Use of electric bikes by younger people.

[Smokin Joe]

My next bike is going to have an engine, only a 125 mind but still an engine. I'm planning to ride out in full cycling kit and see how much spitting feathers I can induce when I pass someone uphill shouting, "Can't chat, I'm after a Strava KoM.

 

[Crankarm]

Not enough police to enforce car laws, how the hell do you think they are going to have time to enforce scooter/ebike laws. even when you automate car tax and mots, people still drive around without them as they still know there is little chance of being caught..........

So you are saying just because you believe others frequently break the law with regard to other motor vehicles then you condone E-bikers for doing so as well. How about you just comply with the law?

 

[Iainj837]

I really hate post like this, a younger person may have health issues eg heart, you don't know a that young person's circumstances who the hell are you to judge.
The point is at least they are out on a bike does not mater if it is traditional bike or ebike, they are getting fresh air and it's another car off the road

 

[jowwy]

So you are saying just because you believe others frequently break the law with regard to other motor vehicles then you condone E-bikers for doing so as well. How about you just comply with the law?

I do comply with the law.........both my ebikes are fully in compliance with the laws within the UK

 

[Zipp2001]

One less car though right?

 

[jowwy]

So you are saying just because you believe others frequently break the law with regard to other motor vehicles then you condone E-bikers for doing so as well. How about you just comply with the law?

I see no apology for your comment???

 

[Deleted member 26715]

So you are saying just because you believe others frequently break the law with regard to other motor vehicles then you condone E-bikers for doing so as well.

Did he, where, not in the post you quoted

 

[al78]

Every time i get overtaken by someone on an electric bike, i think 'cheat!'

Why, are they participating in a cycling competition where electric assist is not allowed?

 

[al78]

It allows people to enjoy some of the benefits of cycling without busting a gut on hills and in headwinds.

Perhaps some people should lose the militancy and view cycliing as a utility or leisure activity, not a religion with hardwired rules that people are treated as outcasts for non conforming. We have enough BS irrational tribal mentality in the world.

 

[Drago]

Or it allows people to waste excessive natural resources, rare earth minerals and electricity, when a little more effort is all that's needed to take them into that headwind.

Or it allows people to cycle into a headwind while avoiding one of the biggest benefits of cycling, maximal exercise. Leaving aside injury, infirmity or illness, the only reason people avoid strenuous exercise is laziness, and society at large pays the price for that.

It may seem innocent, even desirable (and compared to cars it most assuredly is) but nothing is completely beneficial and without consequence. I don't have an issue with legal ebike use, but I don't kid myself that its is completely without vice either. People ride them for many reasons, not all of them virtuous.

 

[Blue Hills]

A reasonable balanced post drago.
One of the unspoken reasons why some (i stress some) go for them i am sure is that they are seen as NOW, the latest development, ie, more evolved.
Not too many endorphins in a battery for sure.
Fine for folk who need them (i surely will in time) but best in the meantime to pedal.

 

[Mike_P]

I'll confess to once using my ebike instead of the road bike and that was 7 months ago yesterday when having misread the timings of the UCI women's road race I realised it was a bit too touch and go whether I would get to Norwood Edge in time on the road bike given the almost continuous upgrade route, as it transpired there was a cross head wind on the lesser but nevertheless significant southbound climb to the summit and seeing one road biker struggling a bit more than the rest let him draft appropriately.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Fine for folk who need them (i surely will in time) but best in the meantime to pedal.

Please explain how you can ride one without pedaling

 

[Dogtrousers]

Please explain how you can ride one without pedaling

Downhill?

 

[Blue Hills]

Please explain how you can ride one without pedaling

I think you know what i mean.