Originally Posted by
Digger Goreman
Absopositively nailed it! The second greatest disease in this country is "the cult of conveinence": to the extent you give in, you weaken and are controllable.... It is also at the root of why gasholes hate: we "un-groove" their conveinence and remind them of their "inconvenent" connection to humanity and environment.
A resurgence in bicycling MUST be derailed, or Americans might turn away from conveinence
One should havevto qualify for disabled status to ride an e-bike. Perhaps an age exemption....
Please tell all the mountain bike parks that have ski lifts to the top - they must close immediately. They are condemning Americans to inactivity and laziness by 'assisting' riders to the top.
No e-bikes for downhillers either, to be true blue Americans, they have to grind up to those summits. Real mountain bike downhillers enjoy miles of climbing in a 22/42 gear up snowmobile trails. Gotta earn those descents.
It's a big, diverse cycling world.
Get over it.
You feel marginalized, be ready to face minority status. It's coming fast, from the great un-cycled hordes of un-fit humanity with their un-earned speed. How dare they claim to be cyclists, instead of wimpy motor cyclists.
Grow a beard, get SPD sandals, brag about a 15pound racer, the good old days, dialing up 400 human powered watts, PRs/KOMs on Zwift/Strava/Peloton/etc - all before those dang e-bikes swamped our shores.
Your grandchildren will gather for your tales of cadence capability, athleticism and noble pursuits/sprints.
C&V is cool, you can now relax and stop chasing down
those un-deserving new fancy wannabe racers in full kit - on overpriced e-bikes,
since their technology gives them an edge over that un-assisted 'clunker'.