Originally Posted by
BigAura
The discussion is eBikes and the fact that they are motorized vehicles but declared by law to be bicycles. People are told they are the same because the law says so. Bike shops make money selling them to affluent people who think they are fun. Those people don't buy bikes. People get even fatter!
Why do you care if they're motorized? They're mostly ridden on roads which handle cars, bikes and e-bikes just fine.
As far as riding on MUPs, pedestrians don't like cyclists and evidently a couple of cyclists don't like e-bikes. They seem to get along fine though.
Affluence is a red herring as you don't need to be affluent to spend $3-7k on a bike or e-bike.