Originally Posted by
shelbyfv
I know it's fun but it's sad to see someone throw in the towel at such a young age. You could have reasonably expected another 10-15 years of actual cycling....
Now our early 80s, my wife and I were having trouble keeping up with our considerably younger bike group, so three years ago we added a Cytronex C1 to our tandem. This added only about 8 lb to our already light machine, but even at the lowest assist level of about 80W,and a range of about 36 miles, we can keep up at 15-18 mph. The problem is that when riding alone, I tend to use the lowest power setting most of the time, which I'm sure has negatively impacted our fitness because of the ease of maintaining a speed of 15-17 mph, with HR <100 bpm, whereas without assist, we struggle to stay at 12-13 mph and HR >>100bpm..E-assist has certainly not negatively affected our enjoyment of cycling; in fact I think it has enhanced it in our advancing years.