Count me in as one of those "e-bikes is cheating" mentalities. Having just completed my 7th bike and barge (Mainz to Merzig), I'm ready to embrace the trend. Lets just say that on our tour there were very vim and vigor 50 year-olds gleefully engaging "sport" and "turbo" while passing me by up a climb. As the sweeper one day, I decided to survey the locals on the bike paths and noticed that more than 80% had sleek looking e-bikes for their daily endeavors. We are thinking Croatia next year, a no brainer!