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E-bike rules in Australia will soon change with possible ban on sale of bikes faster than 25km/h (www.brisbanetimes.com.au)
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[–] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

You can drop the sarcasm. My roadbike has 15,000km on it. My ebike doesn't even have a throttle. The only way to move it is to peddle.

But I live in a sub tropical region. It doesn't snow here, and temperatures have been hitting 35C this week, before we have even hit summer!

When I used to commute to work on my roadbike, it was a workout. I'd get there covered in sweat, and feeling good.

But I don't use my ebike for workouts. I use it for daily life because I don't own a car. And if every time I need to carry a load, it turns in to a workout and requires a change of clothes, then it's no longer suitable for day to day life, and instead, becomes a workout tool. But I've already got one of those, and it's not why I bought an ebike.