Originally Posted by
mschwett
throttles are extremely useful for people with kids or cargo on their relatively heavy bikes, especially in places that aren't flat. if we're going to meaningfully reduce the number of cars on the road, we have to get to people who aren't already out there riding for fun...
That's certainly true, but at that point they really are extremely useful because they're a motor vehicle, not really a bicycle in the classic sense. Not that there's anything wrong with such a conveyance, it's just a question of nomenclature.