Do the serious riders look down on riders with e-bikes?

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  • May 7, 2017 at 11:27 am #1070445
    dhs1963
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    I can deal with people encouraging me to ride. And yes, the bike does have fenders. Sorry, non-fender people.

    Friday may be a bad day for biking to work, as I may be going to multiple offices. I will see out it (the day) breaks down. But, I will see y’all on the trails.

    The best part of biking to work will be no longer being a slave to traffic. I commute from Vienna to Ballston. I would like to leave for work at 7:45 or so, but if I do, I do not get to work until about nine. And I have to stay to five, so I don’t get home until 6.

    Instead, I leave at 6:15, and get to work 6:45, leaving a around 3.

    With a bike, the commute — WO & D to the Custis Trail to N. Fairfax Dr. should be 30-35 minutes. Maybe 40. But never more.

    That will be nice. And I will have gotten a light-moderate workout (certainly more than I do today).

    May 7, 2017 at 11:36 am #1070446
    Judd
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    @Brett L. 159657 wrote:

    The problem (from a certain point of view) with making an announcement like that on these forums – no one here cares whether you have a normal bike, recumbent bike, e-bike, hand-powered bike, what have you. The forum only cares that you’re out riding, staying safe, and being safe and courteous to other riders. And here is where the problem comes in – they’ll guilt you into riding more and more and MORE AND MORE!!!! :D :D :D It’s starting already.

    Brett, I am disappointed that you’re spending so much time on the Internet when you could be out riding.

    May 9, 2017 at 4:13 pm #1070538
    Dewey
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    Thank you to the two cyclists who complimented me this morning on my goggles and crank motor. Reading to my toddler last night I reassured her like Willow I go slow but I use a bicycle bell instead of loud horns.

    May 9, 2017 at 5:45 pm #1070550
    Brett L.
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    @Dewey 159778 wrote:

    Thank you to the two cyclists who complimented me this morning on my goggles and crank motor. Reading to my toddler last night I reassured her like Willow I go slow but I use a bicycle bell instead of loud horns.

    Just don’t end up this like Willow
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    May 9, 2017 at 9:51 pm #1070559
    rcannon100
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    I look down on pretty much all cyclists. Just saying.

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