It’s a bit disappointing that Threshold Sports Limited, organisers of the RAB aren’t going to allow e-bikes on their ride, especially considering who their charity partners are. These include the Alzheimer’s Society, Parkinson’s UK, Cancer Research UK, Prostate Cancer UK and MacMillan, all of which promote cycling as a healthy activity, and would particular advocate e-biking as a gently and efficient method of assisting physical & mental recovery.
You could also argue that their policy was discriminatory against both aged and disable people. I accept that having to provide recharging points* at the camps might be an extra job to organise, but every other organisation has to provide facilities to cope with less able bodied people, why should they be exempt?
Maybe a few well worded emails to their sponsors, partners and the Charities Commission may provide pressure to change their minds.
*Question. How do the hundreds of people who do this event recharge their Garmins and lights every day?