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Doing that to a hardcore roadie is just so much wicked fun. I wuz just moseying up a fairly mild 7 mile grade at about 11 mph when a gal
Caught any?
I frequently get chased down by road bikers when I'm doing 23-25 mph on my commute home for the day (on 300w). As a part time road biker myself, I have respect for folks who have the energy and motivation near the end of their ride to sustain that speed, to put the evil fatty ebike behind them, so I don't try to blow them away. OTOH, there's that dickhead who blew every red light that I stopped at, then got passed repeatedly (wasn't trying very hard, would have passed him on my road bike too), then yelled at me at an intersection where he had to stop "you didn't say on your left!", well, dickhead, when I'm passing you in the motor vehicle lane and you're in the bike lane, and you can hear my knobby tires from 50 feet away, all we can conclude is you don't like fattys, you don't like ebikes, and you don't like being passed, and your pace sucks.
Used go through road bikes faster than Henry VIII went though wives, still got a couple*, but I never wore the uniform. I´m 71, my left leg was in 4
Good point, to be fair, that gal kept up pretty well on the flatter stretches, but my bike is geared specifically to climb in addition to the motor.About a third of my rides are on my light, carbon road bike, and the rest are on my Cannondale Topstone gravel ebike.
When I'm riding my road bike it doesn't bother me when I get passed by someone on an ebike (usually....read on). Because I own an ebike I know how fast they are, compared to me on my road bike, on even a slight hill.
A couple of weeks ago, while on a group ride, I got my a** kicked (when the road went into a long incline) by a lady (close to 80 years old) on her new Trek e-road bike. I'm a decent rider for my age (69), but she pulled away and disappeared into the distance.
I have to admit that it did bother me a bit that I couldn't even come close to keeping up with her on my 17.7 pound road bike.
On the other hand, while riding my Cannondale Topstone Lefty 3 (Bosch gen 4 motor) I wouldn't think twice about blowing by a rider on his road bike.
Yup, life is short; that´s what scares me. bicycles are not designed to go that fast & neither am I.Life is short... just do it!
I have speed delimiters on all of my Ebikes.... no regrets as life begins at 40 mph.
Perfect... EBikes allow me to ride with my son and other young bucks!
Perfect... EBikes allow me to ride with my son and other young bucks!
Another ebike pretending to be something it´s not. Just put it right out there, & tell it like it is. I´m a geezer & ebikes make riding fun again.
A fauza ebike is not my cup of tea either. I want more umph. Nevertheless the ad touches a nerve, at least in me it does.
