Why electric bikes actually give more exercise than pedal bikes (electrek.co)

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[-] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 15 points 8 months ago

I bought an eFatbike to accompany my hardtail so that I can ride year around but turns out that riding an eBike is much more fun so I've barely used my hardtail since. Well last summer I snapped the derailleur hanger on the eBike and had to go back to riding my hardtail for over a week while I was waiting for the spare part to arrive. Few observations I made:

Holy shit the hardtail is light. Felt like I could bunnyhop more than half a meter of the ground
Uphills suuuucked. This is by far the biggest benefit of riding an ebike.
I didn't get immediately out of breath unlike I expected. Infact I didn't notice any difference despite not riding the analog bike for a year. Cycling is the only aerobic excercise I do.

this post was submitted on 21 Feb 2024

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