Why, do you have to be an invalid to want/have/use an Ebike? I presume you also believe they are also cheating, but who the F they are cheating has always been beyond me.
You presume
way too much, sir!
I have no problem whatsoever with anybody riding whatever bike they want to ride, for whatever reason they want to ride it. '
Cheating' only applies to racing and I don't race.
I am talking purely from the point of view of someone who now
NEEDS an ebike and very definitely
MUST NOT have it run out of power on the wrong side of a big hill or it could mean us trying to find a phone signal
AND a taxi company willing to come out into the middle of nowhere and able to transport a big heavy ebike home for him.
We have been out riding together the past couple of weeks and gradually seeing how much the bike can do with the amount of work that he can still put in.
So far we have got to about 55% of battery power used in one ride. Next time we might go a bit further and/or add another hill. I imagine that 80-85% might be a sensible eventual limit, just in case.
When I talk about anxiety about an ebike battery going flat, of course I am
NOT talking about people who would
NOT find that a problem, I am talking about people who
WOULD find that a problem!