Hmm. For my part, as a frequent bicycle rider, I really hate e-bikes. The reason is that it feels like I have much, much less control over speed. Especially

Hmm. For my part, as a frequent bicycle rider, I really hate e-bikes. The reason is that it feels like I have much, much less control over speed. Especially in situations where there's a lot of traffic or when for safety purposes one needs to ride slowly (e.g., in a shared-use space where there are also pedestrians around, like a college campus or something), being able to bike slowly is really nice. On a real bike, I can bike slowly just by gearing down and pedaling very slowly. But on an e-bike, any pedaling at all makes it zip forward. I find that, frankly, terrifying, like I'm about to plow into cars or objects all the time, or I'm just riding the brakes.