Originally Posted by
350htrr
My point is, that gearing is assistance, and yes it is different than a motor, but assistance none the less. Without the "assistance" mechanical advantage of the gearing, most people wouldn't be able to tour on a fixie, as they wouldn't be able to make it up most hills... No? So it's not really much different than an assistance from a motor, If you want to compare it to a fixie with no gears being the baseline as what can be done by human effort only, without any kind of "assistance"...
and here is the slope of slippers.....
cgoab has a set policy. human powered only. fixies or 3-speeds, or that
wacky japanese contraption with the 5-speed BB, the 5-speed rear, the
four ring crank and 9-speed derailler setup.....300 gears? it's all good,
up to a point. human powered only. no motor assist.
we're going to allow "assistance" here, but how are we going to define
it? surely NOT the EU standard, not if the majority of the forum members
are 'merkans! we'll have to use the legal standard applicable to the
members, which means 50+ different state, county, district, territory,
protectorate, etc., legal definitions.
will we be democratic and take a vote? does that mean
the definition of assistance will change every couple years as the
technology advances? are we going to exclude the really cool awesome
stuff from the tech labs in silicone valley? or the even cooler and
awesomer stuff mashed up by hillbillies in arkansas? just who do
we get to exclude?