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

submitted 7 months ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/citylife@beehaw.org

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[–] autumn@beehaw.org 23 points 7 months ago (1 children)

an e-bike on the road/path will give more exercise than an acoustic bike gathering dust in the garage/basement. ;)

[–] debanqued@beehaw.org 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Indeed as someone who straddles two places of living I can attest to that. When living in a relatively flat city I’m cycling everywhere (on e-bike until it was stolen, then on cheap muscle bike thereafter). My other place of living is extremely hilly. Used a muscle bike and quickly said “fuck this, I’m done”. Just like the article said about hills on the trails. And since I cannot justify the cost of an e-bike in that particular place/situation, I do not cycle at all when living there. But if an e-bike had been cost effective I would be getting more exercise in that area.