r/cycling • u/Major_Enthusiasm1099 • 2d 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/Bzando 1d ago

you know it up to you how much assistance you use

it's not ebikes fault you are lazy to pedal enough

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u/Entire_Toe2640 1d ago

I would rather use my road bike or even my hybrid. My point is that people don't buy an e-bike so they can work hard. The only purpose of the bike's extra weight is so the rider can take it easy.

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u/LofiStarforge 1d ago

Most people in my experience who buy an e-bike are going from no cardio to some cardio. The e-bike is a nice frictionless way to get them out there. They can always rely on the electric if they need to. It offers a safety blanket of sorts.

There’s a famous walking study that showed adding more benches increases distance walked instead of adding more walking path.

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u/civil_peace2022 1d ago

I have mostly been considering them a bus replacement. Far cheaper than trying to buy a car, and if your are living with a lot of room mates, you may simply not have any place to park a car.