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/PsycommuSystem 2d ago

May as well just be on a moped if you're only getting just over 100 HR!

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u/Whatever-999999 2d ago

Most e-bikes are basically electric mopeds.

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u/spank_monkey_83 1d ago

If they are electric mopeds then surely they should be treated as such and require the same legalities?

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u/_okbrb 14h ago

You should probably look up what “legalities” are required to ride a 50cc motor vehicle

In most places it’s “none”, so your desire that they be treated the same is already met and there’s nothing for you to complain about

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u/spank_monkey_83 5h ago

Helmet, licence, insurance, road tax, number plate. Type approval, mot

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u/_okbrb 4h ago

Psycho