Originally Posted by
McBTC
Same– a 12 mile round trip in an hour or less may be a satisfying accomplishment that's meaningless on an e-bike or in a group drafting on other riders.
Not if one rides by HR, a power meter being useless on an e-bike (
AFAIK). You get the same workout but more distance. Or you can dial it down to Z2 and ride for more hours than possible without the motor assist. The latter is what most e-bike users find. I ride with an 81 y.o woman who uses an e-bike and is staying quite fit.
I ride a conventional tandem with my wife. At 69, my wife and I rode doubles and RAMROD on the tandem, but now we're down to like 25 miles in 2 hours, bummer. Frustrating. But an e-tandem that we'd like to own is $12,000. Not much time to amortize it.