Originally Posted by
merlinextraligh
that story makes me frown, on multiple levels.
1) why would you sprint, with a motor, to compete with someone without a motor?
2) why wouldn't you simply ride slower at a pace you could maintain without a motor?
3) riding a bike with a motor is giving up. Once you give into the assist, you will only get weaker. The analogy is people who are challenged by walking and start using a wheelchair or scooter. They just get weaker and dependent on the assist
Absopositively nailed it! The second greatest disease in this country is "the cult of conveinence": to the extent you give in, you weaken and are controllable.... It is also at the root of why gasholes hate: we "un-groove" their conveinence and remind them of their "inconvenent" connection to humanity and environment.
A resurgence in bicycling MUST be derailed, or Americans might turn away from conveinence
One should havevto qualify for disabled status to ride an e-bike. Perhaps an age exemption....