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Old 09-22-22, 11:08 AM
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A bit off topic - I just rode the week of Cycle Oregon. They allowed a few E-bikes this year. (I never saw the number.) Mid-week a young lady was hanging at the espresso tent and saying that others didn't get that she had to work too; that the E-bike wasn't a free ride. She heard me say I was tired to the bone. (I wasn't addressing her; just stating the facts after riding a very hard "layover option" ride as a near 70 yo riding a fix gear. Last day she powered past me near the top of the final climb, ~3000' in 10 miles. Later she heard me say roughly the same "tired to the bone". Stated that she got that she had no idea how hard I had worked. She sounded quite humbled.
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