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Title is misleading. It should read "e-bike riders switching from private motorized vehicle and public transport get more exercise", which is less of a surpris
by shlip 4y ago
Title is misleading.
It should read "e-bike riders switching from private motorized vehicle and public transport get more exercise", which is less of a surprise. And real bikers switching to e-bikes still lose physical activity, though not as much as if switching to no activity. Which is still not much of a surprise.
Quote from study page:
"Therefore, this data suggests that e-bike use leads to substantial increases in physical activity in e-bikers switching from private motorized vehicle and public transport, while net losses in physical activity in e-bikers switching from cycling were much less due to increases in overall travel distance."
Link to study : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259019821930017X https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259019821...
- withinboredom 4y agoThat checks out to me. I occasionally rent an ebike to go much further, faster, than taking public transport or my regular bike.
- belorn 4y agoThe study created three groups from the general populations; e-bikers, cyclists and non-cyclists. They then looked at which of the three groups had more exercise. That is a correlation study and as with all correlation studies done in history, correlation does not mean causation. I do agree that the title is wrong, but maybe for a different reason. E-bike riders don't get more exercise than bikers. E-bike riders have more exercise than bikers on average. The theory of the study is that E-bike riders on average uses their bike more often than cyclists, and thus they get more exercise. What the study does not say is that e-bikes are the best method for exercise.