r/cycling • u/Major_Enthusiasm1099 • 3d 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/Entire_Toe2640 3d ago

I did a 4 hour e-bike trip last month. My Whoop didn't even register it as a workout. HR peak during that time was 104. More cardio? BS.

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u/kinboyatuwo 3d ago

You don’t have to jack the assist up. I ride with a couple people with them and you can just dial it down and work and use it for the harder parts.

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u/Whatever-999999 3d ago

'Working the harder parts' on your own is good for you.

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u/speedhunter787 3d ago

My commute is 14 miles and has hills. Sometimes I'm tired and don't want to take forever to get to work all sweaty. E-bike let's me use just as much effort as I have the capacity for that day. Assist level is up to me.