New meta?

>New meta?

Realistically, yes, it is the new meta.

I recently cycled the Danube eurovelo, and the pilgrim’s route to Santiago, two of the “classic” bicycle tour routes. And the e-cyclists far outnumbered the muscle-cyclists on both routes. I would estimate about 75% of the cyclists I encountered rode an ebike.

But that’s *because* those two routes are classics. They have good infrastructure; plenty of places to charge the battery; sufficient mechanics for ebike maintenance; and they are more well-known with the typical ebike crowd.

So I think in absolute numbers, ebikes are the new meta, or will be very soon.

But there will be a minority (probably over-represented on this sub) for whom ebikes aren’t a good option. They don’t offer the freedom that regular bikes do, because they require electricity and it’s difficult to do maintenance yourself; and they don’t offer the sense of (physical) achievement that people might want.

But your trip looks very cool! And I suspect we will indeed see a lot more like it in the near future.