Sigh. E-bikes have been around for a couple of decades now and are still being treated like a guilty pleasure. Something to 'outgrow'. Something to be a bit ashamed of needing. It matters. Why? Because as long as WE treat e-bikes like some kind of illicit gateway drug to sloth and ruin, the e-bike and e-battery manufacturers can treat the e-biking public like outcast scum deserving of being exploited. Lithium ion cells are now in the $0.07/ea range. That's what Tesla and 'worthy' (laptop, auto, power tool) entities pay for them. E-battery makers pay $1.00/ea and when they build a 50 cell battery they can price it at $1500 and still get takers. Raleigh can take their Redux model hybrid bike (~$500) make an e-bike out of it (Redux IE) and retail it for $3,300. And if I buy a $3300 e-bike I am NOT planning on using it just to get my legs in shape to go (back) to a $500 hybrid! What are some people smoking? Sorry to be the one to tell the o.p. this, but the answer to their question is: the vast majority of e-bike purchasers have ZERO intention of ever riding unpowered again. You don't need to feel sorry for them. Pray for them. Hate them. Or anything other than yield gracefully when they call out "on your left" as they glide by ...