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Old 07-12-23 | 10:44 AM
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Tomm Willians
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Bikes: Subject to change at any given moment but currently is...... Colnago Mapei, Colnago C40, Wilier Triestina Carbon, Wilier Triestina Ramato, Follis 472, Peugeot PX60, Razesa, Orbea Terra, Soma Pescadero and 1/2 owner of a Santana tandem.

The wife and I both have Turbo Levo SL’s for MTB and I have a Pivot E Vault while she has a Trek Domane Plus for road or gravel riding. As I’ve grown older and a life of injuries ( both of us) has caught up, it’s a great option.
Both the Pivot and Trek use the Fazua which permits motor removal thus becoming a normal bike. That is how we ride them a majority of the time.

One interesting and humorous thing about the debate over e-bikes is them being so easy to ride they should not be considered real bikes. We have our Fazuas programmed so that the assistance barely even compensates for the additional weight/ drag of the system. My Pivot is no easier to ride (and no harder) than the Specialized Diverge it replaced. Now of course yes I can turn the power up quite easily but that’s not what I’m after.
Some might say “ then why even have an ebike?” That answer being I’m due for major back surgery later this year that is going to have me laid up well into 2024. This is particularly painful to me as I’ve worked diligently the last two-three years improving my cycling and making good gains. Now it’s going to be a fight back at 63 years old that will be more than tough, thus an Ebike to help me.

It’s still real cycling to me.


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