Agreed. For some people, it's not about getting rad, it's about time spent on the bike, and for some of those people, that includes riding with others. If an e-bike enables that for a 70-year-old, you'd have to be a special kind of sanctimonious to pass judgment.
Recognizing one's own hypocrisies is one part of recognizing that no one's perfect, including ourselves. And understanding why you love something like riding bikes under your own power should also - in my dream world - come with an understanding that your own appreciation of that fact should be enough for you. If your enjoyment of that fact relies heavily on external acknowledgement, you're letting vanity creep into something that's supposed to be about personal fulfillment.
Aug. 25, 2022, 8:57 a.m. - Pete Roggeman
Agreed. For some people, it's not about getting rad, it's about time spent on the bike, and for some of those people, that includes riding with others. If an e-bike enables that for a 70-year-old, you'd have to be a special kind of sanctimonious to pass judgment. Recognizing one's own hypocrisies is one part of recognizing that no one's perfect, including ourselves. And understanding why you love something like riding bikes under your own power should also - in my dream world - come with an understanding that your own appreciation of that fact should be enough for you. If your enjoyment of that fact relies heavily on external acknowledgement, you're letting vanity creep into something that's supposed to be about personal fulfillment.