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Originally Posted by Buff
Perhaps I don't understand ebikes. Please help me to do so. My big question, simply (and harshly) put, isn't it a bike for lazy people? Wouldn't you be better off to just ride a regular pedal bike?
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My commute is about 20k each way. I would commute 3 times a week depending on how I was feeling and while doing that was not feeling like going for runs, mountain biking, and other things because I wanted to rest. I just end up over training.
Instead with the E-bike I can commute every day and feel rested and its about 10 minutes faster. I am then back to normal evening and weekend energy levels. I also use it for any car trip I would be taking by myself. So grocery trips etc. I hauled my thanksgiving meal groceries including the turkey back.
These were just things I wasn't doing without the E-bike. So am I Lazy? That is definitely part of the benefit. Instead of expending energy especially on the short post work trips around the neighborhood I now can put in very little effort. However overall my activity level increased and E-biking decreased driving and didn't displace any other physical activity.
An E-bike is a summer car replacement, not a bike replacement.