| Re: electric bikes on centuries
"Roger Zoul" <rogerzoul2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Daryl Hunt wrote:
> :: "Roger Zoul" <rogerzoul2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> :: news:12s466edcss9962@news.supernews.com...
> ::: Janet wrote:
> ::::: Werehatrack wrote:
> :::::: On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:59:07 -0700, "Daryl Hunt"
> :::::: <dhunt@colwestnospam.com> may have said:
> ::::::
> ::::::
> ::::::: I think there are a few reasons you don't see Low Speed Electric
> ::::::: Bicycles (legal term).
> :::::::
> ::::::: First of all, they would only be really able to ride in the 10
> ::::::: mile run. Range past that just isn't really going to happen.
> ::::::: Claiming otherwise is sort of like claiming that your Moutain
> ::::::: Bike can maintain 30 mph over a 60 mile race.
> ::::::
> ::::::
> :::::: Breathalysers can usually shed a lot of light on such claims.
> ::::::
> :::::: In any event, more than half of what's required in order to go
> :::::: 30mph for 60 miles is a rider who's capable of that level of
> :::::: sustained output. Bikes sold with such claims wouldn't be
> :::::: marketed to the riders who might be able to achieve the result
> :::::: with a *suitable* bike, because even the marketing people are
> :::::: smart enough to know that the real racers are not going to
> :::::: believe the hype. Well, *most* of them won't, anyway.
> ::::::
> ::::::
> ::::::: And don't forget about that carberator that gets your car 200
> ::::::: mpg. Now, you can go the long distance but, even when you are
> ::::::: helping the motor by pedalling most of the time, I doubt you
> ::::::: want to finish the last half of the race pedalling that extra
> ::::::: 40 pounds or so.
> ::::::
> ::::::
> :::::: Nasty laws of physics, we hates them! Give us a nice fantasy
> :::::: world where we can do what we likes!
> ::::::
> ::::::
> ::::::: I think the biggest is that the "Pure" cyclists make the Low
> ::::::: Speed Electric Bicycles (pedal assist) feel about as welcome as
> ::::::: an absessed tooth.
> ::::::
> ::::::
> :::::: Actually, in a non-race long-ride setting, I think some of the
> :::::: snobs would welcome (or at least not snub) *certain* riders
> :::::: aboard an electric-assist bike. If the rider has a physical
> :::::: limitation (other than simple lack of conditioning) which makes
> :::::: it impractical or impossible to participate without the assist,
> :::::: even the majority of the purists would, in my limited
> :::::: experience, accept such a rider and bike. You're still right,
> :::::: though. There would be a group that would stand well away,
> :::::: never approach, say nothing supportive, and make snide remarks;
> :::::: it would just be much smaller than would be the case if the
> :::::: assisted bike was being used by (for instance) a mere couch
> :::::: potato.
> ::::::
> :::::
> ::::: But you ignore the possibility that a couch potato trying to
> ::::: become a non-couch potato might need a little assistance going
> ::::: uphill while in the process of getting into decent shape. Maybe
> ::::: just having a little help with the tougher parts will keep the
> ::::: couch potato from becoming discouraged by the process.
> :::::
> :::
> ::: Hmm....there seems to be a lot of better ways for couch potato to
> ::: improve....I doubt many would ever think of doing this.
> ::
> :: This one did. In fact, it was such a good idea, I became an Electric
> :: Bicycle Dealer. And I lost 20 lbs in the process.
>
> One is not many. And I still think there are better ways to lose weight.
There might be but this is the one I chose and it works without a heavy
impact on anything including my swiss cheeze knees.
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