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Alternative means of travel August 1, 2008

Reid Nelson and Bill Remmers are taking old bikes and putting electric motors on them to make them a convenient form of in-town transportation.

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Reid Nelson, 47, travels the streets of Lawrence on one of the electric bike he builds with Bill Remmers, not pictured,

Photo by John Henry

Reid Nelson, 47, left, and Bill Remmers, 68, both of Lawrence, have scooters and bicycles converted to run off of electric batteries. Nelson charges their electrical powered two-wheelers from a solar panel on his roof.

Photo by John Henry

Reid Nelson's garage is full of various automobiles and bicycles that run off of electric power. He has a small, three-wheeled truck from India that's converted to run off electric power and he and Bill Remmers are in the process of build another lighter, three-wheeled automobile.

Photo by John Henry

One of Reid Nelson and Bill Remmers two-wheeled electrical contraptions.

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Another of Reid Nelson's and Bill Remmers' two-wheeled contraptions.

Photo by John Henry

Reid Nelson, 47, left, and Bill Remmers, 68, both of Lawrence, have scooters and bicycles converted to run off of electric batteries. Nelson charges their electrical powered two-wheelers from a solar panel on his roof.

Photo by John Henry

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