On balance, I still am not a fan of e-bikes (previously known as ‘I just don’t get E bikes’)

[grantoury]

I get overtaken by little old ladies every day. They sit on their bikes serenely, pedalling lightly and enjoying the weather while they destroy me, not even looking. They will be there three times faster than me and not even break a sweat. Really there is nothing to "get" about e-bikes. They give you the best of all worlds; excercise, being outside AND speed and comfort.

E-mtb/road bike? More of the same. And if you expect someone to be apologetic about their choice of transportation you certainly are out for an argument.

 

[d8mok]

If an unrestricted ebike is destroying you whilst limited to 15mph then it’s fitness related.


If I want to go fast without effort there are things that go “vroom vroom” to do that with.

 

[grantoury]

Again, there is nothing hard to understand about E-bikes. Seeing how you are going round in circles it also isn't hard to understand why this thread has been going since october last year.

 

[d8mok]

I understand them.

It seems their owners don’t.





I’ll tell you what so we can agree ….you’ve convinced me….


Ebikes are great , and so much fun. Their riders are at peak physical performance , whilst also maintaining a great sense of trail etiquette. I just wish someday I can have one and have to stop manually pedalling my normal bikes along.

End thread ….

 

[amoto65]

And I assume you only ride single speed bikes due to your fitness and not these new fangled geared bikes that are destroying cycling.

 

[grey-beard]

I understand them.

It seems their owners don’t.





I’ll tell you what so we can agree ….you’ve convinced me….


Ebikes are great , and so much fun. Their riders are at peak physical performance , whilst also maintaining a great sense of trail etiquette. I just wish someday I can have one and have to stop manually pedalling my normal bikes along.

End thread ….

You're such a cock.

 

[d8mok]

You're such a cock.

Is that on the final page of “excuses of why I ride a ebike “ book? I do try.



I’d rather be a cock who can pedal than a fat cock who rides a ebike …..

 

[novocaine]

and just like that, the Ebike thread was locked and drifted off in to the ether, with yet another pair of people disliking some random stranger they'd never met nor would meet. all thanks to the internet.


ahhhh, what a world we live in, where something so irrelevant is enough to drive people to hate.

 

[KayOs]

A friend of mine once said to me on the subject of E-MTBs: "As soon as there are E-dumbbells I'll start weight training."

 

[d8mok]

A friend of mine once said to me on the subject of E-MTBs: "As soon as there are E-dumbbells I'll start weight training."

But E-dumbbells are more fun as they allow you to work for harder and longer …..