I haven't, any effect on the ST doesn't concern me. It's the effect on readers of presenting a number of choices can have.Don't get the idea that the ST has suddenly welcomed ebikes as the next big thing!
Well I see your point. My point is that most regular ST readers (like me) probably read this technology section, and note the inevitable huge price difference in the products reviewed, many of which products have eye watering price tags. A selection of sub £1,000 bikes would have resulted in more bike sales?...I haven't, any effect on the ST doesn't concern me. It's the effect on readers of presenting a number of choices can have.
See one new unknown thing and the effect is that it's unusual.
See a choice of several and the effect is very different, that they are obviously not new to many others so are not so unusual.
I'm sure you're right John, the newspapers, indeed the media in general, usually fail to present e-bikes in the best way. We are such a tiny minority at present I suppose we just have to be grateful for small mercies.Well I see your point. My point is that most regular ST readers (like me) probably read this technology section, and note the inevitable huge price difference in the products reviewed, many of which products have eye watering price tags. A selection of sub £1,000 bikes would have resulted in more bike sales?...
The no sweat advantage is a very strong argument for ebikes -it's the one I always start off with when I try to promote them. It's not the big hill scenario at all that's the point, it's simply the long very slow incline and constant headwind that the ebike eliminates completely.I suppose a list for the general public should include at least one of all the frame types, so as to include as many ages as possible.
I'd like any promotion of e-bikes to knock on the head any outdated views about e-bikes too: lead acid batteries, ten-mile range, only for the elderly, etc. I recently used a road-bike for commuting for a few weeks whilst my Ave MTB was being repaired, and discovered that arriving to the office in a sweat doesn't make for a comfortable start to the working day.