Originally Posted by
prj71
I do know what I'm talking about. Riding a human powered bike up hills requires putting in the work and building up the fitness that allows a person to do it without needing pedal assist.
no debate on that. what you said was that riding an eBike DIDN’T allow you to build fitness.
i started a few years ago with an electric road bike. did 30-70 mile rides with 3,000-6,000 feet of climbing. used the motor where i needed to, always working as hard as i safely could. did those rides almost from day one, without too much fear of getting in over my head.
i used gradually less and less assist (easily tracked by battery stats) until eventually i was almost never using it. got a “regular” road bike and now do those rides without a motor or battery.
so no, you don’t know what you’re talking about. i and countless others have actually lived it first hand, with demonstrable proof.