Originally Posted by Comfort is King

I can clearly see you have no idea about what the job entails, nor what effects e-bikes have had on delivery. I know a bit because I used to be a bike delivery captain in a major city. I was the fastest in the city, and we had the second fastest average delivery as a group, in the history of the region. Every one that did delivery was a maniac, virtually in the whole city. It was anything but easy. It took endurance and skill.

Just because a six year old can ride a bike, doesn't mean he can do delivery. It's very disrespectful to say so. It was actually an elite job in some ways, because so few could possibly do it. Fast on a real bike is much different than on an electric one. Anyone can do the latter, but can they do it safely like a REAL cyclist? Mostly they cannot.

In NYC, there used to be a few people who delivered on e-bikes because they couldn't do it on a real bike. People like elderly immigrants. Now, it's expected that you have an e-bike. It's not impossible to do it without one nowadays. And they are expensive and prone to getting stolen.