horizon wrote:I don't disagree with any of that. What prompted me to post this was what Evans said:Electric bikes give you all ... the health benefits of life on two wheels.Hills, no such thing
From what I know about cycling, IMV both cannot be true
Maybe they can't both be true at the same time but they certainly can on the same ride, with the same rider, on the same bike, even on the same hill.
just that part of the benefit of cycling is the need for effort on hills.
You seem to be stuck in this rut of defining others criteria. If someones criteria was to get to work without sweating, they wouldn't benefit from effort on the hills. You ought to be able to accept that people can decide for themselves what they want and it may be different from you.
I used to have a longish commute (36 miles a day), 80% of the time it was a joy, the other 20% was an unpleasant slog. If I were to find myself in the same position I wouldn't hesitate to get an e-bike, I wouldn't expect it to make much difference to the joy and a lot to the slog.