Originally Posted by
Ald1
Our group rides with a 75? year old e-bike user. He's first up our 3 mile torture hill and times the rest of us. I think e-bikes are a great thing to get more folks out to exercise and extend outdoor activy for the less fit among us. At 66 years old myself I might need to go e-bike sometime in my future, however the day I do this is the day I stop calling myself a cyclist.......
We have e-bike users in my group rides. It all works out just fine, Frankly, all e-bikes accomplish is allowing riders that can't produce the wattage to hang with gang and not get dropped, especially on hilly routes.
For those that think you don't get a work-out riding a pedal assist e-bike, well, you just don't know what you are talking about.
Note - I don't ride an e-bike.