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The opposite happens to me frequently because they have electric assist bikes and I don't. Holy shit that old boy is keeping up a pace- ohhhhh he's barely pedalling
I'm kinda envious to be honest
I'm torn between being jealous and annoyed because those things are basically motorcycles. There's a bike/pedestrian path near me that I often use and one of its rules is "no motorized vehicles," to the extent people get tickets for using those electric rent-a-scooter things on there. But apparently people zooming past at 40mph, 2 feet away from someone walking their dog, is fine, cuz technically it has pedals
I'm kind of annoyed honestly. I ride my bicycle to work and while the city I live in does have extra paths for the bicycles, they are so narrow that overtaking is kinda risky if the person in front of you is not indanger of hitting the boardwalk with their right pedal.
Imagine you are riding a bike at a reasonable pace uphill but still slowing people behind you down because they have motor assisting them.