Originally Posted by
burnthesheep
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Usually the real cyclists racer boys have a pair to show up to the weeknight worlds ride........on the real road.
E-bike racer wannabes already cut theirs off and put them in a jar on the mantle.
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Whatevs.... I've seen enough racer boy wannabe nuttiness on MUPs, including people pacelining at 25 mph, bystanders be damned that I don't have to pretend it can't be a problem. I also think it's possible to ride extremely safely at 25 mph on several stretches of MUPs that I ride on regularly (sometimes at 25 mph myself) because they are straight, well-paved and lightly trafficked. I use my discretion on whether a stretch is ok to speed on, just as I would if I'm doing the same thing on the road.
Main problem with the comparison between fast pedalers and fast ebikes is that there's a figurative slippery slope problem with ebikes--if you say it's ok for them to be ridden at 25, then what about 30, then 35? Realistically, there would only be a very small number of riders who can do that without e assist, but with power, it's just going to be anyone with room on their credit card to buy an ebike. Also, the ebikes can currently run 500-600 pounds with riders and cargo, and those numbers are going to continue to climb.