Bought an ebike frame and built up a bike.
Ebike For
1. All your friends have one and you are left behind.
Yes.
2. You are old , injured ,disabled,
or someone who wants to ride further and longer.
3. They are way more stable over rough rocks due to their weight.
Correct.
4. If you do other stuff during the day, after a long ride you still have plenty of energy.
If you choose to go easy.
5. You def can do more vertical.
Yep.
6. Great for commuting a long way ,lots of hills or riding in the rain you dont get too hot with Goretex on.
Agreed.
Ebike Against
1. You will lose fitness unless you ride an analogue sometimes.
You may not be as fit as just riding a normal bike, but you aren't going to lose fitness just by riding and Ebike. You can choose the amount of assistance and can even make it harder than a normal bike if you want to.
2. An analogue is more nimble easier to jump, bunny hop etc.
I agree, but the lightweight ones are pretty close to the weight of and enduro bike.
3. Like EVs very few people understand them and know how to fix them, so whole motors and computers are tossed out and replaced if something goes wrong .ie wasteful and expensive .
Most of the motors can be rebuilt with aftermarket kits. I've just put a bearing kit through mine at 8300km.
4. Virtually too heavy and big for a courier.
As in, to get one delivered? I'm sure all the bike shops have managed so far.
5. Heavy to load on a bike rack.
Just thing of the gains from lifting your Ebike. Lightweight models aren't that much of an issue. Just don't get a roof rack if that's an issue.
6. Bad for old new riders esp old women , they injure themselves easily due to weight , power , poor balance fear and hydro brakes , as a GP I saw a few esp during Covid.
Again, choose the better bike that suits you i.e. a lightweight Ebike. Less power, less weight. Poor balance and hydro brakes can be on any bike, that's not an Ebike thing.
7. The geometry is too slack for tight handmade uphill singletrack corners.
Just buy a trail version, and all of them are no slacker than the equivalent version of the non-Ebike.
8. Full sized motors and batteries are overkill IMO and the motor is easily hit going over single big rocks , logs etc.
It all depends on what you are looking for when it comes to full powered bikes, you can't often use all the power on single track but they blast up fire trails, again you don't have to have it on full boost all the time. The motor doesn't hang any lower than a chain ring on a normal bike. I've never found it and issue.