Each to their own, everyone has a different opinion! Expense is an issue for me, not sure what the ride to work scheme would be like with it,maybe make it more worth while? Even still, better to stick to a basic cycle,with no electronic assist's in my opinion.
Affordability is surely an issue to others as well as myself? If you own the bike for a year plus, haven't got a warranty after the first 12 months and the battery brakes, chances are you will need to buy a new one? So more expense. I find regular cycles are pretty good on breakdowns . The electric motor makes it easier and the cyclist should be going at a faster pace, so you have to scale up,do more miles, improve averages.
Agree - having ebiked a hybrid that is largely for use in and around town so I can clamber up the hills for work / shopping , while any longer cycling rides will be by traditional pedal power. It has had a instant effect in that some shopping trips previously done by car have now been done by ebike so overall cycling mileage will increase as a result and the cost of the ebike conversion set against the savings in petrol etc.
Can look at it as a red herring but bottom line for me is that, it counts as cheating. Personally I wouldn't opt to use one,not a fan of electric bikes or cars. . Would rather use. No ,i'm not baiting.
this part of the statement alone would make me question whether this is true
Mean it in a proportion way, anyone can do what they want. For me, if a person does 30 miles on a regular push bike,then you should look to do an extra 10 miles on it,as an example. I get everyone differs, the whole point of this topic is to gain opinions and look at it from different ways. That's mine.
cheating at WHAT?? your still deflecting the answer to the question......Can look at it as a red herring but bottom line for me is that, it counts as cheating. Personally I wouldn't opt to use one,not a fan of electric bikes or cars. . Would rather use. No ,i'm not baiting.
