This week I’ve got a treat for you with a great article about ebikes from my good mate Tina McCarthy. I love how Tina demolishes so many of the myths and assumptions that a lot of riders have about ebikes. Over to you Tina…..
I can hear the whispers behind me now. I’m starting a ride and there is talk about bikes. ‘Yeah but if you don’t use it you lose it’ were the words quietly said behind my back, hoping I wouldn’t hear. The response was equally as pointed, ‘I agree, I’m not ready for an ebike. When I’m old maybe.’
I’ve heard it time and time again. The ‘I’m not old enough yet’ or the ‘I want to keep my fitness for as long as I can’ arguments. No matter how many times I try to dispel these myths I hear it like a broken record. It’s repeated by the thousands of comments you can find online from the nay-sayers who think ebikes are for the old, the weak, the unfit, the overweight and the lazy. Why do they dare to make judgement on another person’s bike choice? Why does it matter so much to these people?
It’s an issue that has plagued me, vexed me, and downright made me angry. To hear those words from a fellow rider imply so secretly that I was not fit enough or good enough to ride with them…
