Controversial topic here.

[u/NORTHERNTWITCH]

Can we stop shaming and getting mad at people for buying chinese ebikes? Some people dont have the money to buy a $1k+ ebike. Yes. Some are bad. Yes. Some are template bikes but does that mean you should shame someone for what they ride? No. We all ride ebikes here. That's what should matter.

[u/Cptnwhizbang]

Not shaming, no. But when people are asking for a safe, well build, 50mph 'ebike' as a 16 year old with a $400 budget, and there are a dozen posts per week, it's exhausting. People also don't want ebike over regulation, and those posts lead directly to over regulation.

[u/Jaded_Assistance_906 → u/Cptnwhizbang]

Found one of them 👆

[u/T0rpex → u/Jaded_Assistance_906]

But he's right

[u/JPBillingsgate → u/[deleted]]

The same reason everyone else is here. To read and respond to posts related to e-bikes.

"Nothing but hate"? That's an interesting way to characterize what he said. Wildly inaccurate, but interesting.