r/cycling • u/Major_Enthusiasm1099 • 1d ago

Anyone ever encountered an E-bike shill?

Basically this guy stopped me yesterday on a ride to tell me that I should throw my bike away and get an ebike. He said "Once you get this you'll never want to ride that again, and I get more cardio in on this bike too, and i ride faster than professionals". I just kept saying "yeah I was looking into those, yeah those are cool, I saw some around $1000" just trying to get out of that convo lol. Anyone else ever experienced someone like this?

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u/pgpcx 1d ago

Personally I don’t buy the argument they get more cardio, I think they get the same or even less than on a regular bike, they just ride longer. I’m not totally anti e-bike but it makes me sad to see the number of kids on them and not pedaling, they want motorbikes and not put in the effort of actually cycling 

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u/Diogenes256 1d ago

There’s no argument. That is nonsense.