Originally Posted by
livedarklions
Also, it really doesn't follow that someone couldn't put the same effort into an ebike ride as they do an acoustic bike ride. If someone is pedaling 150 watts for an hour on the acoustic, they could in principle do exactly that on an ebike.
I used to disagree, but now agree.
The only person that truly knows if they're still doing the 150w on the ebike outside of a controlled study or experiment is the person riding the ebike.
It's 100% true it can benefit folks to do this. It's just the personal choice to follow through.
I know personally only the folks that chose to do the work on the e-bike. I only can view from a distance many people riding the greenway behind my house not pedalling whatsoever (it's pan flat) choosing to not do the work. I do not know any of those people personally.