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E-bikes are amazing for commuting.
My commute is only 15 km each way, yet I would much sooner just drive my small SUV every day than pedal it taking 3x longer and using up valuable energy I could be using for building muscle, or recreational riding which I do a lot of.
I can certainly average 30 kph each way just pedaling my mountain bike, but that takes a ton of effort. When I'm wiped out from hike-a-biking 4000 m elevation in a weekend, I can still happily grab my e-bike and be riding a bike to work, getting some exercise and moving around.
Even with my over-powered 4.2 kW monster, I can add as much power with my legs as I want. Sometimes a lot, sometimes almost none. However, compared to sitting around driving being completely sedentary... even if I add zero leg effort, I'm still working out. Just supporting your body on a bicycle is a nice warm-up before work compared to driving.
Basically, e-bikes are fuckin' awesome and fun to commute with. Driving during rush hour is shit and traffic blows. E-bike can almost skip traffic entirely and road delays have little effect when you can just ride across any type of city terrain.
