Who's the oldest and youngest rider here?
- Thread starter Afren
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68 next month. Recovering from cancer and taking boatloads of prescriptions. In the past I was a devoted long distance club rider who has done well over 100 centuries and a few doubles. These days I ride my ebike roughly 10 miles every morning. Currently cancer free. It’s insanely hot right now so there is a limited window of time to ride.
What have you done nutrition wise?
Good for you, ya ole' geezer! (I won't be 72 until mid November.) Even though I reside in Ohio's snowbelt, I plan on riding my e-bike this winter. I am going to bring the battery inside our home when I'm not riding.72 … and the T shirt I often wear when riding reads "EBIKES … RIDE LIKE A KID AGAIN!"
~Lee
lerxst
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The only people I know that can afford ebikes (aside from myself) are older people. My guess is this is the biggest factor behind the age distribution.
AHicks
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- Snow Bird - Summer S.E. Michigan, Winter Gulf Coast North Central Fl.
Considering the options (not able to ride with bikes collecting dust vs. a hill leveling, wind canceling e-bike enabling me to ride vs. not), it was pretty easy for me to make that required leap of faith for my first bike. I think even the younger generations would be able to see that.
I think they're getting a lot of people up off their butts and enjoying the outdoors again.
I think they're getting a lot of people up off their butts and enjoying the outdoors again.
lerxst
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The younger generation sees it, but the vast majority are just nowhere even remotely close to being able to afford ebikes. For most, simply paying for food & rent exceeds 100% of their total income.
AHicks
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"Younger" is pretty subjective, and here, was a poor choice words. I was thinking those over 30 or so. While admittedly not everyone will be able to afford an e-bike, I think the "vast majority" could afford one if their priorities allowed it.
I may be heading to Montana later this month. Can you provide areas to ride for visitors? I will be stopping in Butte and Bozeman to visit relatives.
As generations go, the Millennials and Gen-Z'ers are definitely ahead of us Boomers and even the Gen-X'ers in tech savvy, but forums like this one tend to appeal to us "old farts" who still prefer a computer and search engines instead of a smart phone and social media for information. I know that is a generalization, but I participate in several forums for varying interest groups, and they are all dominated by older folks.
Afren
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Nowadays, e-bikes can be bought on interest free credit and you could pick one up for the price of a new generation iPhone. Undoubtedly, there are those who cannot afford one even on easy terms but the majority of them in my opinion see E-bikes, but not necessarily emtbs, as something meant for the older generations and basically, not cool to be seen riding 
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