eBikes aren't exercise.

[Aqua Letifer]

Fie, I say.

Singlespeed ride:

eBike ride:

Clearly one's more intense than the other and yeah yeah yeah, Fitbits aren't accurate blah blah.

But still. eBikes aren't mopeds.

[Doctor Phibes]

Presumably you can push hard on an ebike if you want to, right?

Isn't cycling of any type as hard or as easy as you want it to be?

As far as that Fitbit accuracy goes, I did a comparison with a proper Wahoo heart rate monitor, and the Fitbit was close enough that I've never bothered with the monitor again.

[Aqua Letifer]

@doctor-phibes said in eBikes aren't exercise.:

Presumably you can push hard on an ebike if you want to, right?

You can, but there are limits. Unless the terrain is gradual, Class 1 eBikes like I have don't throttle. They're good at cutting off your most serious efforts if you want them to, but anything moderate, you're still putting forth the same effort—you're just also going faster.

All that changes once I hit 20mph, when the motor turns off.

Isn't cycling of any type as hard or as easy as you want it to be?

Indeed true!

[Klaus]

I don't know your heartbeat profile, but at least the second calorie number looks rather high. If I'd pedal for 42 min with 123 beats avg, I'd definitely burn less than 457 calories.

[Aqua Letifer]

@klaus said in eBikes aren't exercise.:

I don't know your heartbeat profile, but at least the second calorie number looks rather high. If I'd pedal for 42 min with 123 beats avg, I'd definitely burn less than 457 calories.

Doesn't matter. The point is that eBikes are indeed exercise. Just not necessarily hardcore cardio exercise.