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Old 06-08-19 | 06:58 PM
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350htrr
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Bikes: 27 speed ORYX with over 39,000Kms on it and another 14,000KMs with a BionX E-Assist on it

Originally Posted by jackb
What’s the big deal with an ebike?? If you want one, get one. If you don’t want one, don’t get one.
The big deal is, that some of us E-Assist riders still consider ourselves riding bicycles, with some assistance, Yes, from an Electric motor, instead of gearing, ( mechanical advantage) but we still put in lets say in my case, 70% of the motivating power to go from A to B, in other words we (Pedalled 70% of every KM for that particular ride), YES 30% of that trip was "motorised" but 70% of it was NOT... Then along come these "other riders " of E bikes not pedalling at all... or very little and every one of us riding an E-Bike is now riding a motorised bicycle... WRONG, some of us are still pedalling... It really depends on what type of an E-Bike you have, Not all E-Bikes, are E-Bikes, some are E-Assist E-Bikes… That you HAVE to PEDAL to get anywhere...

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