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@EasyRider 150096 wrote:
I dunno, I tend to notice cyclists who go 15 mph+ while sitting upright and wearing office clothes, and wonder how dey do dat
LOL 😮 OK you got me there, but I’m talking about trail etiquette and the direction this thread took regarding folks using bike trails as a motorway.
Plenty of riders pass me, but hopefully they don’t care how hard I’m working (like I don’t care how hard they’re working, it’s not a contest) – only whether I’m riding politely and consistently with the rest of the other bike commuters. I tend to stay about 12 MPH with medium assist – I’m not super fit and it gives me the confidence to know that I’m not going to be walking my bike taking the ramp up to the 14th St Bridge off the Mt. Vernon trail (and slowing everyone else down) and helps with needing to carry clothes, shower stuff, make up for when I get to work. Otherwise, I’d just drive my car and not have to worry about all that. From my house (Delray) to SW DC it’s about the same amount of time bike vs drive (longer to metro).
If that’s an issue for other bike commuters, I’d be interested in why.
Registered for the forum just to comment that there doesn’t seem to be a distinction between throttle controlled e-bikes (which can get crazy fast) and power assisted (European-syle) e-bikes. Completely understand the animosity against fully powered throttle-control but many e-bikes now (like my German Kalkhoff Agattu Impulse
don’t have a throttle, only provide pedal assist and top out at 15-20 mph due to European regulations on what can be considered a bicycle.I commute from Delray Alexandria to SW DC (7.5 miles door to door) and love using the power assist and wearing my work clothes in (no need to shower) and turning off the power assist altogether and huffing all 55lbs of that solid steel bike (plus battery) home in the evening wearing bike clothes.
So don’t tar us all with the same brush – if you didn’t notice the battery mounted on the seat post you’d probably never know I was riding an e-bike.
