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That has not been my observation, except for kids and people delivering food.

Consider there may be a dignity issue: If you are a lycra-clad yuppy, you're cycling because you want to. If you're poor, it looks like you can't afford a car.

It's not helpful to respond to data with an anecdote.

Here's another study showing the same https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Relationship-between-inc...

Given that breakthrough is significantly more expensive e-bike, owners being too rich was unlikely to be the real issue. If more expensive tool fixes social problem, the people were more likely to be offputted by poor.

You can now buy an ebike for 1000$ new, and prices are dropping every year.

It was interesting to see some cycling groups in the UK lobbying against the introduction of e-bikes when the EU was legislating for them.

That just adds another argument against safe bike infrastructure in US politics. Poor people are even more undeserving than lycra-clad yuppies ;-\