I like that people are coming out to events and enjoying themselves and sharing the benefits of being outdoors. There are groups that I am fast aging into, and electric bikes is absolutely one of them. The confidence that I can get home after a long ride, or make it up a decent grade without passing out is what an e-bike affords me (one day, don't own one yet). More bikes on the roads the better, kids on e-scooters at 25mph not so much.
On Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 4:53:33 PM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > A friend and I did the Seattle to Portland ride this past weekend (205 > miles in either one or two days), and we were both surprised to see a > number of riders on electric bikes. > > I haven’t done many large cycling events since the rise in popularity of > electric bikes. When I did large-scale rides like STP pre-COVID, everybody > would have been on a regular, human-powered bike. So seeing powered bikes > on a “cycling” event struck us as a little strange. > > What is everyone’s experience with this? I’ll admit I am a little > skeptical about combining electric- and human-powered bikes in the same > event, but that’s probably a reflection of my cycling history. The events I > usually ride, which are mostly RUSA-sanctioned randonneuring, would > definitely not allow any kind of powered bike. > > What do YOU think? Should electric bikes be allowed on events like > RAGBRAI, STP, centuries, etc.? What limits would you impose, if any? Or > should they have their own events? > > Interested to hear what the group thinks. > > --Eric Norris > [email protected] > Insta: @CampyOnlyGuy > YouTube: YouTube.com/CampyOnlyGuy > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/546e2160-7fd6-41a9-9d77-10e464331b80n%40googlegroups.com.
