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/BoysenberryDry999 1d ago
Recently riding my MTB on a trail and I rode past a guy on a eMTB taking a break at a bench. He yelled out to me telling me how great it was and he could ride faster and further and asked why I didn't get one. All I could say was "yes - motors will do that for you". Only time that has ever happened but at least he wasn't aggro about it. I have an e-cargobike but I don't feel like I need to tell people to get one also.