Should e-bikes be allowed in Cycle Tour and other Races

[Pieterlab1]

Almost time…

[ChrisF]

SO glad the CTCT organisers have a better sense of humour than some of the posters on this thread .....

 

 

 

 

 

BEST wishes to those racing for a sub-3, or some other personal best time.

 

Similarly, wishing each and every other FUN rider a memorable event .... irrespective of what bike you will be using.

 

Edited March 11, 2022 by ChrisF

[OVERDRIVE]

NO

[Mamil]

7 hours ago, OVERDRIVE said:

NO

That's unanimous then. Motion denied and dismissed with costs. No appeal.

[Pieterlab1]

8 hours ago, OVERDRIVE said:

NO

😘

[NeverNotRolling]

So... About that power outage cape town, hope everyone's e-bikes are already charged...

[JacquesJ]

On 3/11/2022 at 2:45 PM, ChrisF said:

SO glad the CTCT organisers have a better sense of humour than some of the posters on this thread .....

 

 

 

 

 

BEST wishes to those racing for a sub-3, or some other personal best time.

 

Similarly, wishing each and every other FUN rider a memorable event .... irrespective of what bike you will be using.

 

So obviously rider 10506 hanging with 1A on his eBike today didn't get the email 😜. Not surprised though, but a bit irritating, since they communicated those rules a number of times 

[Jewbacca]

So did any e-bikes cause accidents, crashes and ruin the race today as predicted?

[Hairy]

19 minutes ago, Jewbacca said:

So did any e-bikes cause accidents, crashes and ruin the race today as predicted?

I am pretty confident that no bike has caused a crash at the Argus (Unless the frame or wheels collapsed) ......... now the pilots of said bicycles, that is where the problem lies. I say ban all riders and let the bikes ride in peace. 

[MongooseMan]

15 minutes ago, Hairy said:

I am pretty confident that no bike has caused a crash at the Argus (Unless the frame or wheels collapsed) ......... now the pilots of said bicycles, that is where the problem lies. I say ban all riders and let the bikes ride in peace. 

"Ebikes don't hurt people's feelings. People riding ebikes overtaking people up chappies hurt people's feelings" 😂

[Nick]

It looks that the provisional ebike results are simple. Less than 3:50 = disqualified and no result on the time sheet. As it stands, the category 'winner' rode a 3:50:25.

[Mamil]

48 minutes ago, Jewbacca said:

So did any e-bikes cause accidents, crashes and ruin the race today as predicted?

No but they don't like offering a wheel. I latched on to 2 different ones and they both upped pace and dropped me as soon as they noticed my presence.

One turned around as he sped away and smirked.

[Wayne pudding Mol]

I have no objection to ebikes in races 

But what I saw today makes me realise that organizers need to adapt to ebike popularity in another way - maybe a shorter course with an early start - the elites will catch them but that’s another problem

if you suck my wheel, that’s within the rules and part of bike riding 

I don’t care if you start in 6D - sitting behind a large man on his pedal assisted ebike as he parts wind is cheating - I saw a lot of this and it’s wrong 

I diced a 20 “strong” group from ladies mile to Simonstown - they kept catching me because they were getting electric assistance - not his fault 

Wheel sucking ebikes is electric assistance plain and simple 

My mate who rode with me was not happy with me refusing to get the help 😂

 

 

[Hairy]

38 minutes ago, Mamil said:

No but they don't like offering a wheel. I latched on to 2 different ones and they both upped pace and dropped me as soon as they noticed my presence.

One turned around as he sped away and smirked.

Latching on a motorised vehicle is cheating

[DuncanDoughnuts]

So its the Non ebikers who were cheating then ? not the ebikers since the non bikers know its not legal to draft a ebiker ...Ban all analog riders I say. 

 

 

Edited March 13, 2022 by DuncanDoughnuts

[tinmug]

12 minutes ago, DuncanDoughnuts said:

So its the Non ebikers who were cheating then ? not the ebikers since the non bikers know its not legal to draft a ebiker ...Ban all analog riders I say. 

 

 

*Riders, quite right, not cyclists. 😂