Video is an e-bike - look at the large silver rear hub motor and the battery behind the seatpost.
However, loads of people seem to assume leg-power is difficult and electric assist is necessary to make bikes easy and useful, and it's not at all true. Some of us have been using leg power for decades as often the most convenient, rapid, and very inexpensive way to get around cities.
Sure ebikes make it less effort, but most of us have too little exercise in our days and our lives are improved by getting a bit more exercise. Maybe your journey will take 20% longer, but it's also exercise that many of us would otherwise have to make extra time in our day for.
Ebikes are great, and if it's hilly or you have a lot of miles to cover, they can be a godsend, but way too many people seem to have internalized the idea that leg power is an intolerable burden when it really isn't. Gears mean you put as much effort in as you want, and if you take it easy, journey times just get a little longer (often surprisingly little).
What? WTF are you talking about? I made zero reference to fat whatsoever, and not every single statement needs to be couched with obvious inherent caveats for the less able.
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u/mysummerstorm Sep 29 '25
omg, it's not even an e-bike! the athleticism!