Originally Posted by
freeranger
A friend, and road rider, told me he had purchased a new bike. Would not tell me what it was, said I'd see it on the next ride. Seeing as he is 79, and has had knee surgery, and just recently gotten rid of the brace he had to wear, I figured I'd see an e-bike. Well, no e-bike! It was a hybrid-not a top of the line, lightweight model either. It has some weight to it. I told him I thought I'd be seeing a new e-bike. He replied that it's going to be a long way off before he might buy an e-bike. Sounds like eventually is a bit down the road for him.
It can happen sooner than we think. Like you I have a friend, a dentist in fact, that has several top line CF road bikes. He also has some classic steel but with modern components. Two years ago he took a cycling trip to Spain to ride part of their tour route. But he could never get his wife to ride with him because of him liking to climb. So he bought his wife an E bike. She now rides with him almost every weekend. However he just put in an order for a marching E bike because when they hit a hill now she leaves him like a cat 3 racer.
But he can afford it.