Any excuse for a trip

[raleighnut]

This seems a good un.
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/new...rite-coffee/ar-AAeKOP8?li=AA9SkIr&ocid=OIE9HP

 

[bikingdad90]

I heard her on the radio the other day and she wasn't very impressed with him. Turns out he only cycled something like 30 miles each way the remainder was on a ferry.

 

[steveindenmark]

Well thats ungrateful. 60 miles just for her coffee is quite a shopping trip.

 

[Milkfloat]

And he cheated - it was an e-bike.

 

[steveindenmark]

who did he cheat?

 

[mythste]

who did he cheat?

Himself. And maybe Strava.

 

[steveindenmark]

Why is he cheating himself? What gives you the impression he uses Strava? And just how unimportant is Strava to your everyday cyclist?

The reason I am nudging you is that I have owned an Electric bike and Im guessing you have never ridden one. At the same time I owned the Electric bike I had 4 road bikes a Bachetta Giro 26 and an ICE trike. I rode a 400 km commute on a road bike every week and used the Electric bike occasionally for fun or to commute. I never considered I was cheating myself or anyone else and have never used strava.

If an Electric bike gets this guy from the UK to France and back, it should be celebrated, not knocked. I am in support of anything that gets cyclists on the road. Apart from that Electric bikes are great fun. You should try one.

 

[Milkfloat]

I don't think anyone is having a pop at e-bikes, it is more the press headline saying he road to France in a 250 mile journey. I have ridden an e-bike and would love to add one to the stable - but I cannot justify the purchase as it would not get used enough - or worse would get used too much and I would turn into a lardy boy.

 

[raleighnut]

I don't think anyone is having a pop at e-bikes, it is more the press headline saying he road to France in a 250 mile journey. I have ridden an e-bike and would love to add one to the stable - but I cannot justify the purchase as it would not get used enough - or worse would get used too much and I would turn into a lardy boy.

Tell me that when you are 70.

 

[Ticktockmy]

Bit of a non story really, but I guess at times the media need stories like that to fill the empty slots.