ActiveCyclingAn electric bike will improve your fitness as much a normal bike says top ebike brand CowboyUrban smart bike purveyor says it’s on course for 100,000 riders… and they’ll be fit and healthy onesWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
ActiveCyclingAn electric bike will improve your fitness as much a normal bike says top ebike brand CowboyUrban smart bike purveyor says it’s on course for 100,000 riders… and they’ll be fit and healthy onesWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Urban smart bike purveyor says it’s on course for 100,000 riders… and they’ll be fit and healthy ones
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The most effective form of fitness equipment you can get is the one you actually use. And if you’re shelling out that sort of money for a very snazzy ebike, I’d hate to think you’re just going to leave it in the shed or on your balcony forever. However, the health benefits of riding an ebike apply whatever you pay for it. The single-speedPure Electric Pure Flux One, for instance, costs under £1,000 and will give you a very good workout but without ever wiping you out.
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(Image credit: Cowboy)
The good news here is that even with an average cycle distance of 4.5 kilometres per journey – which is really not very much – the Cowboy user base is burning an extra 648 calories per week, compared to taking the bus. That is, apparently, the equivalent of 90 minutes of running at moderate intensity – but considerably less hassle and effort.
Here’s the interesting bit, though. Cowboys says that studies have shown that the potential for ebike riders to improve cardio-vascular fitness – ie: the fitness of your heart and lungs, which is the most important metric of overall fitness – is similar to that of riders of non-electric bikes. ‘After a month,’ Cowboy says, ‘differences in peak oxygen consumption, blood pressure, body composition, and maximal ergometric workload were within 2% for ebike and regular bicycle riders.’ Or to put it another way, ebike riders gained only a 2% smaller fitness boost than their fully pedal-powered peers.
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AsBrompton’s Will CarleySmith said when I spoke to him recently, it’s impossible to underestimate the value of everyday exercise. As Will put it, “It’s a beautiful thing to have a bike as part of your daily routine – it’s exercise for free.”
Cowboy intends to double down on this with new wellness and ‘riding coach’ features appearing on its app. Already, it helps riders track their power output and caloric burn, and compare it to how other members of the Cowboy community are getting on. Of course, you could get any ebike and don something from ourbest fitness trackerorbest running watchguides and do much the same. It’s a very easy way to take a deeper interest in your own fitness, and to improve your general well-being.
Cowboy says, and studies bear this out, there’s a ‘global health crisis’ going on right now. Mental health issues have increased, and ‘the percentage of the overweight adult population in the U.S. reached an all-time high at 74%.’
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(Image credit: Cowboy)
While an ebike may never give you the super fitness associated with regular use of aroad bike, it does give you a fitness boost. You have to pedal the things at any speed, and as that ‘assisted’ workout cuts out at 15.5mph, if you want to go faster than that it becomesrealexercise – ebikes are heavy, and forcing them up to 20mph is hard work, believe me!
Ebikes are also good for the environment, compared to cars and public transport. Although again, clearly, a bike with no motor is even better, the key thing here is that people who might normally donoexercise will happily ride their ebike every day. Cowboy says electric bikes are, ‘already the fastest-selling form of electric vehicle, well ahead of electric cars, and the market is expected to reach a size of over $50 billion in just six years.’
As Cowboy and other brands develop the ebike to new heights, the result could be a huge boost to the fitness levels of the Western world.
“Since day one at Cowboy, we have focused on designing the simplest, most intuitive ride feeling anyone has experienced in an electric bike,” says Karim Slaoui, Co-Founder and VP Hardware Technologies. “Now we can go even further with the technology in the bike and how it pairs with the app for a truly seamless cycling experience for every rider.”
Cowboy 4 ST: price and availability
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(Image credit: Cowboy)
The C4 and C4 ST are in Black, Khaki, and Sand. Pricing is £2,290/$2,490/€2,490 with free shipping. There’s no availability in Australia as yet, but plenty of ebikes are available there, of course. Just scroll down for the best electric bike deals in your local area.
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