06-08-2018, 04:53 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-08-2018, 04:58 PM by danbrotherston.)
(06-08-2018, 03:47 PM)darts Wrote: many riders? how many are really going on an endurance race using an e bike? I'd be annoyed if I peddaled 160km while the guy in front of me had to put in half the effort, they might as well just have done in using a pc simulator
it might be lack of real classifications but they probably mean the ebikes where nobody really uses it like a bike
The Tour de Grand has routes all the way from 10 km to 160 km. People have cycled the 10 km route on a unicycle. I can easily see someone who's not confident in their ability to do 10 or 20 km on a bike wanting to ride their ebike.
Also, why would it annoy you if the guy in front of you biked the same distance with less effort? It isn't a race, it's a tour. They're not winning anything away from you. And, really, most of the people who ride the 160 km race do put in less effort than I do, because they're riding lighter faster (more expensive) bikes and they're riding in a pelaton to draft off each other. I don't feel that those folks diminish what I achieve.
I have no idea how many people this affects, but it's unnecessary to block them IMO. It is rather surprising given how otherwise inclusive the tour de grand folks are (see the aforementioned unicycle rider).
I'm sure helmet and ear bud rules are an unfortunate aspect of insurance rules, although folks with ear buds did kind of bug me on the Heart and Stroke ride in Toronto, not that ear buds specifically were a problem, but some of the riders with ear buds were also not so good at checking their surroundings before moving laterally. I don't really care if they keep a straight line and check their blind spots.