Strange interaction with electric bike rider

[Crankarm]

Cheat bikes, I hate them. Ridden by lazy firckers. There are a few who ride them on the Guided Busway and they try and draft me!

 

[Pale Rider]

Cheat bikes!

What, or who, is being cheated?

You? Gravity?

 

[Gravity Aided]

They may be cheating themselves of a good workout. Or they may be just using whatever means necessary to transport themselves. Busses do provide a great draft, though. I have cycle commuters draft my bus often on my route into where they work. One fellow rides a fine old Bob Jackson Tourer.

 

[summerdays]

I don't have a problem with electric bikes, especially where it gives someone the opportunity to ride a bike that they wouldn't have otherwise, I just object to those who sit on them like mopeds not pedalling at all, going at excessive speeds on cycle paths, if they want to do that go on the road.

 

[steveindenmark]

anyway if he did have this 'full carbon bianchi' then how could an electric bike be more fun than that?
Cheers Ed

Across farm tracks they are...trust me

 

[young Ed]

Across farm tracks they are...trust me

ok, maybe!
but then again you can't really say that a mountain bike is more fun than a road bike down a single track or over a jump etc as roadies were never meant to do that where as road bikes are
same as a carbon bianchi was never meant for farm tracks
Cheers Ed

 

[KneesUp]

Cheat bikes, I hate them. Ridden by lazy firckers.

I am very much looking forward to being old enough to need one, as the alternative could well be being too old to ride much at all.

 

[Bodhbh]

There's a few videos on youtube of them doing unlikely speeds on the road. I think the fun bit comes from trolling cyclists and/or drivers.

 

[Hip Priest]

I'm surprised by the 15mph cut-off. The only e-bike I see regularly is much quicker than that. Naughty!

 

[steveindenmark]

Jannie and I have both had Electric bikes. We both have touring bikes, road bikes and Kickbikes. My commute is a 24 mile round trip and I ride it most days, rain, snow or shine. I often start work at 5 am. I decided that an Electric bike would be a commuter bike and Jannie decided to have one as well.

We used them for 4 years before passing them onto friends who are now enjoying them.

There is a general idea that they are only for the old and infirm but we had some great times with them. Its been good to get out for long rides without any effort or breaking a sweat. It has certainly made a change from the Kickbikes.

 

[Racing roadkill]

I'm not bothered by the obvious electric bikes, they are what they are. The one's that bother me are the normal road bikes with electrical assist in the bottom bracket. It's beginning to be a bit of an eyebrow raiser in competitive cycling.. Oh and the one's with modified drill motors, that have been known to hit 60 odd mph. Not clever on a cycle path.

 

[KneesUp]

I'm not bothered by the obvious electric bikes, they are what they are. The one's that bother me are the normal road bikes with electrical assist in the bottom bracket. It's beginning to be a bit of an eyebrow raiser in competitive cycling.. Oh and the one's with modified drill motors, that have been known to hit 60 odd mph. Not clever on a cycle path.

Surely the BB assist ones make a whirring noise?

(goes off to google modified drill bike motor ....)

 

[Racing roadkill]

60mph on a cycle path? Hahahahahahaha.

Cycle lane, rather than path. I'd like to see someone do it on a path

 

[Racing roadkill]

Surely the BB assist ones make a whirring noise?

(goes off to google modified drill bike motor ....)

The early one's whined like an unpaid hooker, but they are very quiet now.

 

[classic33]

The early one's whined like an unpaid hooker, but they are very quiet now.

Not going to ask the obvious question you raise.