Read: 9 mins. Biking is a form of exercise and adding an electric motor gives me some mixed feelings. On the other hand, assisted pedaling or fully motorized transportation is a great way to explore difficult or far-reaching areas normally inaccessible to the casual bicyclist. Rides with friends used to be a regular weekend activity before having kids where I purposely chose to be on a mountain bike going around 10 mph. This was to slow myself down for the relaxed riders in the group. Recently, however, my wife wanted to get a motorized bike for her mother so she could join us for family rides. We ultimately decided on the semi-foldable Gyroor C3.