Yeah, I had a summer internship and bought a real cheapo ebike. Hour bike ride each way through suburban sprawl and with a fair number of hills. I simply wouldn’t have done it on an non-electric bike. The electric made it 1000x more practical to go the distance and over the hills, especially in the heat.
It’s reductive for people to pretend ebikes are purely about laziness, and it certainly doesn’t help to look down on ebikes when they’re actively bringing in a whole new segment of the population to advocate for better bike infrastructure.
Yeah, I had a summer internship and bought a real cheapo ebike. Hour bike ride each way through suburban sprawl and with a fair number of hills. I simply wouldn’t have done it on an non-electric bike. The electric made it 1000x more practical to go the distance and over the hills, especially in the heat.
It’s reductive for people to pretend ebikes are purely about laziness, and it certainly doesn’t help to look down on ebikes when they’re actively bringing in a whole new segment of the population to advocate for better bike infrastructure.