@LilahTovMoon oooh, those are lovely! (and holy hell, that 91-year-old fella is looking hella spry!)
i remember just before e-bikes became a thing that everybody knew about, a bicycle afficionado friend talked about increasingly seeing them on trails, and the community grousing about folks cranking them up to max and then get in trouble because they’re driving faster than their reflexes can keep up with.
even back then, our bottom line was that they allow people to enjoy the trails that would otherwise have no chance of doing so. get movement in they wouldn’t otherwise get. see sights they would have to seek out on the tv. go on tours with their friends despite being much less fit. and so on.
as far as i’m concerned, the entire argument about the use of electrically supported mobility devices ended back then.