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For those looking to make a bike commute with less sweat, the city of Madison and Trek Bicycles have something coming for you.

Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and Trek president John Burke are announcing that Trek’s popular Madison BCycle bike-sharing program will be converting its familiar red fleet to white, pedal-assisted electric bikes starting June 18.

Madison will be the first city in the United States to fully convert its bike-sharing system to e-bikes.

“E-bikes are going to be a game changer in Madison,” Lisa Snyder, executive director of Madison BCycle said in a statement. “E-bikes take you further, faster. They change your commute. They take away hills. They make Madison even more enjoyable to explore by bike.”

The bikes also open up the possibility of biking to individuals who may not have considered riding before, said Morgan Ramaker, executive director for BCycle, which operates in dozens of cities from Los Angeles to Philadelphia.

“During a pilot test last fall in six cities, including Madison, we found that ridership more than doubled on e-bikes,” Ramaker said. “Our goal is to change the world by getting more people on bikes, and e-bikes help us do that.”