| Re: electric bikes on centuries
Roger Zoul wrote:
> Perhaps. We'll see. My guess is it won't happen. What kind of electric
> bike do you envision that will ever do a century that will actually make
> them not stand out? How big of a battery and motor are we talking here to
> push someone 100 miles over possibly hilly (around here) terrain? Zipping
> along at 30 mph alone would make anyone stand out.
>
> I grant you this. If you can get an electric bike that does this while not
> making the rider stand out significantly, then people would very likely do
> so.
The bike in the referenced article is a recumbent - I suspect recumbent
riders may be both more likely to buy such a machine, and less concerned
with what other riders think about it.
And I suspect if they ever do show up at centuries that the riders will
be real cyclists who can no longer ride a conventional bike for such a
distance due to age or health. I'd rather see someone like that on a
powered bicycle than someone who hasn't first learned cycling common
sense, etiquette, and traffic awareness from a real bike.
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