Originally Posted by
canklecat
In the fast club I used to ride with, a 70something y/o member got the first serious ebike carbon fiber road bike I'd seen in person. This was around 2016 or '17. Pedal assist so it was easy to draft him by watching his cadence, same as any other rider. I enjoyed drafting him because he was a very good rider, safe and dependable bike handling skills, and we could get up some serious speed behind him.
Don’t those motors top out at 15mph like they do here? I have a friend with the Specialized one and he couldn’t really keep up with us on the flat but it was great on climbs.
I’m almost at the top end of my age cat and it’s the highly competitive 45-54 so it helps me
not at all
