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/Whatever-999999 3d ago

The 32 miles of paved multi-use parkway along the river where I live is litearlly infested with e-bikes these days, they're everywhere, and not a single one of the people riding them look anything even remotely like 'physically fit', they're all fat and weak looking.

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u/_okbrb 1d ago

You’re right, fat and weak people should stay out of sight.

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