Originally Posted by
veganbikes
How would it be a motorcycle if you must pedal it to propel it?
I've ridden motocycles and I've ridden modern pedal assist bikes. You can
absolutely turn the cranks with minimal force and climb hills at speed on those things at 15mph or faster without leaving heart rate zone 1. You likely wouldn't even need to enter zone 1.
You can commute on those things and get absolutely nothing out of it, in terms of exercise.
Walking for a similar amount of time would be better.
Climbing hills with ease is nice, and it gets cars off streets. That's a good thing, but it isn't exercise.
Originally Posted by
CliffordK
There is talk about souping up E-Bikes, but if they are regulated at 20 MPH or 25 MPH, a good cyclist should have no problems passing them and dropping them.
There are plenty of 28mph ebikes (and they are fast). 20 mph ebikes in a place with any elevation will be hard as hell to keep up with because of how insanely fast they can manage to climb.