Originally Posted by mstateglfr

I couldnt care less if someone tours on an e-assist bike. Since I am fine with people touring in an RV, it would be pretty nuts of me to complain about an e-assist bike.

I ride weekly with a 69yo woman who has an upright hybrid and an e-assist recumbent trike. She uses the e-assist trike for hilly routes. Its great because she is still able to participate and she rides probably 80% of the route under her own power. She will use the e-assist trike on RAGBRAI this year, just like previous years and will complete what is about her 30th RAGBRAI.

No asterisk needed in my book. She will have ridden at least 1500mi by the end of the year, so subtract however many miles you want for the e-assist and she will still have ridden more miles than 97% of the population.