Everyone calls it lazy. You’ve seen the looks. Cyclists in skin-tight outfits glance sideways as an e-biker hums past. “That’s not real exercise,” they mutter. “That’s cheating.” But the joke, it turns out, may be on them.
A large-scale medical study now shows that e-biking is far from lazy. In fact, doctors say it delivers health benefits that are almost as powerful as medication. In some cases, it could even save lives.