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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jane Kirby

E-bikes ‘unlikely to help people hit recommended exercise levels’

E-bikes are unlikely to help people hit recommended exercise levels – but they could encourage older, overweight or sicker riders to have a go, new research suggests.

Experts found that people riding motorised electric bikes tended to take fewer and less physically demanding trips than conventional cyclists.

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