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Personally I think the main difference is that normal bikes are self-regulated by the stamina of the rider. It takes a lot of extra effort to ride a standard bi
by Crabber 5y ago
Personally I think the main difference is that normal bikes are self-regulated by the stamina of the rider. It takes a lot of extra effort to ride a standard bike fast and erratically, you are self-incentivised by your own exhaustion to ride smoothly and at a moderate pace.
Not the case for an e-bike where you have no reason to not just ride around everywhere at 20+ mph while barely paying attention.
- nybble41 5y agoYou can flip that argument around, though: since e-bikes demand less effort for merely propelling the bike the rider has more leisure to maintain awareness of their surroundings. Depending, of course, on how they choose to spend it.