Isn’t riding an electrically assisted bike cheating?
Of course, a conventional bike will generally keep you much fitter, but that of course depends on how much if at all it is used. Research form the Transport Research Laboratory in the United Kingdom (Davis and Hartley 1998) has shown that 46% of conventional bikes are only used twice a week, with a further 30% of bikes used for only once a month or less. However, a report from Leeds University (Neil Guthrie 2001) reveals that in a survey of electric bike owners a third of respondents used their bikes typically at least once a day and 81% used their electric bikes at least once a week. Therefore, an electric bike typically gets used at least twice as often as a conventional bicycle.
