Originally Posted by
KraneXL
Reducing the discussion to its lowers denominator is a pretty poor way to win an argument. So lets try moving "not riding" off the list. That way we're concentrating on pure exercising and health and not mixing it with lethargy or being sedentary.
The problem with 30% is that it soon becomes 40% then 50% and so on. It is a natural human characteristic that cannot be denied. We're always going to move to the level of least resistance when we have that option.
If you want to enjoy the fun of e-bike riding by all means do so. I have no objections to that. Just don't pretend that you're doing more work than you really are. And don't usurp the paths or establish the position of the 100% human powered bicycles. There's a huge difference between walking a flight of stairs and walking up an escalator. Just try them and see what I mean.
It's you who is reducing things to it's lowest denominator, a wheel chair is NOT the same as riding an E-bicycle with 30% assistance...
As far as the 30% becomes 40% then 50%, yes that can certainly happen, it has actually happened to me a few times over the years... Every time I thought that I was in the best shape ever, while riding a particularly hard section that I thought I was doing FANTASTIC on,
I decided that wait a minute, lets try this without assistance....and...I was brought to my senses right quick, and started to cut back on the "assistance". So, one does NEED to take care, NOT to over use such assistance...
I do enjoy E-Bike riding, way more than regular bicycling... and... I never say I rode 100% of any ride that I used assistance on, what I say was I rode 7Kms out of every 10Kms of that ride under my own power... If I went up 10 stories on an escalator every day I would not say that I went up 10 stories of stairs every day, but if I also walked up 1/2 of every story while riding the escalator "I could say
I walked up 5 stories of stairs every day.... see the difference"..???