Originally Posted by
Caretaker
I care and at least one other person on this thread also cares.
Why do I care and why in particular in the instance I described in the op? In general I believe words matter and they should convey accuracy. The particular instance was a situation where people were arriving and celebrating a physical and mental achievement, some in their 70s, walking from dawn or cycling rough trails and I was shocked to see young fit people arrive on Ebikes. I think it was a normal human reaction but others may disagree.
You and some other person caring doesn't mean anything though. Like Big Lebowski would say "that's just like, your opinion man."
If I meet a person who cycle toured with an e-bike who calls it cycle touring and it comes up he did in fact do with an e-bike, I'll probably ask how and where he charged, how it affected his distance and how it was like. I wouldn't sneer at him and proclaim him as a fraud who has mislabelled his activity and is a lesser being for doing said activity even though through spartan suffering he should have endured with just muscle power especially if he is a capable young human who is forbidden from having too much fun and thus is striken forever from the
very important touring annals™