Originally Posted by
jefnvk
To me, if using an ebike is cheating, so is using a train to shorten the distance and effort required.
If one were planning a 1000 mile trip, and riding an ebike (assuming 70% pedaling required) for the whole thing or putting a bike on a train for 300 miles of it and riding the other 700, who really toured more? Your main mode is still a bike, so the guy that sat on a train for 300 miles should be the better tourer, right?
Who's calling touring on an E-Bike 'cheating', certainly not me.
Edit: Sorry, yeah see NG's 'feels like cheating' reference. Not an opinion I share. Using an E-Bike to tour isn't 'cheating' just not 'cycle touring', it's E-bike touring.