e-bike hatred.. I've found it

[DDBB]

Amazing how a clean 1/4 HP electric motor on a bicycle can conjure up hate

 

[john peck]

I figure my age & past injuries have earned a right to ebike, & iffin they don´t like it, that´s too dam bad.
¨ A man needs an edge¨ Chief Dan George

 

[ebikemom]

His wheels have spocks.

@DaveMatthews , just shared your Captain Kirk/William Shatner joke with my trekkie son and got a groan and a smile!

 

[DDBB]

There will always be those that begrudge anything new I suppose. One article I read went so far as suggesting that if you are no longer able to pedal up steep hills then you should just quit riding bicycles altogether and rot, sitting in a recliner

 

[6zfshdb]

This goes back to the horse & buggy era when the horseless carriage first appeared. There was a public backlash at the time which eventually went nowhere. Hopefully, the same will be true with the emergence of the e-bike.

 

[john peck]

This goes back to the horse & buggy era when the horseless carriage first appeared. There was a public backlash at the time which eventually went nowhere. Hopefully, the same will be true with the emergence of the e-bike.

Well, they did put my grandad´s horse & mule business under. I still hold a grudge. Born in 1862, he was 90 when I was 3.

 

[indianajo]

There will always be those that begrudge anything new I suppose. One article I read went so far as suggesting that if you are no longer able to pedal up steep hills then you should just quit riding bicycles altogether and rot, sitting in a recliner

The recliner destroyed my Dad's brain in the second year of retirement. I'm going on 10 years retirement now, 8 years without running my car. Tell me again how selfish I am to use a motor in 20 mph headwinds?