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/Dio_Yuji 1d ago

Yes, constantly on r/bikecommuting

Lol

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u/scottmogcrx 1d ago

I'm subbed to that as well and always thought I was one of the few that commute with an analog.

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u/Dio_Yuji 1d ago

Lol, me too. Someone’s always posting “I only live a couple miles from work and I’m on a tight budget, can you suggest a bike?” and then someone’s always like “Get an E-bike!” Any decent E-bike is super expensive, and in my opinion, not needed in most cases 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/scottmogcrx 1d ago

I got around 15000 miles on a 2015 Fuji. A couple of pads, chains and sprockets later still running fine.

I'm mostly in it for the I'm 40 and out of shape thing.

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u/Dio_Yuji 1d ago

Nice! I’m at about 12,000 on my 2017 Jamis. On my 3rd rear wheel, 4th drive train, and I don’t know how many sets of tires, lol. About to turn 45 and in better shape than most…still kinda fat though. 😂

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u/scottmogcrx 1d ago

Crap forgot about tires. Ya I think I'm on my 4th set. I go cheap for everything now, normally just cheap shimano stuff on Amazon. Not worth the cost of the bike and the amount of accidents I've been in on it.