | that dot

a .on flat ground at speeds of up -

Canadian as: possible,”

adds a Sanyo battery and
other parts ‘locally and
converts them into US$1,000

“We plan to go as much

Uneyk.

. The. electric motors will
push a bike..20 to 25
kilometres (13 to 16 miles)

“to. 20 km- hO3 m.p.h.), fully

said

NEWS photo Pau! McGrath .

PEDAL power gets ‘a boost with an electric engine irsported
‘a. noticeable and exported by Murray Uneyk.

charged, said Uncyk. The
batteries recharge in four
hours, making them suitable

: for commuters. They can also

be charged , from
batteries.

For the past five years,
Sax has been offering a gas-
powered motor for cyclists.
That engine runs 230
kilometres (150 miles) on a
gallon of gas and will push a

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Greoa Tip from Environment Caneda

on't top up the
gas tank.

Gasoline vapours
will escape when
your gas tank is too
full and contribute
to smog.

bike at 25 km-h (16
m.p.h.) on flat ground.

A whopping 98% of
the company’s business
is done in the U.S.
Canadians, said Uncyk,
like to follow a trend:
“The Americans are the
Joneses.” Sax sells
hundreds of the units
each year in the States.

Uncyk said Lower
Mainland residents can
use the electric-assisted
bikes on local roads.
The bureaucrats at
motor vehicles know
about the Sax motor, but
have not yet defined a
‘motorized bicycle
category. Uncyk hopes
the tie-ups — during -
Second Narrows Bridge:
renovations will high-
light the commuting
potential of the com-
pany’s motors and speed
the bureaucratic pro-
cess.

In the meantime,
people have been riding
the gas-powered versions
in town for five years and
no one has been the told

. they can’t ride the bikes,
said Uncyk.

The move to electric
came because of popular
demand. Uncyk also
noted California’ will
require manufacturers of
fossil fuel vehicles to
sell zero-emission
vehicles by 1997.

Uncyk called the
introduction of. many
big companies into the
battery-development arena
exciting. Uncyk said he'd
still like to sce a lighter, more
powerful battery on the
electric version and is
searching for battery
developers.

For Internet surfers, Sax
Energy Corp. has a home
page at
http://www.novatech.on.ca/s
ax/.

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