Are electrically assisted bikes cheating (poll)

[Ming the Merciless]

I don't know about cheating but this type is best avoided...
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Is that Wiggo when he got his gold medals?

 

[derrick]

I have been riding with a guy on a Ribble Sle, He still has to work hard above 15mph, he pulls me up the steep hills, i drag him along the fast flats, it's hard work for him as it's a heavy bike above 15mph. Our average was 17.5 mph, so i know he worked hard, we got PB,s on a section of road where we did not drop below 18mph. So i feel if you have a guy on the E bike who is not after beating everyone up the hills, but is putting in more miles than he would normally do, it's all good, i really enjoy riding with him, as i do not have to stop at the top of the hill for him.
https://www.strava.com/activities/2106561238

 

[derrick]

Of course e-bikes are cheating. Carbon is cheating. Disc brakes are cheating. Indexed gears are cheating. Di2 is beyond cheating.
In fact, anybody who doesn't ride a 30+ year old steel racer with down tube friction shifters is a cheat. So there.

Any bike with gears is cheating.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Any bike with gears is cheating.

Which rules out anything other than penny farthings and hobby horses.

 

[mustang1]

I'd like to see a bike race exclusively for e-bikes: TDF/e, San Remo e-type, Paris Roubaix e-Performante, RAAM e-aint-gonna-cut-it, and so on.

 

[Rusty Nails]

I saw an interesting looking e-fat-bike this week. Looks a lot of fun and not cheating anybody, except the government over fuel tax and vehicle duty.

 

[Justinslow]

I got accused of cheating when I used my TT bike to nab a couple of KOMS.... the bare faced cheek
Of it! (I did try hard, does that make it ok?)

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I have been riding with a guy on a Ribble Sle, He still has to work hard above 15mph, he pulls me up the steep hills, i drag him along the fast flats, it's hard work for him as it's a heavy bike above 15mph. Our average was 17.5 mph, so i know he worked hard, we got PB,s on a section of road where we did not drop below 18mph. So i feel if you have a guy on the E bike who is not after beating everyone up the hills, but is putting in more miles than he would normally do, it's all good, i really enjoy riding with him, as i do not have to stop at the top of the hill for him.
https://www.strava.com/activities/2106561238

Be interesting to both wear HR straps to see how you compare on your rides together.

 

[derrick]

Be interesting to both wear HR straps to see how you compare on your rides together.

Could be worth having a look at doing that. But not sure what it would tell us.i am a lot fitter and 12 years older.

 

[kingrollo]

Ridden by bastds

 

[johnblack]

If it gets people out then I'm all for it, might even get one myself when I'm old(er) for pub runs. However, I draw the line at ebikes for kids, that should be completely discouraged unless there are specific circumstances that stops them riding a standard bike.

 

[biggs682]

It is only cheating if you get caught.

Very true

 

[jowwy]

If it gets people out then I'm all for it, might even get one myself when I'm old(er) for pub runs. However, I draw the line at ebikes for kids, that should be completely discouraged unless there are specific circumstances that stops them riding a standard bike.

Why??? Cant people just choose what suits them, its a free world. Who gives anyone the right to dictate some one elses choice based on snobbery

 

[Drago]

Cheating? I don't know, don't really care. If they're claiming to be doing something they're not then they're cheating, but the only person being cheated is themselves. Who really cares anyway?

 

[jowwy]

Ridden by bastds

Says the guy riding aero wheels to cheat the wind....double standards