Health benefits of pedestrian and cycle commuting

[Dadam]

... more straw man drivel....

Jesus wept! Do you even understand what a straw man argument is? Read your own posts for a prime example.
I simply never asserted what you claim I did. And now you've convinced yourself that I did you can't seem to get out of it.
Completely ignored the rest of my post too.

To reiterate:
Can you accept there is a group of people for whom an e-bike enables them to ride more than they would be able to do on a normal bike?

Can you accept there is another group, who may be able to ride a normal bike reasonably well, but they don't enjoy the experience of slogging up some of the local hills, so the e-bike increases their motivation to ride more often and take longer rides?

 

[boydj]

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The whole comparison I have been making is not with someone who does no exercise, but between someone using a battery powered vehicle and someone using a pedal cycle.

But you keep stating the obvious as if there's something controversial about it.

 

[boydj]

I do not agree with that. If you are relying on the ebike, you are not getting the same exercise as on a pedal cycle.
It is completely nonsense to say using an ebike means you are getting more exercise.

If you want to use an ebike- fine - that is your choice and I wouldn't try to suggest you shouldn't.
however, I will strongly disagree with anyone who make the false claim that an ebike means you get more exercise than on a pedal cycle.

10 miles on a pedal cycle uses more of your own energy than 10 miles on an electric bike.

This is just wrong, in that you don't account for an individual's capability.

I have a carbon road bike that's my pride and joy, but after bypass surgery and, more recently, vascular surgery, the routes I can use on the carbon bike, and the distances I can travel are pretty limited, which restricts the amount of exercise I can get from my good bike.

The electric bike lets me occasionally still go on club rides which can easily triple the time and distances I can comfortably manage. I liken the the use of the electric bike to training for a marathon in my running days, while the carbon bike is equivalent to training for the athletics track season.

 

[All uphill]

Phew!

I think it's safe to come out now...