i have an ebike, and i also have a codeine 29er, a mega am 650b and a full suss fat bike. im 65 and dont need to ride the ebike.i do approx 100 miles a week, not a lot i know. approx 30 miles is done on the ebike, so i am “earning” my e bike miles. i ride with some blokes a lot fitter, younger, and skilled than me on a tuesday and a thursday. i take the e bike on one of the nights, the more technical night, this allows me to ride WITH them and not behind, i cannot keep up otherwise. the e bike is great fun and is fun, and so are the other bikes. i did the tour de mt blanc on a mega, e are possibly doing it again soon, it wont be on the ebike. we are going to the peaks, that will be on a 29er, i am going to the lake district on my own, that will be on an ebike with a beeline, i will do twice as many miles and have twice as much fun. im not a bellend, and dont pass anyone on my ebike, i stay at the back like i usually am, but 2 yards behind, not a hundred yards behind.
bellends are bellends, which i would say most e bike haters are unless they have ridden one, then their comment counts, before then, to me, it doesnt.