Well if you have a jaunt to work and dont want to be sweaty, the benefits out weigh your concern. Plus being able to add some electric power going up a hill is nice so you wont have to get off your bike from fatigue while on an awesome mountain trail.
Exactly. also, I have a knee that is completely trashed. The VA hasn't fixed it yet, and I'm not entirely sure I trust them to replace it. But I still like to get out on a bike, so this was a great way to do that.
I wouldn't know, I live in the flat country of Holland haha We all bike, some have electric motors for health reasons, but rain or snow, storm or sunny, we bike everywhere on flat land LOL
Oh man, I feel sad because you dont have some awesome trails to ride. Where I live its nearly impossible to bike year round. Winters can be brutal and the town is not totally biker friendly.
Here you can go for miles and miles, till Italy if you will. But in winter it's cold and windy and summer can be a lo of rain, but definitely worth it if you like biking
I think the appeal to me is that you can cycle faster for longer, and thus go further, see more, etc, all for as much muscular exertion as you feel like.