I don't see a problem with them - if you need the power to enable you to get up the hill or to convince you to get out of a car - fine by me. Even if you just want to have one as long as you use it sensibly (they should be limited to under 15 mph for the powered assist anyway). On bad days when I'm struggling they look very tempting to me, but I like the satisfaction of doing it under my own steam at the moment. When I was under the weather recently any joy on the bike disappeared completely and it became a thing of torture.
Its just as a fit/healthy 30 something male I'd probably be judged harshly or even ridiculed perhaps for rocking up on an e-bike but my reasons would not be laziness or physical need, I'm just trying to make my commute easier and still have the legs of a weekend to do longer rides
I now see on average 2 or 3 per commute (up to 5 normally) and different ones at different times. There is the lady on the red Freego?, a man on one with a huge battery (full length of the top tube and stretching down to the down tube!), one is a giant one, there is another silver one, then there is the one that I think he isn't using his battery on the hill as I can almost catch him up (and I'm very very slow up hills), and another one that is blue. The age of people riding them I would say is from 30-55 at a guess, though the youngest one is the one that doesn't look as though he is getting much assist from it.Ah so you do have a small problem - only those incapable of climbing hills or are too lazy to ride otherwise should have them
Sorry *holds hands up* I'm not trying to be smart/clever or provoke an argument with you there
We cant all be fast as fook SCR/Strava addicts on the way/to from work!
. There is also an elderly gentleman that I see who uses it to get around, doing his shopping, visiting friends - I suspect he gets more fresh air and exercise as a result. My friend who is his neighbour tells me he used a normal bike before that for getting around.
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