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Im a E-bike guy, wopp di doo!

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Psi:

--- Quote from: PlainName on January 03, 2023, 01:00:44 am ---You forgot
- To arrive wherever wet and bedraggled.

From a financial view point
- To be always worried the bike (or parts thereof) won't be where you left it.

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Those are reasons not to use a bike, so they dont belong in my list of reasons to use one.

jonovid:

--- Quote from: Psi on January 02, 2023, 10:37:36 pm ---
--- Quote from: eti on January 02, 2023, 09:05:24 pm ---The entire point of a PROPER bicycle is to provide exercise. "E-bikes" are as pointless as they seem, and a nice little earner for HMRC to fool the gullible and trend-followers.

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Na, exercise is only 1 of the reasons to use a bicycle.

From a practical viewpoint
- To get from point A to point B faster than walking, to make the trip easier, to avoid traffic jams and to save the high parking costs if you took the car.

From an entertainment view point
- To have fun riding through areas of interest or nature.

From a health view point
- To burn energy and get exercise. Or just get some fresh air.

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e-bike are affordable mode of transport as dedicated motorcycles have long become expensive with increasing government regulation.
as bicycle is too slow for the non-athletic seeking a mode of transport.  so the basic e-bike fills the gap.

PlainName:

--- Quote from: Psi on January 03, 2023, 08:13:59 am ---
--- Quote from: PlainName on January 03, 2023, 01:00:44 am ---You forgot
- To arrive wherever wet and bedraggled.

From a financial view point
- To be always worried the bike (or parts thereof) won't be where you left it.

--- End quote ---

Those are reasons not to use a bike, so they dont belong in my list of reasons to use one.

--- End quote ---

Picky  8)

tszaboo:

--- Quote from: eti on January 02, 2023, 09:05:24 pm ---The entire point of a PROPER bicycle is to provide exercise. "E-bikes" are as pointless as they seem, and a nice little earner for HMRC to fool the gullible and trend-followers.

--- End quote ---
Did you ever encounter this term called "motorbike"?

VK3DRB:

--- Quote from: jonovid on January 03, 2023, 10:28:42 am ---
--- Quote from: Psi on January 02, 2023, 10:37:36 pm ---
--- Quote from: eti on January 02, 2023, 09:05:24 pm ---The entire point of a PROPER bicycle is to provide exercise. "E-bikes" are as pointless as they seem, and a nice little earner for HMRC to fool the gullible and trend-followers.

--- End quote ---

Na, exercise is only 1 of the reasons to use a bicycle.

From a practical viewpoint
- To get from point A to point B faster than walking, to make the trip easier, to avoid traffic jams and to save the high parking costs if you took the car.

From an entertainment view point
- To have fun riding through areas of interest or nature.

From a health view point
- To burn energy and get exercise. Or just get some fresh air.

--- End quote ---

e-bike are affordable mode of transport as dedicated motorcycles have long become expensive with increasing government regulation.
as bicycle is too slow for the non-athletic seeking a mode of transport.  so the basic e-bike fills the gap.

--- End quote ---

Another reason for an eBike... to get fit.

I had an eBike about 12 years ago (early adopter) and used it three or four times a week to travel 13km each way to work because I was unfit but wanted to get fit. However over a period of several months, I pedalled more and more; and I got fit - very fit. In the end I hardly used the motor on the eBike at all even for a very steep hill. My calves legs were like tenpins. The added weight of the eBike actually increased my strength. I then restored my old Repco racing bike (no motor) because I had no need for the eBike.

The biggest health risk with any bike are the few idiotic car drivers who think they own the road and don't have any respect for bicycle riders. I was doored once by a Karen in a 4WD who said it was my fault because I was riding on the road which its illegal because bicycles are only allowed to ride on a pedestrian footpath :palm:

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