eBiker uses the word "we" among a group of cyclists. Awkward silence ensues...

[joosttx]

Originally Posted by FlashUNC

Wut?

This whole thread is like a trip through Crazytown.

Oakland ain’t that crazy

[unterhausen]

anyone that rides an ebike for recreation likes riding more than I do, because I wouldn't do it.

[Blue Jays]

I haven’t yet ridden an E-bicycle. I feel they are a terrific idea and I wholeheartedly support their continued development.
If I successfully keep my marbles as I age, the technology will hopefully assist me to still pedal to areas that I know and love.

[Hawker]

Originally Posted by mt2u77

If we get to exclude e-bikers from “we” on 11% climbs, I’d like to officially stake my ground and exclude anyone less than 175 lbs on a mechanical bike too. 120 lbs. flyweights do NOT get to celebrate the summit— not legit.

Always been a very average athlete but at 132lbs (before my heart attack) I used to pass more than a few big guys on climbs. Can't tell you how great it made me feel. Until we went down the other side.

[HenryA]

https://babylonbee.com/news/motorcyc...cycling-record

[joosttx]

I seriously lust after this bike.

[XXtwindad]

Originally Posted by FlashUNC

Wut?

This whole thread is like a trip through Crazytown.

Once again, no idea of what the drivers intent was. I'm assuming if he/she/they actually wanted to harm/kill us, they would've. But don't let facts get in the way of some overheated hyperbole.

I also think it's OK to wonder at this particular moment in time, what actually constitutes a "bike." If it's capable of going 35 MPH, I really don't know the answer.

Feel free and make me the bogeyman, though. That's a lot of fun

[XXtwindad]

Originally Posted by HenryA

https://babylonbee.com/news/motorcyc...cycling-record

That's hysterical! Wait for the pitchforks ....

[FlashUNC]

Originally Posted by XXtwindad

Once again, no idea of what the drivers intent was. I'm assuming if he/she/they actually wanted to harm/kill us, they would've. But don't let facts get in the way of some overheated hyperbole.

I also think it's OK to wonder at this particular moment in time, what actually constitutes a "bike." If it's capable of going 35 MPH, I really don't know the answer.

Feel free and make me the bogeyman, though. That's a lot of fun

Just an odd flex when a dude on an ebike tries to commiserate about an unsafe driver and the immediate reaction is "But are you a cyclist tho?"

That's a commitment to subcultural tribalism that I commend for it's depth and fear for any reasonable effort to keep more of us safe.

I'll fight the ebike fight another day. But if ebike riders want to be lumped in as cyclists and commiserate on a common cause -- unsafe drivers -- there's always more room under the rhetorical umbrella.

Not bogeymannning at all. Just very weird that's the immediate reaction.

[Drmojo]

Originally Posted by joosttx

Oakland ain’t that crazy

it is the Least Bay
( what we SF snobs called it
1986-1998 City resident

[Burnette]

I still say it's a first world intellectual exercise of a nothing burger of an incident. It's not even an incident. The car was an issue and an incident.

And the ebike rider wasn't even asking to join. I bet it would be hilarious to get his take on the question of whether or not he belongs to a group he spoke to about a car that buzzed him and said group. Does he even care? Better yet, why did the group care? That's a fragile psyche if that's all it took to silence the crowd.

"Did he just say we, as in he's one of us? Oh no he didn't!"

Had the guy said that to me I would be all like, " yeah, people, what can you do, amirite?"

If you want a private party you shouldn't party in public.

[tctyres]

Originally Posted by FlashUNC

Wut?

This whole thread is like a trip through Crazytown.

Originally Posted by joosttx

Oakland ain’t that crazy

Having lived in the East Bay and New York, I can verify that New York on one of its crazy days is far crazier than Oakland.

The delivery guys here all use the e'bikes.
One night, I had a couple beers and then rode home through Central Park in my sneakers on my gravel bike. An ebiker delivery guy whizzed by me, but I caught his wheel and drafted. He looked back at me like I was nuts. I went on for, I dunno, 5-10 blocks. I dropped him on the false flat and continued on.

[Blue Jays]

Originally Posted by Burnette

"...I still say it's a first world intellectual exercise of a nothing burger of an incident.
It's not even an incident. The car was an issue and an incident.

And the ebike rider wasn't even asking to join. I bet it would be hilarious to get his take on the question of whether or not he belongs to a group he spoke to about a car that buzzed him and said group. Does he even care? Better yet, why did the group care? That's a fragile psyche if that's all it took to silence the crowd.

"Did he just say we, as in he's one of us? Oh no he didn't!"
Had the guy said that to me I would be all like, " yeah, people, what can you do, amirite?"

If you want a private party you shouldn't party in public..."

Exactly. Precisely captures the sentiments of many. Good post, Burnette.
Folks getting even vaguely crabby about ebikes should agree to revisit this thread in 2039 to review. :-)

[jamesdak]

Originally Posted by HenryA

https://babylonbee.com/news/motorcyc...cycling-record

[jamesdak]

Well I will freely admit that if I'm puking a lung going up Powder Mt (local HC climb) and an E-biker cruises by I'd have no issue. Now if I get up top and the e-biker is there and says how hard the climb is....I'm liable to punch him...

Just kidding....maybe....