Originally Posted by
Joe Bikerider
“It takes the suck out of riding.” You mean like turning over the pedals and breathing harder when you go up a hill? There is no suck in riding. May I introduce you to a thing called a motorcycle? Goes fast, no suck, wind in your face. Or even better, this thing called a car. No wind, no effort, can go up hill with only the effort of your little toe. My favorite MUP is being over run by speeding ebikers and I don’t like it. There are kids and walkers and real bikers who might agree with me.
Another standard anti e-bike rant by a "real biker."
I am 81 years old, have ridden bikes all my life. I even worked as a bike tech for seven years after I "retired" from my regular occupation. A few years ago riding became a lot less fun when age caught up with my knees, so I switched to a pedal-assist ebike. With the ebike I can continue to ride, the bike is totally legal, and I don't terrorize the bike trail. In fact, the biggest scares I have had on the trails are from "real bikers" riding like idiots and running people off the trail - and I have helped pick up a couple of them when they took a corner too fast.
And just for the record - I consider myself a "real biker" but not an arrogant one.