Originally Posted by
Polaris OBark
Yeah, that makes sense. I have always been a low-cadence masher. So, maybe it would make me a better cyclist, and it sounds like your friend at least validates the OP's premise.
It's the extra speed that makes him work. He was a great endurance cyclist in years past but gained a bunch of weight. Another fiend has a Creo because of a-fib. He's fine on long-ish climbing rides unless the pace is really high, then he gets the a-fib. Same thing happens to me but I don't have a motor.
The drag for me is there were guys I could ride with or even drop and now that they have motors it's like they're 30 years younger. Our club banned e-bikes years ago but now there can be 5 of them on a ride.