Hmmm. Back in the day it was normal bikes that did all that. Young people can attain the necessary fitness easily. I fear that once started on an e-bike, wit

Hmmm. Back in the day it was normal bikes that did all that. Young people can attain the necessary fitness easily. I fear that once started on an e-bike, with all the benefits the article lists, the one thing that may never happen is changing to a conventional bike later. For example, some serious mountain biking Youtube channels I watch point out that electric mountain bikes are just as good at the cool stuff (berms, jumps etc) but simply take the drudgery out of getting to the top of the hill in the first place. If a less fit teenager on an e-MTB is seen as cooler than a more fit one on a conventional MTB... you know what will happen. The conventional crowd, though fitter, will be seen like the poor Android cousins to the "right coulour texting bubble" iPhone crowd.