EGO cycle review
Life, Liberty, the Pursuit of eGO By Stephen Owens, Hoya Staff Writer This past month, I was afforded the luxury of test-riding a revolutionary form of transportation currently unbeknownst to the overwhelming majority of our Georgetown community. It goes by the name eGO Cycle, and it?s 98 pounds of electric driving excitement. This eGO Cycle is a cross between a bike and a motorcycle, but takes the best qualities of both. It has the agility and convenience of a bicycle, and combines them with the speed and power of a small motorcycle. Unlike a bicycle, however, the eGO Cycle is electric, eliminating the strain your legs feel on those longer trips. And unlike a motorcycle, the eGO Cycle spares the owner the cost and inconvenience of frequent trips to the gas station. The most redeeming quality of the eGO Cycle is its ease of use. Simply place the key in the ignition, rotate it clockwise, pull the handlebar towards you, and voila! four seconds later you?re speeding through campus at a rate of 20 miles per hour ? unless of course you?re in the infamous ?go far? mode (a.k.a. the weenie mode) which will add five miles to your trip at the cost of shaving 5 mph of your speed in addition to forever stigmatizing you as a weenie. Finally, I?ll leave you all with a hypothetical that could happen to you in the very near future. Consider this: You?re living in your off-campus crib on 34th Street. You sleep through your alarm and wake up just minutes before your class with the biggest shrew of a professor your imagination can conjure up. I?m talking about a big, fat, mean and worst of all, hungry woman. You can make it if you run, but the problem is you stink like the dickens and need a shower like your professor needs a one-piece bathing suit. You are face-to-face with an unthinkable decision. Either make it to class on time and violate your classmates with your unforgiving odor or face the fiery wrath of your aforementioned professor for daring to show up late. But Zounds! you think to yourself. You have an eGO Cycle! You shower, ride your eGO Cycle to class looking like the stud you are. You make it to class two minutes early ? and smell the best you have for days. Thank you eGO Cycle. Thank you very much indeed. 
