Originally Posted by
himespau
Ooh, I like that idea. I could see something that would allow my wife to ride with me being nice. Right now, our vastly different riding styles means we never ride together. We used to and both got massively frustrated.
Yeah, it's like - I often bike at 19mph or so typical speed. You want me to slow down to 15mph or so, not problem. 12mph starts to get tedious. Someone wants to go 8mph? Torture for me. Or they can go 5 miles and they're exhausted - I'm just getting warmed up.
ebike means that 8mph rider can go 19mph without to much trouble, and go 30 miles. And since it's "assist" they're still exercising and it feels like a mutually shared activity.
That's my theory at least.