Electric Bikes

Does riding an e-bike count as exercise?

Yes. E-bike rides count toward your fitness, because they should. You still pedal. You still get tired. You still build base. RideTool doesn't penalize you for the motor.

How to set it up

• Add your bike in Account → Bike Profile and mark it as electric.
• Assign it to a ride on the ride detail page by clicking the bike badge.
• If you set it as your default bike, it'll auto-assign to new rides.

That's enough for RideTool to know what you were riding.

E-bike effort and calories

You see the same things you see for any ride, distance, time, elevation, heart rate, calories burned. If your bike has a power readout or your watch logs heart rate, that feeds the effort score, so the work you did is what gets counted.