Crankarm
Guru
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
Aside from the ethical issues of mechanical doping see my other posts. Cycling means All Your Own Effort. If people want to ride a motorbike then take a bike test and buy a motorbike or get a mobility scooter.
Is it ok to feel cheated if overtaken by an Ebike?
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Aside from the ethical issues of mechanical doping see my other posts. Cycling means All Your Own Effort. If people want to ride a motorbike then take a bike test and buy a motorbike or get a mobility scooter.
Crankarm
Guru
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
So it seems quite a few on here are not actually proper cyclists at all, but are in fact Ebike riders. The shame. Perhaps Cyclechat should change it's name to EbikeChat? The fundamental principle of cycling is that it is all your own effort.
Pale Rider
Legendary Member
Mmm, beware the volley of 1am posts.
Someone's had a good night - shame they didn't put the cork back in the bottle a bit earlier.
Someone's had a good night - shame they didn't put the cork back in the bottle a bit earlier.
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
Christ, I thought you were taking the micky the first time you wrote that!
The requirement for a test, licence and insurance are for motorised vehicles which present a serious risk of harm to people and property. Is there any evidence that ebikes are causing such serious harm?
If, as I suspect, there is not, then your only motivation for calling for those measures is spite.
Please, Cranky, tell me you're at the wind up.
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
It means "all your own effort" to you. It can mean other things to other people
You seem awfully upset about something so trivial it doesn't even register as a blip on my "upset" radar
A person on an ebike is a person not in a car. If the assistance is properly limited to 15mph or whatever it's just a push bike
That'll be why I asked. It's generally how this stuff works. Person A states something. Person B doesn't understand it and asks for clarification. Person A then (hopefully) provides clarification, which you seem to have tried to do in another post.
Oldfentiger
Veteran
- Location
- Pendle, Lancs
Agree with that.
Having an ebike in the stable aided Mrs OFT to get back to fitness after major surgery. I'm sure hers is not an isolated case.
I see many people on ebikes who probably would be in cars, without the aid of pedal assist. These people may be elderly, disabled, or overweight with the will to change.
Ebikes are a good thing - the only drawback are the arsewipes who buck the rules.
What's your view on drafting and being drafted? After all it's not All Your Own effort if you're tucked in behind another rider.
Mugshot
Cracking a solo.
I dunno, the arsewipes that whinge and whine about them are a bit of a pill too.
Mugshot
Cracking a solo.
Best not go downhill either.
I think downhill and drafting is OK if the rider is wearing a hair shirt. Rapha do one I understand.
I feel such a failure, my ride last night seems such a waste now, a measly 23miles which incorporated 3 climbs that i'd never normally willingly undertake, albeit with the assistance of up to 400W.
I feel ashamed to have had the chance to look at the views around me as I climbed, whilst whistling the theme tune from Last of the Summer Wine, and generally enjoying myself.
Me too - When I hurt my knees a couple of years ago. Clearly I should have given up cycling for a year until they healed.
Smokin Joe
Legendary Member
- Location
- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
I've hit 55mph descending on a normal bike. Many times I've been over 30mph on the flat - as has practically everyone here.
Freelanderuk
Über Member
- Location
- Theddlethorpe , Lincolnshire
I bought my ebike when I was 23 stone and need the help , it also motivated me to cycle more and loose weight , now under 14 stone I use my road bike every other day and look at my ebike thanking it
