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Had a W with the two kiddos on the box bike.
Heading back from a downtown park meetup we slowly reeled in a couple of folks pacelining by the harbor. They saw us coming and tried to push on.
We caught up and I pushed a bit, motor cuts out at 20… I think I held 22 for 3/4 of a mile to drop em for good then cruised over the bridge into west seattle without them in sight.
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is this an ebike cat 6? i don’t think that counts.
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Fuck off. The bike is 7 feet long and weighs 100lbs and had two kids in it.
Also is like 1st gen shimano steps class 1 ebike.
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Holding more than 20mph on a cargo e-bike limited to 20 is definitely an accomplishment lol
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I was riding with my daughter on my E-longtail Saturday morning. We were on the paved bike trail for a while and I knew it was going to be a weekend warrior pathlete shitshow, but I was still shocked by the dude who was definitely trying to draft us at 12 mph then tried to pass me unannounced when I slowed down to go around a jogger. I say “tried” and “unannounced” because when I shoulder checked and he was now just to the left of my asshole, I yelled “WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?” before he squeaked out an “on your left!” and took off
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I am usually not maxing out the assist on my cargo bike but honestly even in turbo mode I think a determined jock could still pull away from me. They’d be working a lot harder but they could definitely pull away!
Assist motors are absolutely forbidden in any sanctioned category 6 races!
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We demand a cargo bike exemption
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Maybe a morphological-style exemption but instead of for limb length it’s a # kids/cargo mass-based thing?
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Class 1 is permitted.
Class 2 and 3 are grounds for sanctions.
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I’m sorry but if you have any type of motor on your bike and I don’t, we’re not in the same race. I’m not saying you didn’t work hard. But it’s not a race. We don’t cat 6 race against cars.
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as long as we have @Rusty_Piton out here kid hauling acoustic, no exemptions for cargo. if you want to juice, youre going to have to juice cat 6 the old way, rails of adderall and overgeared track bikes
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It’s harder to ride a cargo class 1 e-bike at 22mph than most bikes.
Don’t UCI our fun bro. 
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I would definitely not try to steal any CAT6 valor on an e-bike but a big Class 1 bike with a kid on the back is not automatically KOM (King of the MUP)
Tell me about all the elevation rusty does around Chicago?
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maybe you need to go outside for a bit.
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The entire rest of the world thinks we’re goofy dorks riding our dorky bikes around, let people CAT6 and have fun
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Listen I’m just reading the rules
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The UCI is proud to announce the following additions to the 2025 World Championship Event Schedule.
- The Acoustic Single-Person Cat 6. This traditional event goes back to the roots of Cat 6 racing, where participants must go into the local community and shame other cyclists by being slightly faster than them in a race that only they know exists. Split into age groups 18-19, 19-19.5, 19.5-20, 20-20.5, 20.5-20.75, 20.75-21, etc.
- The Acoustic One-Rider-One-Passenger Cat 6. No cargo boxes allowed. Same age categories as above, split into “people from flat places” and “people from hills places”
- The Acoustic One Rider-Multi-Passenger Cat 6. Cargo box mandatory, otherwise same as above.
- The Cat 1 E-Bike Cat 6. Only cat 1 e-bikes. Same categories as above, with the addition of bike colors. If your bike is a primary color, you are in one category. All other colors are in another category
- Open Cat 6. Anyone is welcome, but all the categories still apply
Ideally this means that everyone with a bike gets a world championship medal which is ultimately our goal as an organization.
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