01-28-2007, 10:56 AM
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>> What's gonna happen when people try to show up on a century (or, for
>> that matter, any other organized bike ride) on one of them? So far, it's
>> been a non-issue due to limited range. But if that's no longer an
>> issue...
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> If a century ride uses public roads and normal traffic laws, there's not
> much
> you can do to stop him.
Obviously you can't stop the person from using the roads. I'm wondering how
you treat such a person when they're signing up for it. Or at that point you
probably don't know, so I guess it's just how things go with other riders on
the road and at the rest stops. I'm sure there'd be a certain number of
riders who would love to have them along to draft behind, similar to
tandems.
Hmm. So you've got someone out to try for a record "individual" time on,
say, a double century. We've never really given much thought to the idea
that it should be 100% unaided; it's assumed that people are going to draft
behind tandems. And it's also assumed that someone hiring a motorbike or car
to draft behind wouldn't exactly be legit. But what about an electric bike?
--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com
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