Originally Posted by
Lazyass
A bicycle is a human powered machine. E-bikes may be cool, they may be fun, bike shops may sell them but they are not bicycles.
This, +1000.
I do not understand why threads on these motor vehicles have been started here in General
Cycling Discussion. There is an "E-bike" sub-forum on BF. That is where this thread belongs.
"E-bikes", whether the motor is activated by spinning some pedals or by twisting a throttle, are not bicycles, and riding on them is not 'cycling'. I disagree with many of Mr. Peterson's views, but on this point he is quite right.