1 - This is a really great argument against playing a mountain bike video game. I don't think it is a very good argument against an e-bike.
2 - I'm glad this is somewhat tongue in cheek. If it wasn't, I'd probably suggest...no...I won't do that.
3 - I hear you. We shouldn't generally look to pro riders to be role models. I really feel like I've written about that before. But really, we all pay attention when a pro rider posts an e-bike video. And there's always somebody suggesting that the only reason they're doing it is because of sponsor obligations. My frustration is that anybody who suggests an opinion that is pro-e-bike is immediately written off as a shill or it is suggested that they only think that way because of the $. It just feels a bit cheap to write off any argument that you don't like in this way.
Sept. 24, 2018, 5:57 p.m. - Dave Tolnai
1 - This is a really great argument against playing a mountain bike video game. I don't think it is a very good argument against an e-bike. 2 - I'm glad this is somewhat tongue in cheek. If it wasn't, I'd probably suggest...no...I won't do that. 3 - I hear you. We shouldn't generally look to pro riders to be role models. I really feel like I've written about that before. But really, we all pay attention when a pro rider posts an e-bike video. And there's always somebody suggesting that the only reason they're doing it is because of sponsor obligations. My frustration is that anybody who suggests an opinion that is pro-e-bike is immediately written off as a shill or it is suggested that they only think that way because of the $. It just feels a bit cheap to write off any argument that you don't like in this way.