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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Chris Barker / The Bulletin
May 9, 2005
As a visitor eyes a gleaming line of electric bicycles in a converted bungalow near the Bend Parkway, Michael Ridden employs a time-tested sales technique.
"Would you like to go for a ride?" he asks, smiling.
Naturally, it's a pitch that's hard to resist: the opportunity to try before....
