A blog for discussion of electrically assisted bicycling in Portland, OR.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Welcome Hard Drive Readers!
You may have found me today through the Oregonian's story about electric bikes. I've posted this as an open forum - if you've got a question or comment to share, feel free to post it as a response here.
Wow, I think the ebike is a very reasonable compromise to get people out of their cars. Who are these people who are so hard-core and righteous they call-down people for using power assist? I'd like to get one myself! I have friends who are very much on the hard core side of the bike/car war and I can't even imagine they'd be so rude. I think these few people are perhaps over-quoted or is there possibly ta bit of over-sensitivity on your part? Not to get down on you or anything. I don't know but I bet the majority of bikers out there really aren't saying those kind of things. At the very least, lets not start another factional division between the e-bikers and the peddlers. Perhaps these comments are best ignored.
"Worse, they have threatened to throw him and his bicycle into the Willamette River."
ReplyDeletewhat? seriously? geez, portland, have a heart.
Wow, I think the ebike is a very reasonable compromise to get people out of their cars. Who are these people who are so hard-core and righteous they call-down people for using power assist? I'd like to get one myself! I have friends who are very much on the hard core side of the bike/car war and I can't even imagine they'd be so rude. I think these few people are perhaps over-quoted or is there possibly ta bit of over-sensitivity on your part? Not to get down on you or anything. I don't know but I bet the majority of bikers out there really aren't saying those kind of things. At the very least, lets not start another factional division between the e-bikers and the peddlers. Perhaps these comments are best ignored.
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