Originally Posted by
OBoile
You don't think using an e-bike without properly recording that fact is cheating? That's a bit silly.
What if it was Phil Gaimon who was using the e-bike? Would it still not be cheating?
He's suggesting it's not technically cheating because there are no rules to be broken other than those in an individual's head and every individual has a different set of 'rules' in their head.
For example does it really make sense to hold a competition for the faster rider on a segment when the conditions each rider encounters are different? Rather than 'King of the Mountain' it's more like fastest rider with a 20kph tailwind or fastest rider to get dragged along by a willing group of riders.
If you want to measure yourself, race.