Originally Posted by
big john
I don't understand why some posters feel the need to insult others or try to psychoanalyze them.
If you want to ride an e-bike, that's fine with me and I don't give a crap if you pass me, either.
Until you become dangerous to me I will say "Hi" and that will be the end of it.
Yesterday I was passed by a group of about 10 young guys on e-bike mountain bikes when they had to use a bit of road to get to the next trail section. They all said hello and so did I. We did not feel superior to each other or object to each other.
Me too.
A couple years ago I helped to organize a +50 social group ride near St Louis. One of the participants brought his wife along who had an e-boost bike. It was the first e-boost bike that I had ever seen. Without the e-boost it would either have changed the character of the ride or else she simply wouldn't have been able to ride with us. I, for one (and I suspect all of the other riders too), were happy to have her with us and we were glad that the e-boost made it possible for her to participate. What objection could anybody possibly have with that?