who has an Electric Bike

On Sunday, December 6, 2020 at 11:32:51 PM UTC, wrote:
On Friday, December 4, 2020 at 2:09:21 PM UTC-6, wrote:
A week ago I saw an older rider in my neighborhood with an e-bike. I saw her out the front window on the street. I'm positive she was on an e-bike because she was zipping along at 10 mph on the flat street at a constant pace and not pedaling at all. I thought it was a dumb/bad reason to have an e-bike. If you're riding along on a flat street with no cars and completely alone and probably no destination or concern about when you finish, why use an e-bike? And this older woman I saw was just sitting on the saddle, not pedaling at all. She could have been sitting on a moped instead and it would be identical.

I agree with Frank's list of valid reasons to have an e-bike or motorized bike. But to get one to simply make bicycling easier, why? Just ride shorter distances or ride slower or ride less often if you want bicycling to be easier.
I saw my older e-bike riding woman this afternoon out the front window. It was about 40 degrees and cloudy. She was just sitting, no pedaling, and going along at about 8-9 mph or so. While I was sitting in the recliner watching football. I again wondered "Why are you riding an e-bike?" Its Sunday afternoon so likely no valid reason to go anywhere. It was almost certainly a leisure ride. So why sit on a moped bike? Just to see the scenery? And its not like there is any scenery in my 19990s-2000s residential housing suburban neighborhood.

But I thought of a valid reason for this woman to be on the e-bike. Besides just being lazy and pretending/claiming that you rode a bike. Maybe she has grandkids or children in the neighborhood and was visiting them. She lives too far away to walk but with an e-bike its a good distance to travel. OK. Her use of an e-bike is valid. I just see her go by my front window on the street in front of my house and see her turn the corner on the next street. I don't see where she comes from or where her destination is. Getting fresh air on the e-bike is probably good.

This would be a better story, Russell, if you weren't admittedly slobbing on your couch watching professional athletes exert themselves. How about going outside and riding your bike? -- AJ

On Monday, December 7, 2020 at 1:56:09 AM UTC, Duane wrote:
wrote:
On Friday, December 4, 2020 at 2:09:21 PM UTC-6, wrote:
A week ago I saw an older rider in my neighborhood with an e-bike. I saw
her out the front window on the street. I'm positive she was on an
e-bike because she was zipping along at 10 mph on the flat street at a
constant pace and not pedaling at all. I thought it was a dumb/bad
reason to have an e-bike. If you're riding along on a flat street with
no cars and completely alone and probably no destination or concern
about when you finish, why use an e-bike? And this older woman I saw was
just sitting on the saddle, not pedaling at all. She could have been
sitting on a moped instead and it would be identical.

I agree with Frank's list of valid reasons to have an e-bike or
motorized bike. But to get one to simply make bicycling easier, why?
Just ride shorter distances or ride slower or ride less often if you
want bicycling to be easier.

I saw my older e-bike riding woman this afternoon out the front window.
It was about 40 degrees and cloudy. She was just sitting, no pedaling,
and going along at about 8-9 mph or so. While I was sitting in the
recliner watching football. I again wondered "Why are you riding an
e-bike?" Its Sunday afternoon so likely no valid reason to go anywhere.
It was almost certainly a leisure ride. So why sit on a moped bike?
Just to see the scenery? And its not like there is any scenery in my
19990s-2000s residential housing suburban neighborhood.

But I thought of a valid reason for this woman to be on the e-bike.
Besides just being lazy and pretending/claiming that you rode a bike.
Maybe she has grandkids or children in the neighborhood and was visiting
them. She lives too far away to walk but with an e-bike its a good
distance to travel. OK. Her use of an e-bike is valid. I just see her
go by my front window on the street in front of my house and see her turn
the corner on the next street. I don't see where she comes from or where
her destination is. Getting fresh air on the e-bike is probably good.

Maybe she just thinks it’s fun.

lRussell, slobbing on his couch in front to the football, gets his exercise twitching his net curtains to spy on the neighbours riding their bikes. -- AJ