>>1379863I saw a study recently that showed, on average, similar (maybe greater? idr) health benefits from pedal assist bikes compared to conventional bikes. Why? Normies rode the pedal assist bikes more often, for further distances, and so got the same (or again, more, not sure I'm remembering right) amount of extra physical activity.
I personally have zero desire to use a pedal assist bike except when I'm working with heavy cargo loads, but I'm a weirdo into the physicality of it and vain and enamored with how my ass and thighs look from all the exercise, who really couldn't ride any more than they do already.