After 30 years of being "off bike" I started riding again, on an e-bike. And I got all kinds of attitude from certain people (get a real bike, blah blah blah). I was just thrilled to not be driving a car (finally retired, after years of a long car commute). The e-bike helped me get back in shape and rekindled my love of cycling and then I sold it to someone who was just starting their journey back into biking and bought myself that "real" bike, lol. I'm not ready yet, at 67, to put a motor on it but I am sure at some point I will do so. When I can no longer comfortably pedal it due to physical constraints, I will be quite happy to add a motor so I can continue to ride and be car-lite. Where I live, I see commuters on e bikes INSTEAD of owning cars, parents hauling kids everywhere on cargo e-bikes rather than using cars, and seniors like myself riding e-bikes. Complaining about e-bikes is like a fixie rider putting down someone with gears. It's not a competition. Any bike is a good bike because it is not a car.