I support the Class 1 pedalecs with 20mph top speed on centuries. A century isn't really a group ride, I've done many by myself and was passing small groups and being passed by other small groups all day so, an ebike going by me wouldn't seem unusual. Of course range is the limiter here, most ebikes would be relegated to the 40 mile or shorter route unless the rider was very good about shutting off power during the event.
Joe Bernard Lake County CA 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/88c137c7-27a7-402f-8243-daf06902cf9dn%40googlegroups.com.
