Originally Posted by
prj71
Your regular bike isn't assisting you up the hills. Thus you are NOT getting the same workout.
I don't train by hills, I train by power. Average power is average power. The difference is that I cover more miles at the same average power on the ebike because of the higher average speed. Now, I will agree that the ebike makes hills "shorter" since you spend less time on any given hill at the same power output. But, "exercise benefits" are not all determined by the length of time spent on climbs.