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E-Bikers Ride Much Farther and More Frequently Than Regular Bikers
- Finnucane 6y agoI'd never want to give up my regular bike, but if our old car dies, replacing it with a ebike with more cargo capacity would definitely be an option. An ebike seems like cheating if you think of a bike as primarily for exercise. Getting the exercise is good, but seen as a regular form of transportation, ebikes clearly have their place. (When I was still actually commuting, my bike was my normal way of getting to work)
- Proven 6y agoThat is to say they pollute more than others and exploit government freebies, stealing from everyone else.
- linsomniac 6y ago~7 years ago I got an e-bike and totally agree with this. It made it easy for me to bike in situations I might not otherwise have such as: When it's windy, biking with my friends who are hard core bikers and feeling like I couldn't keep up, when my plans were up in the air and I could be going 5 miles or could be going 20. It also made the travel time be basically the same as taking a car, where (especially when I was out of shape) biking was about half as fast. One thing to note is that I would use the E-bike while pedaling, not like motorcycle. People who say you "cheat yourself out of a workout", which many people have, that was not my experience. I stopped using it because of the need to haul kids around, which my ebike wasn't at all able to do.