Thread: An e-bike is going to happen eventually
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Old 07-13-19 | 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by linberl
I often wonder if people acted the same when bikes went from single speed to geared....since gears artificially multiply your effort, too.
No they don't. With geared bikes you have to sacrifice speed/distance for the ease-of-effort. You don't get energy for free. Any no-motor geared-bike is 100% human powered --> no matter what the gears.

Motorized-eBikes add energy that comes from the Electrical Power Grid. They ARE NOT 100% human powered, but are boosted 300% by electricity.
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