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Originally Posted by prj71
I saw it happening for the first time this year in a bunch of places I went.

People with low bike skill and low motivation to actually pedal and and physically exert themselves make up the largest users of e-bikes. And the scary thing is...It's mostly young people in their 20's, 30's 40s. Not the olds and physically handicapped. Basically people that would not have otherwise purchased a bike if they had to pedal without assistance.
I see many buyers of e-bikes as having a low level of fitness, and those bikes allow them to get out and rides as if they did.
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