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[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I ride fixed distances (25 and 50 miles). Any improvements to the efficiency of my bikes means I'll just get less of a workout each time. Why pay (so much) more just to get less exercise?

[–] jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.dev 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you're asking why pay for an ebike to get less of a workout, i think the framing of the question is wrong: you get an ebike because less exercise vs a normal bike is still more exercise than driving

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not talking about e-bikes, I'm talking about insanely expensive regular bikes where you pay extra thousands of $$$ to shave grams off the bike's weight.

[–] jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.dev 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Ahhhh okay yeah that makes more sense.

Tbh i don't get it either, unless you're doing Olympic training why does it matter

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

It doesn't matter, it's a sport. All sport/games are about overcoming unnecessary obstacles within some arbitrary rules. They're not training for the Olympics but they're playing the same game: electric motors aren't allowed in the Olympics so they don't use them.

As for why they get annoyed at others using electric motors I have no idea: It's like if a chess player got annoyed if they saw someone playing checkers 😅

[–] swicano@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I agree, that's why I stopped lubing my bike chain and leave my tires 30 psi low (well that's for glass and nails, but h workout is a free bonus)