A rant about electric bicycles

I have just got myself an electric bicycle, in fact I bought a second-hand mountain bike and got an electric bicycle kick to fit to it and I'm very pleased with it. It means that I'm more likely to get out on his bicycle to get to work and back during the summertime. Without the electric motor fitted to the bicycle I am more likely to get into the car rather than the ride to work. I mean, who wants to get to work and be all tired and sweaty? Then on the way back home the last part of my journey is a climb up a very steep hill. I know that if I had to climb the steep hill every day of the week after being standing about work all day there is no way that I will do it. I will be getting the car out and spending the money on diesel same as I did before.

I put a post up onto Google plus about getting an electric bicycle and there was a guy who thought that there are no good reasons, one might be just one why anybody should have an electric bicycle. He even reckons that you should call it something else other than a bicycle because it has more than just pedal power.

Anyway another good reason to have a eBike is that it is fun. Nothing wrong with having some fun. I bet that guy is the sort of cyclist that doesn't stop at traffic lights when it is showing red.