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Guildedagain

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This was a popular notion in the 1990's and my how we have changed since then as I read that "searing lungs and burning quads - apparently very offputting to newbies - are a thing of the past" with Ebikes. Ebikes, because you couldn't just pedal like the old days.

Yay for missing out on the biggest thing biking has ever had to offer, a cardio workout like no other, undoubtedly why I'm still here today, as I pumped my way through my teens like crazy, riding 40 miles to the big city on single speed Schwinns that weighed who knows what.

The single speed bike made you strong. Not about speed but strength, I still find single speed bikes amazing to ride and pride myself on making hills, it's quite an endorphin release.
 
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I rode a nice eBike a couple summers ago. Folks visiting had a pair. They weigh like 100lbs on big honkin tires.

I got asked if I wanted to ride one. I'm a crazy rider from way back, but never on one of those, and not as steady on motorcycles - I've given them up - as I used to be, so with some trepidation I took off on one.

It was hellishly fast on take off and seemed to be geared to automatically let you pedal assist, even at shocking rates of speed. 20mph, and trust me, tears are flying out your eyeballs and you're lucky if you didn't get a bug in one.

It hauled butt up a neighbors steep dirt driveway, rugged with drainage cuts, and then came flying back down, disk brakes working adequately.

Probably the ideal getaway vehicle, silent, fast, agile.

I finally returned it grinning from ear to ear.

Later that summer, the same folks were putting on a concert and were missing a mike clip for one of the singers, and I knew I had one, so I says let me jump on your bike, get it and come back, all at breakneck speeds with a crowd waiting.

So not quite as fast as a true moped = 30mph, but you don't have to start it, saving potentially considerable time, besides, 20mph helmetless on bumpy dirt roads is plenty fast enough.
 
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